Five hours of mystic puzzles: Ives Ensemble perform Feldman's String Quartet II

By Rutger Muller, 16 October 2012

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Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 3 October 2012

Tsoupaki, Groeibriljant, minuut 1-2 (world première)

Webern, 6 Bagatelles for string quartet, Op.9

Feldman, String Quartet no.2

Ives Ensemble

Cassandra Miller and Joanna Baillie: works in congruity

Rose Dodd, 30th September

The Dutch Ives Ensemble in surefooted programming and performance of substantive works by Cassandra Miller and Joanna Baillie.

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Ives Ensemble honors Morton Feldman's final piece Piano, violin, viola, cello

Rutger Muller, 15th November

Felix Meritis, located in central Amsterdam, is west Europe's oldest concert building. One of its concert series for fall 2011 is "News from the Front - 250 years of 'modern' music", offering performances by three renowned ensembles: the Van Swieten Society, the Ives Ensemble and the Asko Chamber Choir.

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Lucas and Arthur Jussen: a virtuoso pairing at Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 17th May

Lucas and Arthur Jussen make more than a guest appearance in a dazzling performance with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

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Ensemble 360 illuminates the gathering darkness in Sheffield

Phil Parker, 17th May

Nightfall in Sheffield General Cemetery provides the perfect atmospheric backdrop for Ensemble 360’s exploration of chamber music by Mozart, Weber and Korngold.

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Brighton Philharmonic play their socks off at the Brighton Festival

Nick Boston, 17th May

Joanna MacGregor and the BPO pull off an excellent performance of Shostakovich's Tenth, alongside William Kentridge's evocative film, Oh to Believe in Another World.

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Philadelphia Orchestra debuts Tyshawn Sorey's static Piano Concerto

Cameron Kelsall, 15th May

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the premiere of For Marilyn Crispell alongside the 1873 version of Bruckner's "Wagner Symphony", the Third.

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Rutger Muller

A masters student in music technology from Amsterdam, Rutger searched for peculiarly beautiful sounds in experimental electronic music, and later learned to appreciate the acoustic sounds of contemporary classic music. He's always on the look-out for new music that can instantly captivate him.