Anonymous - Hodie per nascitur (orch. James Macmillan)
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul van Nevel, conductor
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 13 April 2012
Detlev Glanert - Insomnium
Markus Stenz, conductor
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 15 and 16 November 2011
Klaas de Vries - Providence
David Robertson, conductor
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 26 and 27 January 2012
Richard Rijnvos - Antarctique
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 22 and 23 June 2012
Kaija Saariaho - Circle Map
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Recorded Live at the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam on 22 and 23 June 2012
This fifth release in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Horizon Series features an exciting mix of recently written works, beginning with Hodie per nascitur, an orchestration of James MacMillan of an anonymous 14th Century antifone. Martyn Brabbins conducts the RCO and the Huelgas Ensemble is led by Paul van Nevel.
House composer Detlev Glanert's Insomnium, conducted by Markus Stenz, is a precursor to his opera Solaris after the famous Stanislav Lem novel that also inspired film directors Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderbergh.
Klaas de Vries's Providence – inspired by Resnais's 1977 movie – is about recollection, prediction, expectation and fulfillment. It is conducted by David Robertson.
Susanna Mälkki conducts two world premieres, especially written for the round concert hall of the Westergasfabriek, a former gas factory: Circle Map by Kaija Saariaho and Antarctique by RCO house composer Richard Rijnvos.
