MUSIQUE POUR FAIRE PLAISIR

Composer(s): Herman Strategier

Artist(s): Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Radio Kamerorkest, Hexagon Ensemble
Reference: KTC1563
Barcode: 8711801015637
Format: 1 CD
Release date: 2017-03-29
SKU: KTC1563 Categories: , , ,

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Herman Strategier

Herman Strategier (1912-1988) was an eminent musician, composer, conductor, organist and teacher. He studied at the Roman Catholic School of Church Music in Utrecht, where his instructors included Johan Winnubst, Fons Dusch and Hendrik Andriessen. After completing his studies Strategier held various positions as conductor and organist in churches in Arnhem and Zeist. He was also organist of St. Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht for a considerable time. Strategier taught at the conservatories of Rotterdam and Utrecht, the Roman Catholic School of Church Music and the Institute of Musicology at the University of Utrecht. He was the conductor of the renowned Nederlands Madrigaalkoor in Leiden from 1959 to 1973, to whom he introduced innovative and interesting repertoire; his own compositions also appeared frequently in their programmes. Herman Strategier composed a large quantity of different styles of works, writing more than four hundred pieces for extremely diverse combinations of instruments. A large amount of his music was composed for use in the Roman Catholic liturgy, although Strategier also composed many secular works for chorus, both accompanied and a cappella. One of his most important works is the Arnhemsche Psalm, an oratorio composed on the occasion of the tenth annual memorial of the Battle of Arnhem in 1944. Strategier’s works also contain a large number of works for orchestra, concertos for solo instrument and orchestra included. He was also very much involved with chamber music. Although Strategier was initially influenced as a composer by his teacher Hendrik Andriessen, he nevertheless developed a musical idiom that was completely his own and that yet betrayed the influence of the French composers of the 19th and 20th centuries that he so admired

This CD contains a selection of the works that Strategier composed for various chamber and orchestral groupings. It demonstrates the versatility of a composer who was always willing to compose music for unusual combinations of instrument, for he considered this to be a challenge. A large quantity of his music is today performed by professional as well as amateur orchestras and ensembles.

Musique pour faire plaisir was Strategiers motto: music is supposed to give pleasure to mankind. He made his own contribution to music in his own modest, practical and effective way.

Nico Schrama

1. Rapsodia elegiaca
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

2. Musique pour faire plaisir: I. Con spirito
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

3. Musique pour faire plaisir: II. Andante cantabile
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

4. Musique pour faire plaisir: III. Allegro (Fugue)
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

5. Musique pour faire plaisir: IV. Rondo-Final
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

6. Accordeonconcert: I. Vivace
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

7. Accordeonconcert: II. Molto sostenuto
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

8. Accordeonconcert: III. Allegro molto
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

9. Sextet: I. Quasi una cadenza
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

10. Sextet: II. Andante sostenuto
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Hexagon Ensemble

11. Sextet: III. Allegretto comodo
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Hexagon Ensemble

12. Partita in modi antichi: I. Con moto ma non troppo (in modo mixolidico)
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

13. Partita in modi antichi: II. Allegro marcato (in modo frigico)
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

14. Partita in modi antichi: III. Andante sostenuto (in modo dorico)
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

15. Partita in modi antichi: IV. Giocoso (in modo ionico)
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

16. Partita in modi antichi: V. Con moto ma non troppo (in modo mixolidico)
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Kamerorkest

17. Praeludium en Fuga: Praeludium
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

18. Praeludium en Fuga: Fuga
Composer: Herman Strategier
Artist(s): Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

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Herman Strategier

Herman Strategier (1912-1988) was an eminent musician, composer, conductor, organist and teacher. He studied at the Roman Catholic School of Church Music in Utrecht, where his instructors included Johan Winnubst, Fons Dusch and Hendrik Andriessen. After completing his studies Strategier held various positions as conductor and organist in churches in Arnhem and Zeist. He was also organist of St. Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht for a considerable time. Strategier taught at the conservatories of Rotterdam and Utrecht, the Roman Catholic School of Church Music and the Institute of Musicology at the University of Utrecht. He was the conductor of the renowned Nederlands Madrigaalkoor in Leiden from 1959 to 1973, to whom he introduced innovative and interesting repertoire; his own compositions also appeared frequently in their programmes. Herman Strategier composed a large quantity of different styles of works, writing more than four hundred pieces for extremely diverse combinations of instruments. A large amount of his music was composed for use in the Roman Catholic liturgy, although Strategier also composed many secular works for chorus, both accompanied and a cappella. One of his most important works is the Arnhemsche Psalm, an oratorio composed on the occasion of the tenth annual memorial of the Battle of Arnhem in 1944. Strategier’s works also contain a large number of works for orchestra, concertos for solo instrument and orchestra included. He was also very much involved with chamber music. Although Strategier was initially influenced as a composer by his teacher Hendrik Andriessen, he nevertheless developed a musical idiom that was completely his own and that yet betrayed the influence of the French composers of the 19th and 20th centuries that he so admired

This CD contains a selection of the works that Strategier composed for various chamber and orchestral groupings. It demonstrates the versatility of a composer who was always willing to compose music for unusual combinations of instrument, for he considered this to be a challenge. A large quantity of his music is today performed by professional as well as amateur orchestras and ensembles.

Musique pour faire plaisir was Strategiers motto: music is supposed to give pleasure to mankind. He made his own contribution to music in his own modest, practical and effective way.

Nico Schrama