{"product_id":"1208180","title":"Various - Hans Kox: Chamber Music At Orlando [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Orlando Festival is the oldest chamber music festival in the Netherlands and has been an important contributor to the development and promotion of chamber music in the Netherlands since 1982. The festival was founded by Stefan Metz, cellist of Orlando Quartet.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThis new 2 CD set features the works of Dutch composer Hans Kox, who was born in 1930 and originally started out as an organist.  In 1953, while still a student, he made his composition debut at the Gaudeamus Music Week with a string trio and a piano sonata. In 1955 he wrote his First String Quartet and in 1956 he received his first commission from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, for whom he wrote his Concertante Music for 3 brass instruments and orchestra and from whom he received many commissions.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eOver a career spanning 60 years, Kox completed more than 200 compositions. His music has no specific intentions or meaning. Kox described his music as 'just music, sound.\\r\u003cbr\u003eMusic is itself, however one wants to interpret this.'\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThis new 2 for 1 recording features his chamber works, recorded live at the 2019 Orlando Chamber Festival which also contains many premiere recordings.\u003cp\u003eEduard De Boer (b. 1957): Tombeau For Hans Kox (2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano Quartet No.2 (1968)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano Quartet No.1 (1959)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jealous Guy Plays His Tune (1975)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano Trio (1976\/revision 1991)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreludes (1971)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCyclofonie XIII (1984)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour Studies (1988)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSonata (1987\/rev.1991), For Violoncello And Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe Chant Du Merle (1998)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLied Ohne Worte (2000)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Silent Cry (2001)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Variations On A Theme By Ludwig Van Beethoven (1991)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe Chant Du Merle (1998)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAchilles Sextet (Sextet No.5) (1999), For Wind Instruments And Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStray Birds (2015)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55131836416385,"sku":"1208180","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51Sy16qISVL._SL1500.jpg?v=1766953910","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1208180","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}