about Tsaar Saltaan, prins Guidoon en de Zwaan
“Five members of Het Gelders Orkest fill the open structure of this deliciously from left to right zigzagging story with all kinds of ethnic- and operamusic of composer Dolf de Kinkelder. They chase low basstones through an instigating midrange to high chirping music, from instruments like clarinet, baritonesaxophone, violin and cello.”
“Funeral Blues, composed by Dolf de Kinkelder, was a setting of a poem of the same name by W. H. Auden. The piece began with a 50 – second sound mass, a deafening scream of noise performed by the sixteen players…
“CrissCross, composed by Dolf de Kinkelder, was certainly the high-light of the entire concert. The eighteen-minute work for fifteen percussionists was written not only for Crescendo PE, but for the specific members of the ensemble. The score has all of the names of the players on the left of each page replacing where instrument names would…
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about Tsaar Saltaan, prins Guidoon en de Zwaan
“The sea that separates the tzar from his beloved wife and son surges with jealousy and envy. Good and evil play with each other like cat and mouse. The music of Dolf de Kinkelder is not pretentious fairytale music but carries the play with vigorous quips.”
about CrissCross and Funeral Blues:
“It was fortunate that those of us from outside of Europe could have the opportunity to see such a presentation.”
