I shall love but winds

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"I SHALL LOVE BUT WINDS"

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

"Wind Band Lessons" is an educational project within the Moving Music Festival that offers young conducting students a unique and highly practical learning experience. Beyond regular classes, students receive instructions directly on the podium, working live with a wind orchestra. Within ten weeks a full concert program is being developed and rehearsed, allowing students to experience the entire process of creating a performance. Throughout the rehearsal process, the student conductors rotate on the podium, gaining experience with the full repertoire and developing their individual artistic gestures. Continuous individual feedback is provided by their teacher, Jos Zegers, making the process both intensive and highly personal. Working with a real orchestra in this way is both a privilege and an essential step in learning the art of conducting.

The ensemble itself is a carefully balanced collaboration between wind band students from the Conservatorium Maastricht and high level amateur musicians from Maastricht and the surrounding region.

The name of the Project has its origin in "I shall love but thee" by dutch composer Jan Van der Roost, who composed this song for his sons wedding. Soloist and soprano Kristina Bitenc will perform this piece as a highlight in this concert.

Concert Program:

Second Suite in F-Major by Gustav Holst

conducted by Hanna Lehnert

Parisiana by Jean Lambrechts. Arrangement: Gabriel Graña Cusí

conducted by Jürgen Albrecht

Sleep by Eric Whitacre

conducted by Nikolas Sels

Danse Bacchanale by Camille Saint-Saëns

conducted by Nikolas Sels

I shall love but thee by Jan Van der Roost

soloist: Kristina Bitenc

conducted by Jürgen Albrecht

Soloist - soprano: Kristina Bitenc

Ms. Bitenc graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the Royal Conservatory in the Hague with Barbara Pearson. She was then selected to join the Dutch National Opera Academy from 2010-2012, where she received her Master´s Degree in Opera with distinction. Ms. bitenc is in great demand as a concert soloist as well as on the opera stage. She has distinguished herself in leading opera roles as Eurydice (Gluck), Sandrina (Mozart), Blanche and Elle ( Poulenc), Max ( Knussen), Mrs. Julian ( Britten), Gianetta ( Donizetti), Femme (Milhaud), Oscar ( Verdi). She performed with opera companies such as Nederlandse Reisopera, Opera2day, Opéra National du Rhin, Opera Zuid. (www.kristinabitenc.com)

In this concert, she performs “I Shall Love but Thee”, bringing lyrical sensitivity and musical depth to the program.

Conductors Teacher: Jos Zegers

Students: Hanna Lehnert, Jürgen Albrecht, Nikolas Sels

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