Clarinetist and bass clarinetist Femke van den Bergh is one of the up-and-coming talents who will be performing at the Basklarinet Festijn in late 2025 and early 2026. She will be performing on Thursday, 16 October at the Pleintheater in Amsterdam. In this hour, we’ll hear her choice of music, featuring works by Robert IJserinkhuijsen, Homayoon Kazemi, Louis Sclavis, Michel Aumont, Steven Kamperman and Michael Smetanin.
What music should everyone hear at least once in their life, according to music makers, composers and musicians in our country?
In this programme, you’ll hear music selected by creators, composers and musicians in the Netherlands – their ‘desert island discs’: pieces they would love to share with the world, and that play an important role in their work and lives. You can listen to the complete conversation on the podcast de podcast Muziekmakers der Nederlanden.
Playlist
- CD Zinnober
Coppelius – Gumbagubanga
Coppelius
3’16” - YouTube
Robert IJserinkhuijsen – * * (tape and bass clarinet)
Femke van den Bergh
6’41” - YouTube
Homayoon Kazemi – A Distorted Sense of Time
Femke van den Bergh
4’56” - CD Carnet de routes
Aldo Romano – Annobon
Louis Sclavis / Aldo Romano / Henri Texier
5’03” - YouTube
Michel Aumont – Clarinette Barbare Part 1
Michel Aumont
3’40” - YouTube
Michel Aumont – Rapsodie Barbare
Le Grand Orchestre armorigènE
4’10” - YouTube
Robert IJserinkhuijsen – O Vis Eternitatis (Hildegard von Bingen) for bass clarinet and choir
Femke van den Bergh, bass clarinet / Marina Torra Cabau and Freya Turton, sopranos / Hannah Tomasini and Wilko Koekoek, altos / Twan van der Wolde and Olivier Kemler, tenors / Karel Stegeman and Michiel Nonhebel, basses / conducted by Louis Buskens
Recording at Nieuwe Kerk, Groningen 15 december 2023
10’29” - CD Ladder of Escape No. 1
Michael Smetanin – Ladder of Escape
Harry Sparnaay
3’27” - CD Prince Achmed
Steven Kamperman – Ouverture Prince Achmed
Steven Kamperman / Hamid Reza Behzadian / Esat Ekincioğlu
4’56”
