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Debut CD Symbiosis by Merel Vercammen and Dina Ivanova


Violinist Merel Vercammen and pianist Dina Ivanova recorded their debut CD with music by Poldowski, Wantenaar and Franck. Available from March 22, 2019.


Poldowski (Irene Regina Wieniawska) Sonata in D minor – Andante Languido – Scherzo: Vivace – Finale: Presto con Fuoco


Mathilde Wantenaar  Sprookjes: Musical Tales for Violin and Piano – Nº 1 – Nº 2 – Nº 3


César Franck Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major – Allegretto ben moderato – Allegro – Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato – Allegretto poco mosso



**** review Volkskrant: Bach and Sufi will be a classic

‘What connects Bach to Sufism is easily told. Nothing. Or well, with creative reasoning a dotted line can be drawn: the spiritual. For the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, it was enough of a dare. The programme Bach & Sufi cuts parts from Bach's Hohe Messe with contemporary music rooted in mystical Islamic traditions by Iranian singer Haleh Seyfizadeh and tarspeler Ali Ghamsari.


Such a project has a high stumbling hazard. Before you know it, you are listening to a fragment this and a song that. Fortunately, the Blazers were generous enough to involve a professional woman. She is a composer and is called Mathilde Wantenaar. She put the knife to the Hohe Messe, put her ear to the ground in Persia, and arranged a feast of music that riotously transcends good intentions.


Within Wantenaar's framework, Bach combines wonderfully with melancholic or ecstatic Sufi sound. [...]’



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