composer

Samson, René

René Samson (1948-2019) was born in Paramaribo, the capital city of Surinam (former Dutch Guyana in South America). He grew up in a home where music (from classical music to ...

related works

Kinot (Klaagzangen) : Oratorium voor gemengd koor, koperensemble, slagwerk en harp / René Samson; Op teksten uit het Oude Testament (Jeremia’s Klaagzangen en Psalm 23) en een gedicht van Nelly Sachs

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and large ensemble
Scoring: GK4 4trp 4h 4trb trb-b tb 2perc hp

Three songs : on poems by Sylvia Plath, for high voice and seven instruments, 1986 / Maarten Altena

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: high fl-a cl perc g hp vla cb

Minutes of lives : for soprano and 4 clarinetists, 1982 / words by John Aubrey, Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr 3cl cl-b

Five Songs : for soprano, basset horn and string quartet / John Dowland; arranged by Hans Koolmees

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr basseth 2vln vla vc

composition

Songs of Love and Merriment : Six Elisabethan songs for soprano and harp / René Samson; lyrics by Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Thomas Campion, Anonymous, William Shakespeare, John Lyly