composer
Nico Richter was born on December 2, 1915 in Amsterdam of Jewish descent. In February 1942 the Germans arrested him for being a member of an underground group. After three ...
related works
Forbidden Music Regained : Volume 2
Genre:
Unknown
De passie van Johannes Mattheus Lanckohr : een opera, 1977 / libretto Jo Janssen, Daan Manneke
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
3soloists GK4 fl(pic) cl trp trb 2perc org/el.org cb
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
7soloists 3343 4431 timp 3perc cel man 2hp pf str actors
Thyeste : drame lyrique en 4 actes, 2002/03 / texte: Hugo Claus, Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
8soloists GK2 1121 1110 hp man g cymb 2perc str
composition
Amorys : Chamber opera in one act / music: Nico Richter; libretto: Hendrik Lindt
Other authors:
Leo Smit Stichting
(curator)
Lindt, Hendrik
(librettist)
Description:
The series 'Forbidden Music Regained' proudly presents works by composers who were persecuted during the Second World War. Performances of these works were forbidden during the war. Many composers were imprisoned, several did not survive and others went into hiding.
After the war a new generation took over. The pre-war composers were soon forgotten and their compositions remained hidden in closets and archives or fell otherwise into oblivion. In recent decades numerous works have been rediscovered through the efforts of the Leo Smit Foundation. Some scores were found in attics, others in a garden shed and a pile of music was found by young children next to a garbage can. These compositions are of a high quality and deserve to be performed again. The diversity of styles represents the entire spectrum of the first half of the Twentieth century: romanticism, impressionism, modernism, neoclassicism, jazz, and so forth. This project aims to encourage musicians, young and old, from across the globe to perform these compositions, and for concert audiences to (once again) become acquainted with this ‘unheard’ music.