FULL Sinfonía nº 5 Return to Middle Earth (Johan de Meij) Buñol 2024 Rebeca Cardiel
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Sinfonía nº 5 Return to Middle Earth or Regreso a la Tierra Media
- Composer: Johan de Meij
- Libretto: Johan de Meij
- Venue & Opera Company: Auditorio Municipal de San Luis, Buñol, Spain
- Recorded: August 17, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Rebeca Cardiel
- Conductor: Saúl Gómez
- Orchestra: CIM LA ARMONICA DE BUÑOL
- Chorus: Coral Polifónica CIM LA ARMONICA DE BUÑOL. Cor Universitat Poliècnica de València
- Chorus Master: José Carrascosa, José Francisco Sánchez
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: CIM LA ARMONICA DE BUÑOL
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
After 30 years, composer Johan de Meij returns to Middle Earth, the enchanting mythological world of J. R. R. Tolkien, with his Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth. Although there are some thematic reminiscences of his monumental first symphony from 1988, De Meij gives this new symphony a very different musical mood. There is an important part for a solo soprano as well as a mixed choir: they sing in Ilkorin, one of the Elvish languages of Middle Earth. The orcs and other rabble also enter the stage, but they only use harsh cries in their own language, which is also called the black language
Quoted from www.hebu-music.com
Johannes Abraham “Johan” de Meij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːɦɑn də ˈmɛi]; born November 23, 1953 in Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1 for wind ensemble, nicknamed The Lord of the Rings symphony.
Johan de Meij received his musical training at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where he studied trombone and conducting. His Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings, received the Sudler Composition Prize and has been recorded by ensembles including The London Symphony Orchestra, The North Netherlands Orchestra, The Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Amsterdam Wind Orchestra.
Before turning exclusively to composing and conducting, Johan de Meij played trombone and euphonium; he performed with major ensembles in The Netherlands. He is the principal guest conductor of the New York Wind Symphony and the Kyushu Wind Orchestra in Fukuoka, Japan; he is a regular guest conductor of the Simón Bolívar Youth Wind Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela, part of the Venezuelan educational system El Sistema. He is founder and CEO of the publishing company Amstel Music, which he established in 1989. When not traveling, de Meij divides his time between Hudson Valley and Manhattan with his wife Dyan.
His Symphony No. 1 “The Lord of the Rings”, first performed in 1988, won the Sudler Composition Award in 1989. It has been recorded by several orchestras.
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