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On this site, I give the latest news about my musical and writing activities.


Recently I started to upload my music to the SibeliusMusic page. There you can listen, print and buy my scores. You can also listen to this music by downloading the mp3 files which are on the same page as the musical scores.

Latest new added scores:

22 July 2004
I added finally the first chapters of my novel. You can read it online on the My Storywriting page,
or download it in the format of a little book.

20 Februari 2004
Ilse
For voice with string quartet. The text is from Frank Wedekind.

19 Februari 2004
Giving and Rewarding
For soprano, mezzo soprano and alt. The text is from Kahil Gibran.

17 Februari 2004
A Classical Sonate: Four movements.
For piano.

10 Februari 2004
De drie Dagentijden (The 3 times in a day):
For stringquartet (2 violins, viola, violoncello).

04 Februari 2004
Theme and Variations; for violin and piano.

30 Januari 2004:
Remember me.
A piece in two parts for mixed choir, solo violin, drum kit, woodblock, bass drum, gong, tubular bells and piano. The text is from the latin requiem. Dedicated to my wife.

20 Januari 2004:
Living on the planet Earth.
Five parts for mixed choir, 1 trompet, 2 horns, 2 trombones and piano.

10 December 2003:
Piano trio nr. 1
Part one from sonate nr. 1 for violin, horn and piano.

4 December 2003:
Een Nieuw Millennium (A new Millennium)
For mixed choir and piano. Text is from Martin Luther King, Krishnamurti and André van Haren.

3 December 2003:
Bach
An improvisation for violin and piano.

27 November 2003:
Balans
For vocal quartet, violin and piano. Text is from André van Haren.

24 November 2003:
To Laugh at the Full Moon
 For soprano solo, bes-clarinet, 2 horns, 2 trombones and string orchestra.
The poet from this beautiful poem is unknown to me, if someone know who wrote it, please give me an e-mail. Thanks!

17 November 2003:
Ave Maria
For mixed choir and piano.

14 November 2003:
Hymn
For mixed choir and piano on text by Edgar Allen Poe.

13 November 2003:
Requiescat
For mixed choir and piano on text by Oscar Wilde.
Giving and Rewarding
For mixed choir and piano on text by Kahil Gibran.

11 November 2003:
Alone
For mixed choir and piano on text by Edgar Allen Poe.

10 November 2003:
Der Betrug
A song for voice and piano on text by Quirine Melssen.

8 November 2003:
Das Schweigen
A song for voice and piano on text by Quirine Melssen.

7 November 2003:
Der Kuss
A song for voice and piano on text by Quirine Melssen.

5 November 2003:
Die Begegnung
A song for voice and piano on text by Quirine Melssen.

29 October 2003:
Giving and Rewarding
A song for voice and piano on text by Kahil Gibran.

28 October 2003:
Morning
A song for voice and piano on text by Emily Dickinson.
Ilse
A song for voice and piano on text by Frank Wedekind.
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
A song for voice and piano on text by F. Ruckert.
Desperat
A song for voice and piano on text by F. Nietzsche.

27 October 2003:
Der Berserker schreit
A song for voice and piano on text by Albert Ehrenstein.
Der Tantenmorder
A song for voice and piano on text by Frank Wedekind.
Sehnsucht
A song for voice and piano on text by Burns and Heine.

8 October 2003:
Verlassen
A song for voice and piano on text by Albert Ehrenstein.
Verzweiflung
A song for voice and piano on text by Albert Ehrenstein.

3 October 2003:
 A Paean
For tenor solo, mixed choir, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.
Based on a poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
Performed and recorded by the Nijmeegs Universitair Kamerkoor "Audite Nova",
directed by Klaas Stok. It won the first price during a "Stichting voor Kunst en
Cultuur Gelderland" choir competition in 1997.

Sonate nr. 1
A piece for piano, containing different moods...

1 October 2003:
Voorjaars Ontwaken (Spring awakening)
A Theater play for piano and solo singers, based on a stage play by Frank Wedekind.
The play was originally in German, I translated it into Dutch.

26 September 2003:
Time and Eternity
A song for voice and piano on text by Emily Dickinson.
Prelude and Fuge
A piece for solo piano.

24 September 2003:
De Drie Dagentijden (The three times of the day).
Three parts for orchestra, each part representing a part of the day.
Performed and recorded by an amateur orchestra in Zeist, Holland.