Belgian National Orchestra

Category:symfonisch orkest, hedendaagse muziek, orkest, repertoire
1936
Genre(s):21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw, romantiek, classicisme
Actual/previous members:Bram Nolf, Ivo Hadermann, Luc Loubry, Katelijne Onsia

Short description

The Belgian National Orchestra performs an extensive repertoire of music without constraining itself to any particular period or place. Thus we find classical and romantic pieces on the programme together with modern works from the 20th century.

Biography

Since its creation in 1936, the Belgian National Orchestra can boast a productive career that has known numerous encounters with renowned conductors and celebrated soloists. Through the passage of the years the identity of the orchestra has been thoroughly modernized and time has carved for it a definite profile. It performs an extensive repertoire of music. Thus we find classical and romantic pieces on the programme together with modern works from the 20th century and each year some contemporary Belgian works. The orchestra also invests time in specific projects such as film scores, various recordings in collaboration with the Cyprès label, participation in the Queen Elisabeth competition and concert tours abroad.

Selective discography

F. de Bourguignon - R. Van Der VeldenF. de Bourguignon - R. Van Der Velden
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Francis De Bourguignon, René Defossez, Blaaskwintet van Brussel, Renier Van der Velden, Maurice Raskin, Georges Caraël
F. de Bourguignon - G. BrentaF. de Bourguignon - G. Brenta
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Francis De Bourguignon, Julien Ghyoros, André Marchal, Gaston Brenta, Louis-Julien Vannetelbosch
F. de Bourguignon - Concerto voor viool en orkestF. de Bourguignon - Concerto voor viool en orkest
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Francis De Bourguignon, Louis Weemaels
F. Van Rossum - G. BrentaF. Van Rossum - G. Brenta
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Frederik Van Rossum, Frédéric Devreese, André De Groote, Gaston Brenta, Francis Orval, Daniel Delmotte
F. Rasse - Concerto in C voor viool en orkestF. Rasse - Concerto in C voor viool en orkest
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, François Rasse, René Defossez, Robert Hosselet
F. Glorieux - J. FontynF. Glorieux - J. Fontyn
20th century
Philharmonie van Antwerpen, François Glorieux, Frédéric Devreese, Jacqueline Fontyn, Belgian National Orchestra, Daniel Sternefeld
F. Constant - M. Quinet - J. FontynF. Constant - M. Quinet - J. Fontyn
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Jean Baily, Marcel Quinet, François Daneels, Jacqueline Fontyn, Franz Constant, Quatuor Belge de Saxophones, Patrice Mercks (...)
F. Alpaerts - James Ensor suiteF. Alpaerts - James Ensor suite
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Flor Alpaerts, Louis Weemaels
F. Alpaerts - J. LouelF. Alpaerts - J. Louel
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Flor Alpaerts, Jean Louel, Carlo Van Neste, Jean Louel
E. Ysaye - R. MoulaertE. Ysaye - R. Moulaert
20th century
Maurice Raskin, Julien Ghyoros, Eugène Ysaye, Belgian National Orchestra, Raymond Moulaert, Jeanne Deroubaix

Selectieve discografie als componist

Koningin Elisabethwestrijd voor piano 1999Koningin Elisabethwestrijd voor piano 1999 (1999)
21st century / contemporary, 20th century, romanticism
Vitaly Samoshko, Belgian National Orchestra, Boudewijn Cox, Belgian National Orchestra, Vitaly Samoshko, Sergei Rachmaninov, Franz Liszt, Piotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski (...)

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