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

R. Moulaert - PassacailleR. Moulaert - Passacaille
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Raymond Moulaert, Edouard Van Remoortel
R. Moulaert - P. MoulaertR. Moulaert - P. Moulaert
20th century
Blaaskwintet van Brussel, Pierre Moulaert, René Defossez, Raymond Moulaert, Belgian National Orchestra, Jeanne Deroubaix, Louis Gilles, André Isselee (...)
R. Herberigs - R. de GuideR. Herberigs - R. de Guide
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Robert Herberigs, Léonce Gras, Richard De Guide, Jean Louel
R. Herberigs - De lustige vrouwen van WindsorR. Herberigs - De lustige vrouwen van Windsor
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Robert Herberigs, Louis Weemaels
R. Herberigs  - Eerste concert voor piano en orkestR. Herberigs - Eerste concert voor piano en orkest
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Robert Herberigs, Jean Louel
R. Defossez - Images sous-marinesR. Defossez - Images sous-marines
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, René Defossez, René Defossez
R. Defossez - Concerto voor viool en orkestR. Defossez - Concerto voor viool en orkest
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, René Defossez, René Defossez, Frédéric Petronio
R. Defossez - Concerto voor piano en orkestR. Defossez - Concerto voor piano en orkest
20th century, romanticism
Belgian National Orchestra, René Defossez, René Defossez, Eugène Ysaye, Claude Coppens
R. Chevreuille - R. DarcyR. Chevreuille - R. Darcy
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Raymond Chevreuille, René Defossez, Robert Darcy, Daniel Sternefeld, André Marchal, Theo Mertens
R. Chevreuille - Concerto voor hoorn en orkestR. Chevreuille - Concerto voor hoorn en orkest
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Raymond Chevreuille, Jean Louel, Georges Caraël

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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