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Photo (right) taken after a concert in a monastic church in which a live recording was made. The last piece (Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachmusik) on the Summer! CD was recorded here.

Anne Ku and Robert Bekkers
Photo by Humphrey Daniels, Mariëngaerde/Mariënweide, Warmond, 30-11-08

Concert Agenda

2009

new concert blog!
All are piano guitar duo concerts unless otherwise specified.

piano guitar duo : 36 concerts
Hilhorst12 guitar duo: 9 concerts
guitar + choir: 2 concerts
guitar + flute duo: 6 concerts
guitar + voice: 2 concerts
guitar solo: 3 concerts
piano + other: 1 event

Saturday 19 December 2009
Solo guitar concert, private
Abcoude
Sunday 13 December 2009 @14:30
Guitar & flute house concert
Het Languis 16, Amersfoort Kattenbroek
€15 includes snacks and drinks (€7.50 children & students)

Friday 27 November 2009 evening (private)
Guitar solo, guitar and voice
Nieuw Vennep, Netherlands
Wednesday 18 November 2009 @ 14:30
a SMIH concert at Morgenster
Monday 16 November 2009 @ 14:00
a SMIH concert at Biltse Hof, Bilthoven

Wednesday 28 October 2009
Solo guitar, Amsterdam
Thursday 22 October 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo in Hollehof
Thursday 22 October 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo in Oud Geleen
Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 14:30
a SMIH concert at Westerhaven, Hoorn
Thursday 8 October 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo
University of Twente
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo in Zusters
Saturday 3 October 2009
Derek Gripper, solo, and duo with Robert Bekkers
Monument House Concert Series, Utrecht
Reservations required
Thursday 1 October 2009
Derek Gripper, solo guitar
Monument House Concert Series, Utrecht
Reservations required
BLOGS:

Saturday 26 September 2009 @ 20:00 (doors open 19:30)
21st century music for piano and guitar

Amsterdam (house concert)
BLOGS:
Sunday 20 September 2009 Noon GRATIS
Oosterkerk, Amsterdam
BLOG: Thank you for coming to our concert
Sunday 13 September 2009 13:00 - 13:30 FREE
21st century programme: "Pull, pluck, strum, bang!"

Centrum Muziek XXI
Loevenhoutsedijk 103,Utrecht
Utrecht Uitfeest
"Pull, pluck, strum, bang!" Programme (PDF)

Abstract and Dance (2007)
Gijs van Dijk (b. 1954)

When Bach, Stravinsky and The Who Met (2005)
Allan Segall (b. 1959)

Drizzle (2007)
Lan-Chee Lam (b. 1982)

Suite Rio de la Plata (2004)           
Erik Otte (b. 1955)

BLOG: Pull, pluck, strum, bang! in Utrecht
Saturday 12 September 2009 @ 13:00 - 13:45 FREE
Traditional programme: "A Mediterranean Summer"

Academiegebouw Domplein, Utrecht
Open Monumentendag
"A Mediterranean Summer" Programme (PDF)

Sonatina
Federico Moreno Torroba (1891 - 1982)

Allegretto
Andante
Allegro

Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (1954) 
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)

Villano y Ricercare
Españoleta y Fanfare de la Caballería de Nápoles
Danza de las Hachas
Canario

Asturias (Leyenda)
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

guitar solo

Summer from The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

arr. R. Bekkers (2008)
Allegro non molto           
Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
Presto     
    

BLOG: A Mediterranean Summer on 12th September
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Guitar & flute concert

Sunday 30 August 2009 @ 10:30 (50 min.)
a SMIH concert at Leo Polakhuis, Amsterdam
Saturday 29 August 2009 @ 15:00
a SMIH concert at Lichtenberg, Amersfoort
Saturday 29 August 2009
Voice & guitar, private concert, Bilthoven
BLOGS: Paleachora, Crete
21 - 28 August 2009
Levka Ori Encounters, Paleachora, Crete
Friday 14 August 2009 @ 15:45
De Magistraat, Rotterdam
Programme:
  • Francesco Tarrega (1852-1909) Capricho Arabe
  • Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) Fantasia para Gentilhombre (complete)
  • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Fantasia
  • Intermission
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) Potpourri
  • Chris Williams (b. 1986) Somewhere Between Reason and Light
  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Summer from the Four Seasons
Thursday 13 August 2009 @ 14:15
a SMIH concert at Buitenhof, Amsterdam
Tuesday 11 August 2009 @ 14:30
a SMIH concert at Bloemendal in Deventer
Sunday 9 August 2009 @ 16:00
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo
Leendert Meeshuis Bilthoven
BLOGS: Paris, France
14 - 19 August 2009
Paris
BLOG: London, England
1 - 8 August 2009
London
Saturday 1 August 2009 @ 10:00
a SMIH concert in Zoetermeer

Thursday 30 July 2009 @ 14:45
a SMIH concert at Torenhof, Blaricum
Sunday 26 July 2009 @ 10:30
a SMIH concert at Vondelstede, Amsterdam
Friday 24 July 2009 @ 14:30
a SMIH concert in Purmerend
Sunday 19 July 2009 @ 16:00 (45 min.)
Leendert Meeshuis Bilthoven
Friday 17 July 2009 @ 19:30
a SMIH concert at Zonnehoeve, Hilversum
Thursday 16 July 2009 @ 19:30
a SMIH concert at Mariënhaven, Warmond
Sunday 12 July 2009 @ 15:00 Reservations 8 euros
Funen Concert, Amsterdam (programme 4-page PDF)
with composers present
Funen Park 125, 1018 AK Amsterdam
Tel: 020 7701458
Thursday 9 July 2009 @ 19:30
a SMIH concert at Zonnehuis Doorn
Saturday 4 July 2009 @ 19:30
a SMIH concert at Leythenrode, Leiderdorp

Saturday 13 June 2009 @ 14:30 (1 hour, no break)
No reservations required. Entry includes coffee/tea: 4 EUR
a SMIH concert at Torendael, near Amsterdam RAI (MAP)
** Fantasia for a Gentleman (full guitar concerto)
English programme notes, as verbal intro in Dutch
Veluwelaan 21, 1079 PX Amsterdam
Saturday 6 June 2009 @ 16:30
Coaching session for duo, Belgium

Sunday 24 May 2009
Guitar + choir; Spanish & South American guitar solos
Beukenrode
Wednesday 20 May 2009 @ 15:30
Guitar and flute
Huize Dahme, Lochem

Programme

  • 1er DUO Op. 61 Francesco Molino
    Andante & Rondo
  • Duetto al Liuto e Traverso Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696-1760)
    Allegro, Adagio, Presto
  • Entr’ Acte Jacques Ibert
  • Valse Op. 34/2 Frederíc Chopin
  • Sonate V C-Dur, KV 14 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Allegro
  • Histoire du Tango Astor Piazzolla
    Bordel 1900 & Nightclub 1960
  • Sonatina Op. 205 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Tempo di Sicilliana & Scherzo - Rondo
  • Gran Duetto Concertante Op. 52 Mauro Giuliani
    Andante Sostenuto
Saturday 16 May 2009 @ 14:45
a SMIH concert in Bussum
Friday 15 May 2009 @ 11:00
a SMIH concert in Amsterdam
Tuesday 12 May 2009 @ 15:00
a SMIH concert Geesterheem, Uitgeest
BLOGS: La Coruña, Spain
Wednesday 6 May 2009 @ 20:30 GRATIS
Popular pieces over three centuries
(Rodrigo, Hummel, Vivaldi, Torroba, Tedesco, Giuliani)
Main Concert Hall
Conservatorio Profesional de Musica de Ferrol
Ferrol, near Coruña, Spain
Tuesday 5 May 2009 @ 20:00 GRATIS
Popular pieces over three centuries
(Rodrigo, Hummel, Vivaldi, Torroba, Tedesco, Giuliani)
El Círculo de Artesanos, (poster, programme PDF)
Rúa San Andrés 36
La Coruña, Spain
Sunday 3 May 2009 @ 12:30 PM GRATIS
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa (agenda PDF)
21st Century Music for piano guitar duo
(mainly Dutch composers writing for Bekkers & Ku)
world premiere of "Abstract and Dance" by Gijs van dijk,
and "Fire" by Heleen Verleur
La Coruña, Spain (programme 4-page PDF)
3 Dutch composers biographies in Spanish (JPG PDF)
BLOG: Madrid, Spain
Friday 1 May 2009 @ 20:30 12 euros
Debut concert in Spain news
Popular pieces over three centuries
(Rodrigo, Hummel, Vivaldi, Torroba, Tedesco, Giuliani)
El Jardin de Belagua
near Madrid, Spain (programme 3-page PDF)
Programme:
  • Hummel: Potpourri
  • Rodrigo: extracts from Fantasia para Gentilhombre
  • Moreno-Torroba: Sonatina
  • Vivaldi: Summer from the Four Seasons
  • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Fantasia
  • Giuliani: Polonaise from Variations op. 113 (65)
  • encore: Bach: Badinerie
  • encore: Villa Lobos: Choro no. 1 (guitar solo)

Saturday 25 April 2009 @ 15:30
a SMIH concert at Wildhoef, Bloemendaal
Tuesday 14 April - 21 April 2009
Guests of flamenco group
Seville, Spain
Thursday 9 April @ 10:30
a SMIH concert at Vreugdehof, Amsterdam
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo in Amby
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo in Rijckholt
Sunday 5 April 2009
Guitar & flute
Lekkerkerk
BLOG: Bennebroek, Netherlands
Thursday 2 April 2009 @ 12:30
a SMIH concert at I.G.G. De Geestgronden, Bennebroek

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 14:30
a SMIH concert at Antonius Hof, Bussum
Monday 23 March 2009 @ 14:00
a SMIH concert at Bernardus, Amsterdam
Saturday 21 March 2009 evening
Effusion, movement in urban space:
a cross domain exploration
Monument House Concert Series
Thursday 19 March 2009 @ 19:30
a SMIH concert at Hogewey, Weesp
Programme:
  • Rodrigo: Espanoleta from Fantasia para Gentilhombre
  • Hummel: Potpourri
  • Torroba: Sonatina
  • intermission
  • Vivaldi: Summer from the Four Seasons
  • Tedesco: Andantino from Fantasia
  • Giuliani: Polonaise from Variations op. 65
Sunday 15 March 2009 afternoon tea
analyticalQ 10th anniversary
Self-expression workshop & tapas
mezzo soprano & piano or guitar
Music of Spanish composers
Monument House Concert Series
Friday 13 March 2009 @ 20:15
Guitar solo
Leo Brouwer: 2nd movement De Cameron Noire
De Meerse Theatre, Hoofddorp
Tuesday 10 March 2009 @ 14:30
a SMIH concert at Landscheiding, Den Haag
Programme:
  • Hummel: Potpourri
  • Rodrigo: Espanoleta from Fantasia para Gentilhombre
  • Torroba: Andante & Allegro from Sonatina
  • intermission
  • Brouwer: 2nd movement from De Cameron Noire
  • Vivaldi: Summer from the Four Seasons
  • Tedesco: Andantino from Fantasia
  • Giuliani: Polonaise from Variations op. 65

Wednesday 11 February 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo in Douvenrade
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Hilhorst12 Guitar Duo in Firenschat
Sunday 8 February 2009
Guitar and flute, Jan van der Togt Museum, Amstelveen

Thursday 29 January 2009
Guitar and flute, Jan van der Togt Museum, Amstelveen
Sunday 25 January 2009
Guitar + choir
Anthroposofisch Verzorginshuis Kraaybeek
Driebergen

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