Old, New & Blue

Featuring

Eric Vloeimans
Holland Baroque
Johann Christoph Bach
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Judith Steenbrink

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Performer Biography

The Holland Baroque Society, an ensemble that performs baroque music, has been awarded the Kersjes Prize and the VSCD Classical Music Prize in 2008, and the Diapason d'Or in 2012.

Interpretation

The collaboration between the Holland Baroque Society and Eric Vloeimans is described as a 'marriage' that blurs boundaries between baroque and contemporary sounds, featuring historical instruments and a bandoneon.

Performer Biography

Eric Vloeimans has won several awards, including the Edison for 'Bitches and Fairy Tales' in 1998, the Boy Edgar Prize in 2001, and the Bird Award of the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2001.

Performer Biography

Eric Vloeimans has collaborated with artists from various musical worlds, including pop musicians like Fay Lovsky and Kyteman, and world music artists like flamenco guitarist Eric Vaarzon Morel.

Performer Biography

Eric Vloeimans, an improvising trumpeter and composer, studied classical trumpet and jazz at the Rotterdam Conservatory and took lessons in the US with Donald Byrd.

Compositional Technique

Christoph Lehmann, a German organist, arranged some of Eric Vloeimans's pieces for this album, adhering to Baroque compositional rules like avoiding parallel fifths and octaves while using contemporary harmonies.

Interpretation

The album's concept is inspired by the traditional English bridal rhyme 'Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,' symbolizing tradition, hope, friendship, and fidelity.