Portrait of Maarten Engeltjes, a young Dutch countertenor.
Maarten Engeltjes performs in the new season of early music, in December ’08 and January ’09. Check the website for the playlist: oudemuziek.nl
1. Henry Purcell.
– If music be the food of love.
– Music for a while.
– In the black dismal dungeon of despair.
– An evening hymn.
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor. Jory Vinikour, harpsichord. Yasunori Imamura, lute and theorbe.
2. William Byrd.
– If women could be fair.
– Ye sacred muses.
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor. Viol Consort: Mieneke van der Velden, Ricardo Rodriguez-Miranda, Nick Milne and Joshua Cheatham, viola da gamba.
3. John Dowland.
– Dear, if you change.
– Say, love, if ever thou didst find.
– In darkness let me dwell.
– Behold a wonder here.
– Sorrow stay.
– Weep you no more, sad fountain.
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor. Yasunori Imamura, lute and theorbe.
4. Johann Sebastian Bach.
From Johannes Passion (versie 1725):
– Recitatief: Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann.
– Alt-aria: Von den Strikken meiner Sünden.
– Recitatief: Und von Strund an nahm sie der Jünger zu sich.
– Alt-aria: Es ist vollbracht.
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor. Nico van der Meel, tenor (Evangelist). Frans Fisselier, bass (Christus). Concerto d’Amsterdam and La Furia led by Nico van der Meel.
If you want to know more about Maarten Engeltjes, look here (Dutch): www.maartenengeltjes.nl
