Above: composer Matthijs van Dijk
Matthijs van Dijk’s MOMENTS IN A LIFE as performed at Endler Hall at the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival on July 6, 2016.
Watch and listen here.
The narrator is Denis Goldberg, author of the text.
The performance is conducted by Xandi van Dijk with the following musicians: Ferdinand Steiner (clarinet), Rob Knopper (percussion), Gareth Lubbe (overtone singer), Farida Bacharova (violin 1), Suzanne Martens (violin 2), Juan-Miguel Hernandez (viola), Anzél Gerber (cello), Uxia Martinez Botana (bass), and Megan-Geoffrey Prins (piano).
When I saw this work performed the Met Orchestra Chamber Group at Weill Hall in October of 2024, I ended my review with these prophetic words:
“The work is so timely right now, when our democracy stands on a precipice. If we falter, our country – and indeed the world – will be forever changed.”
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