Duo Hoogveld / Snaterse
Pianist Maxime and I studied our respective instruments at the same school at the same time. However, we only found room for our collaboration in 2021. We quickly realised we came together with the same mindset. We both enjoy our solo endeavours, me in opera and oratorio, and Maxime in piano concertos and recitals. With our individuality and independance as our strength, we truly enjoy creating musical programmes that speak to us as artists. Our first programme, called ONTSPANNING (tension(less)) describes the contrast and dichotomy we find in art songs. We discuss the animosity between poet and composer, the chasm between text and musical language and the consequences from real life that seeps into the compositions. The premiere took place in February 2023 and resulted in a tour around the Netherlands.
To develop our collaboration and to implement the things we learned about our audience and our own experience we created a new program. We sought to seek the soft transition, rather than harsh lines, and our journey resulted in Aurore: shades of night and dawn. The title is derived from the song Aurore by Henriëtte Bosmans, which is of course featured in our programme.

Aurore:
shades of night
and dawn
Benjamin Britten
A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41
Robert Schumann
Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133
Gustav Mahler
Rückert-Lieder
PAUZE
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Six romances, Op. 38
Olivier Messiaen
Vocalise-étude
Henriëtte Bosmans
Aurore
ONTSPANNING
Alphons Diepenbrock
– En sourdine
– Clair de lune
Johannes Brahms
Alte Liebe
Ballade Op. 10, No. 2 in D majeur
Richard Wagner
Wesendonck lieder, WWV 91
PAUZE
Claude Debussy
Fêtes galantes, livre I
Luciano Berio
6 Encores for Piano: No. 3 Wasserklavier
Amy Beach
Two songs, Op. 76
Claude Debussy
‘Reflets dans l’eau’ uit Images Boek 1, L110
Francis Poulenc
Airs chantés, FP 46