Etiket: Roukens
Joey Roukens’ Requiem is a delicate web of rhythmic shifts ★★★★☆
Members of the Nederlands Kamerkoor and Amsterdam Sinfonietta conducted by Sofi Jeannin.Image Marieke Wijntjes A soft murmur forces silence in the darkened room. The flowing sound comes from the rainmaker…
Joey Roukens’ Requiem is a captivating, tightly ordered chaos
Another Roukens! Composer Joey Roukens (1982) recently went on to be very successful First Symphony premiere. Now, less than three weeks later, we get another large piece from him. Roukens…
Joey Roukens, composer of new Requiem, went through a deep valley: ‘I changed from a healthy person into a zombie’
It is a bit crazy, says composer Joey Roukens: the two greatest pieces he has written so far, on which he has worked for years, will premiere within a few…