The great concert by Noa Wildschut and Thomas Beijer in the Muziekkring Heerhugowaard makes one
hope they will have the chance to play my Deep River sonata more often. After their incredibly delicate and intelligent performances of Debussy’s Sonata and Brahms’ First Sonata, they lived up to the high expectations after the interval with lyrical and powerful playing. It was astonishing how much understanding they displayed in this, their first performance. Hopefully, they can continue to develop their collaboration.
I was very impressed by the audience’s great appreciation and kindness of the organisers.
The sonata was written over a decade ago with the financial support of a similar group of chamber music lovers, the concert series in Zeist that also hosted the premiere.
The premiere by Rosanne Philippens and Yuri van Nieuwkerk was recorded:
