ad Den Haag December 2019

1918 marked the end of the First World War and thus the end of an era. It was the end of the so-called fin de siècle (the end of the 19th century). Important culture carriers such as Klimt, Schiele, Otto Wagner and Debussy died in 1918. A young Hendrik Andriessen composed the dramatic organ work Fête-Dieu. Dramatic, because despite the festive title, this was a plea with which the young composer expressed his condolences to the "admired and beloved cathedrals of France". At the same time, this plea held a promise for the future, because it was a new experimental sound that Andriessen made here. The rest of the program examines the "new ways" of music and art of the 20th century.