Publications
15 Jan 2024
Theo Verbey – Five Pieces for Violoncello
Emanuel Overbeeke, from Opus Klassie
'In his final years, Verbey became more and more a composer of substantial forms with a classical instinct for proportion and with a neo-tonal…
21 Feb 2023
BBC Music Magazine review of Stravinsky: Les Noces
Daniel Jaffé, from BBC Music Magazine
"Of all his ballets, Stravinsky’s Les Noces – an evocation of Russian peasant wedding rituals – was the one he laboured over longest as he changed…
26 Jan 2023
Stravinsky: Les Noces; Ravel: Boléro review – honouring the composer’s complex intentions
Andrew Clements, from The Guardian
Ensemble Aedes/Les Siècles/Romano An early unfinished version of the 1923 landmark work, completed by Theo Verbey almost 100 years after Stravinsky…
30 May 2022
The new music recorded by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra gives little indication that a crisis was taking place. ★★★★☆
Guido van Oorschot, from de Volkskrant
"[...] Four youngsters nestle between the perfect beauty of Theo Verbey, who died in 2019, and the funny beauty of Martijn Padding.[...]"
20 May 2022
EBENBILD: ” A polished gem, this album is truly a heightened experience.”
Melissa Scott, from The WholeNote
Ebenbild Juri Vallentin; Trio d’Iroise; Bernward Lohr; Caroline Junghanns PASCHEN Records PR 220072 (paschenrecords.de/katalog/pr220072/) 'Only to be…
03 Mar 2022
The Quest of Oboist Juri Vallentin Becomes a Listening Adventure
Guido van Oorschot, translated by E.J. Stevens, from de Volkskrant
★★★★☆ Although you might not suspect it when immersed in Bach's St Matthew Passion, the chorale melody that is played after Jesus is mocked and…
01 Feb 2020
Santtu-Matias Rouvali makes versatile debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Jenny Camilleri, from Opera Today
... Ariadne, like Verdi’s overture, combines transparent lyricism with dramatic progression. Starting out with fragile flute figures, it swells to…
09 Dec 2019
Gloriously Rocking Chameleon
Gwendoline Thornblade, from Boston Musical Intelligencer
"Boldin dedicated the concert to the Dutch composer Theo Verbey, who died in October. His Four preludes to Infinity for oboe, violin, viola and cello…
18 Dec 2018
Invitation to a Beheading
Roeland Haendonk, translated by Anne Hodgkinson, from Het Parool
Everything that Theo Verbey does sounds terrific. It is well constructed, always has a well-structured dramatic narrative line, and is equally well…
07 Mar 2024
Impressions of a performance of Theo Verbey’s Sonatine
Robert Oosterhuis, from Newsletter
On a cold and drizzly afternoon, on Sunday the 21st of January 2024, a few dozen people gathered for a concert at The Blue Building (Het Blauwe Pand)…
23 Oct 2023
In the Words of Celebrated Recording Engineer Guido Tichelman
Guido Tichelman, translated by Eileen Stevens
In the early 1990s, I began studying music recording at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in The Hague. The program trained students to musically and…
31 Jul 2023
Foundation bewaakt nalatenschap van componist Theo Verbey
Oscar Smit, from Oost Online
Wat voor een soort componist was Theo Verbey? ‘Hij voelde zich verbonden met muziek uit het verleden en van het heden. Hij zag zichzelf niet als een…
14 Nov 2022
Interview with the Chekhov Trio
The Chekhov Trio speak with Eileen Stevens
We appreciate your finding the time to answer a few questions for our readers. The Chekhov Trio is international, with one player from the United…
11 Sep 2022
Concert door Chekhov Trio in oude Salviuskerkje Limbricht
From Sittard-Geleen Nieuws.nl
"The trios of Chausson and Bosmans will be joined during this concert by the Piano Trio (1999) by Theo Verbey. 'I consider making choices about what…
10 Jun 2022
Interview with Juri Vallentin and Trio d’Iroise
- What inspired you to record Ebenbild? And how have audiences been responding to your concerts? The core idea of EBENBILD is to develop a classical…
14 Jan 2022
A Recording Producer and Sound Engineer looks back on his lessons with Theo
Daan van Aalst, translated by Eileen J. Stevens, from Newsletter of the Theo Verbey Foundation
Recording Producer and Sound Engineer Daan van Aalst remembers Theo Verbey: I began my studies at the conservatory in 1998, with a course in The Art…
25 Oct 2021
Essay about Sestetto
Frits van der Waa, translated by Eileen J. Stevens, from Et Cetera
With its distinctive combination of flute, harp, and strings, the sound palette of Sestetto, which Theo Verbey wrote in 1998, seems decidedly French.…
28 Aug 2021
An effervescent tablet in water, Two faces of Theo Verbey’s Inversie
Patrick van Deurzen, translated by Mike Wilcox, from Mens en Melodie
Theo Verbey’s composition, Inversie (Dutch for 'Inversion'), places two groups of instruments in contrast with each other. The division reflects…