Adriana: Her Portrait, Her Life, Her Music Erik Bosgraaf & Cordevento

• Cornelis Jansz Helmbreecker (ca. 1590 - 1654): Voorspel, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 1649:
• 1Helmbreecker: Voorspel, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 164901:37
• Jacob Van Eyck (1589 - 1657): Malsimmes/Malle Symes, Euterpe oft speel-goddinne, 1644, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 1649:
• 2Eyck: Malsimmes/Malle Symes, Euterpe oft speel-goddinne, 1644, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 164904:06
• Johann Schop (ca. 1590 - 1667): Lachrime Pavaen, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 1646:
• 3Schop: Lachrime Pavaen, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 164605:22
• Pieter de Vois (ca. 1580 - 1654): Brande Yrlandt, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 1646:
• 4Vois: Brande Yrlandt, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 164601:27
• Constantijn Huygens (1596 - 1687): Allemande Mr. Zuilekom, Schloss Ebenthal, MS A:
• 5Huygens: Allemande Mr. Zuilekom, Schloss Ebenthal, MS A03:57
• Johann Schop: Ballet, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 1646:
• 6Schop: Ballet, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 164602:16
• Jacob Van Eyck: Puer nobis nascitur, Der fluyten lust-hof II, 1646:
• 7Eyck: Puer nobis nascitur, Der fluyten lust-hof II, 164603:02
• Comagain a 2, Der goden fluit-hemel, 1644:
• 8Eyck: Comagain a 2, Der goden fluit-hemel, 164401:27
• Nicolaes a Kempis (ca. 1600 - 1676): Symphonia octava 'Den lustelijcken Mey', Symphoniae opus 3, 1649:
• 9Kempis: Symphonia octava 'Den lustelijcken Mey', Symphoniae opus 3, 164903:23
• Tarquinio Merula (1594 - 1665): Canzona 'La Gallina', Canzoni overo sonate concertate… libro XII, 1637, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 1646:
• 10Merula: Canzona 'La Gallina', Canzoni overo sonate concertate… libro XII, 1637, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 164602:48
• Paulus Matthijsz: Courante Monsieur, Der goden fluit-hemel, 1644:
• 11Matthijsz: Courante Monsieur, Der goden fluit-hemel, 164401:14
• Salomone Rossi (1570 - 1630): Sonata quarta sopra l'Aria di Ruggiero, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro III, 1623:
• 12Rossi: Sonata quarta sopra l'Aria di Ruggiero, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro III, 162304:06
• Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué (ca. 1592 - 1670):
• 13Padbrué: Synphonia in nuptias D. J. Everswyn et Luciae Buys (Haarlem, 9 May 1641), Pavane03:14
• Synphonia in nuptias D. J. Everswyn et Luciae Buys (Haarlem, 9 May 1641), Gailliarde:
• 14Padbrué: Synphonia in nuptias D. J. Everswyn et Luciae Buys (Haarlem, 9 May 1641), Gailliarde01:08
• Giovanni Battista Buonamente (ca. 1595 - 1642): Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, 1629, Avanti Brando / Brando:
• 15Buonamente: Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, 1629, Avanti Brando / Brando01:41
• Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, 1629, Gagliarda:
• 16Buonamente: Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, 1629, Gagliarda01:20
• Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, 1629, Corrente:
• 17Buonamente: Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, 1629, Corrente00:49
• Pieter de Vois: Fantasia in F Major, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 1646:
• 18Vois: Fantasia in F Major, 't Uitnemend kabinet I, 164601:07
• Christiaen Herwich (1609 - 1663): Concerto, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 1649:
• 19Herwich: Concerto, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 164902:39
• Pieter de Vois: Pavane de Spanje, Der goden fluit-hemel, 1644:
• 20Vois: Pavane de Spanje, Der goden fluit-hemel, 164401:52
• Salomone Rossi: Sonata decima sopra l'Aria della Romanesca, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, R1642:
• 21Rossi: Sonata decima sopra l'Aria della Romanesca, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, R164203:11
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1561 - 1621): Fantasia Cromatica:
• 22Sweelinck: Fantasia Cromatica08:13
• Louis Constantin (1585 - 1657): Allemande (Pavane) a 3, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 1649:
• 23Constantin: Allemande (Pavane) a 3, 't Uitnemend kabinet II, 164902:46
• Salomone Rossi: Sonata terza sopra l'Aria della Romanesca, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro III, 1623:
• 24Rossi: Sonata terza sopra l'Aria della Romanesca, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro III, 162302:39
• Jacob Van Eyck: Lanterlu, Der fluyten lust-hof II, 1646:
• 25Eyck: Lanterlu, Der fluyten lust-hof II, 164604:10
• Marco Uccellini (1610 - 1680): Aria quarta sopra la Ciaccona, Sonate, arie et correnti libro III, 1642:
• 26Uccellini: Aria quarta sopra la Ciaccona, Sonate, arie et correnti libro III, 164202:21
• Paulus Matthijsz: (Air), Der goden fluit-hemel, 1644:
• 27Matthijsz: (Air), Der goden fluit-hemel, 164402:19
• Salomone Rossi: Sinfonia quinta, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, R1642:
• 28Rossi: Sinfonia quinta, Varie sonate, sinfonie… libro IV, R164203:20
• Jacob Van Eyck: Blydschap van myn vliedt, Der fluyten lust-hof II, 1646:
• 29Eyck: Blydschap van myn vliedt, Der fluyten lust-hof II, 164602:40
• Marco Uccellini: Aria quinta sopra la Bergamasca, Sonate, arie et correnti libro III, 1642:
• 30Uccellini: Aria quinta sopra la Bergamasca, Sonate, arie et correnti libro III, 164203:52
• Jacob Van Eyck: Stemme Nova, Der goden fluit-hemel, 1644:
• 31Eyck: Stemme Nova, Der goden fluit-hemel, 164401:05
• Total Runtime01:25:11

Info for Adriana: Her Portrait, Her Life, Her Music

The forgotten figure of a 17th-century Dutch recorder virtuoso, illuminated by a unique synthesis of art history, scholarship and modern musicianship.

Der Fluyten Lust-hof (The Recorder's Pleasure Garden, or Garden of Delights) is a famous collection of music for recorder composed by Jacob van Eyck and published in Amsterdam by Paulus Matthijsz. The same Matthijsz published a parallel recorder edition in 1644 that he dedicated to a certain Adriana vanden Bergh: Der goden fluit-hemel (The Gods’ Recorder Heaven). Her identity remained obscure for centuries, until the musicologist Thiemo Wind discovered that she was portrayed as the muse Euterpe by the painter Jacob Backer, an illustrious contemporary of Rembrandt.

In his dedication, Matthijsz compared Adriana to the muse Euterpe in a four-line poem: ‘Euterpe’s spirit was reborn, or so it did appear, / Whene’er the sound of ADRIANA’s Fluyt I chanced to hear: / A wonder of our century, that such a youthful lass / Wears in the name of all the maidens laurels on Parnas.’

Who was Adriana vanden Bergh? This book and album tells the full and fascinating story, shedding light along the way on many aspects of culture, religion and everyday life in Amsterdam during the 17th century. As both a musicologist and art historian, Thiemo Wind is uniquely placed to tell this story. He has identified Adriana as the subject of a famous painting by Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608/09–1651), hitherto anonymous but considered one of the most beautiful portraits of the Dutch Golden Age.

Through original research, Thiemo Wind has assembled an eventful biography, which moves in short and lively chapters, each of them illustrated with a telling image, from Adriana’s family background to her birth in 1631, her complex religious inheritance of both Protestant and Catholic observance, her apparently rapid mastery of the recorder, her participation in Amsterdam’s lively performing culture and her status as a musical celebrity even as a teenager, to her marriage in 1650, which probably occasioned the commission of Backer’s portrait. Thereafter the story turns darker, with a tale of bankruptcy, child-birth and -death, family splits and reconciliations, obscurity and ultimately Adriana’s death in 1668, having given birth to her ninth child.

The accompanying album takes its cue from Der goden fluit-hemel, and from the music publications featured in Backer’s portrait, to present new recordings of music with which Adriana would have delighted audiences in her time. There are tunes and hymns adapted by Van Eyck, an air by Matthijsz, sonata movements by Dutch and Italian masters such as Sweelinck, Rossi, Merula and Uccellini, and more besides. Performed by the internationally renowned virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf, in company with his ensemble Cordevento, the recording complements Thiemo Wind’s scholarship to present Adriana’s life and music in the round.

Erik Bosgraaf, recorder Ensemble Cordevento

Ensemble Cordevento
appears in various guises, depending on the repertoire. ‘Corde e Vento’ is Italian and means ‘strings and winds’. The ensemble originated as a trio, consisting of Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Izhar Elias (guitar) en Alessandro Pianu (harpsichord and organ). The trio focusses on music from around 1700 and earlier. In 2012 they recorded the successful album La Monarcha, with music of the Spanish territories (Brilliant Classics).

Nowadays Cordevento is also a baroque orchestra which has a growing number of albums to its name, under the direction of recorder player Erik Bosgraaf. The initial Vivaldi recorder concertos were followed in 2011 by adaptations made by Bosgraaf of Bach solo concertos. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons followed in 2013 in a virtuoso version for the recorder, an album which has recently been issued on vinyl as well. Cordevento plays on copies of historical instruments.

The ensemble has performed in Berlin, Utrecht, Barcelona, Modena, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sofia, Hong Kong and Seoul.

Erik Bosgraaf
is generally considered to be one of the world‘s best recorder players.

His repertoire extends from Vivaldi‘s Four Seasons to tomorrow‘s music. His recording of Jacob van Eyck‘s Der Fluyten Lust-hof sets a new standard and has led to his international breakthrough. Since then, he has recorded other bestsellers, mainly for Brilliant Classics. Around a hundred pieces have been composed for him, among which are twelve concertos. In 2011 Pierre Boulez, one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, gave him permission to adapt his clarinet composition Dialogue de l‘ombre double for recorder. The world premiere of this new version took place in the sold-out main auditorium of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw; the album was recorded in 2015.

As a soloist, Bosgraaf has worked with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden, the Residentie Orkest The Hague, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, among others. He has performed with leading jazz musicians including saxophone player Yuri Honing and cellist Ernst Reijseger and is also known for his recordings for film makers Werner Herzog, Paul and Menno de Nooijer.

Bosgraaf teaches at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and is a visiting professor at the Cracow Music Academy. He has received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award (2009), Nederlandse Muziekprijs (2011), ECHO Rising Star (2011/2012) and the Northern Dutch music prize Het Gouden Viooltje (2012).

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