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Vagorna sjunga - for choir, premiered by 'le jeune choeur de paris' and Richard Wilberforce. The score will soon be available at my French publisher Le Chant du Monde.
Spirits' festival - for string quartet, harp & piano, premiered by Michael Gurevich, Myrthe Helder, Marije Helder, Ádám Jávorkai, Mirjam Rietberg & Marlijn Helder. The score and parts are available in my webshop.
Italian Concerto - concert for solo violin & bassoon and chamber orchestra, premiered by Loortje and Helma van den Brink, the re:orchestra and Roberto Beltran-Zavala. A perusal score is available in my webshop and for performances you can contact me by email.
Debussy - La Mer, arranged for 13 soloists or chamber orchestra, premiered by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Available in print for performance Musicsales Group.
Spring Rain for 13 soloists or chamber orchestra, premiered by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Available in print in my webshop.
upcoming concerts
2021.05.23 - 17:00
Singapore International Festival of Arts
Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, Singapore
latest publications
2018-2
The arrangement for 13 soloists or chamber orchestra of Debussy's La Mer is now available worlwide at Music Sales Classical at their rental department.
2018-01
The Choral Fantasies for violin or viola are now also available at Musicroom in several countries.
violin
viola
2017-12
in the media
Mark Arnest - review on Debussy/La Mer
"Debussy composed La Mer for large orchestra. This new chamber orhestra version, by Dutch composer Marlijn Helder, delivers a leaner, almost Neoclassical Debussy, revealing connections to the composer's late sonatas."
Manuel Gaulhiac - review on Spring Rain
"Spring Rain is a piece in which nature plays a crucial role. On a base of an almost disturbing rumble, the sparkling sound of a trumpet bursts out like a bouquet of flowers, while the strings expand the intention, bringing it to a brighter register. The lyricism of the horn suggests the space: a seemingly muted landscape, rainy and solemn, like a Nrowegian fjord.
Nature is romantic and exalted here, served by a writing that highlights all the solos. The orchestra consists of only a string section and wind quintet,"
Manuel Gaulhiac - review on Debussy/La Mer
Ït is a piece that requires a great knowledge of orchestral writing on the part of the arranger, which Marlijn Helder certainly has."