Both in terms of style and time Haydn and Stravinsky are far apart. Violinist Rosanne Philippens, however, has often combined the music of Haydn and Stravinsky, because both composers have a similar agility and cleverness. (By the way: Goethe characterized Haydn's genius as 'naivety and irony'.
Louis Andriessen and
Elmer Schönberger included that particular Goethe quote as a motto in their monograph
… on Stravinsky(The Apollonian Clockwork), as if the compliment to Haydn also applied to Stravinsky. It could have been the title of this CD). Rosanne Philippens does not seem to mind that in Stravinsky's Divertimento the voice of Tchaikovsky also resounds. The Vondel Strings owe their name to the Vondelstraat in Amsterdam. For years Vera Beths lived here, who was the violin teacher of a number of members of the ensemble. (HJ)more
