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At the moment Klaas ten Holt is working on a song-cycle after "Ballad of the Gasfitter" by the Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg, consisting of 14 songs for baritone voice and piano.
Later there will also appear an English version of the song-cycle using J.M. Coetzee's brilliant translation of the poem. Ballad of the Gasfitter is composed at the request of baritone Thomas Oliemans, and was commissioned by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst.In october 2006 "Bovary Chante" Ten Holt's concerto for soprano, cimbalom and string quartet with a libretto by Carel Alphenaar wil be recorded for CD. It will be performed by soprano Claron McFadden, cimbalonist Michiel Weidner and the Mondriaan string quartet.
The CD will be released by Triple S Records and distributed by Codaex, in the spring of 2007. Apart from Bovary Chante the CD will also contain Ten Holt's "Sonate for violin solo" performed by violinist Joan Berkhemer.