Audio tour with Ed Spanjaard

Marc Pantus talks with conductor Ed Spanjaard about Wagner, Tannhäuser and more. An audio tour in seven parts through Museumpark Orientalis, continuously accessible and free for museum visitors.

Each location in the park has a QR code linking straight to the matching episode. You can also listen to the episodes below, in the park or at home. The conversations are in Dutch.

1

Judaism

Beth Juda · 11'28"

How does a Jewish musician relate to the antisemitism of Richard Wagner?

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2

Ed Spanjaard's mother

Geboortegrot · 10'02"

How did Ima Spanjaard, who survived Auschwitz, deal with her son's passion for the music of Wagner?

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3

The Wagner effect

Arabisch dorp · 13'13"

On Wagner's enormous impact on the history of music.

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4

Bayreuth

Paleis van Pilatus · 15'18"

What makes Bayreuth a special place for Ed Spanjaard? On assistantships, devotion and leitmotifs.

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5

Forgiveness

Hemelvaartkoepel · 8'32"

Starting from the themes of Tannhäuser, Marc Pantus talks with Ed about forgiveness and redemption, Debussy and Ima Spanjaard.

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6

Death

Golgotha · 6'15"

On Golgotha, the St Matthew Passion, religious associations and depth: death as redemption, or not?

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7

Bonus material

Golgotha · 14'56"

  • Ed Spanjaard's memories of various performances of Tannhäuser, with Gré Brouwenstijn and Bruno Maderna among others.
  • Ed talks about his favourite teacher at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Haarlem, Frans Huyser, who swept his pupils up in his passion for Wagner's operas.
  • From his assistant's seat in the pit, Ed sings a single line in Siegfried, conducted by Colin Davis, who can also be heard: 'Is that you, Ed? Wonderful!'
  • Ed remembers singing teacher Paula Lindberg of the Amsterdam Conservatory, her stepdaughter Charlotte Salomon and her students, among them soprano Marion Lambriks.
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