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Les Heures du Jour

by Frerick den Haan

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    A limited edition of this record is available on vinyl pressed on 110 grams with original artwork by Dutch artist Sanne Sprengers who is specialised in dotted artwork. The music has been recorded on a Steinway-D grand piano with high quality DPA, AKG and Schoeps microphones in a state of the art concert hall in The Netherlands for the ultimate listening experience.

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Éveil du Matin (Morning Awakening) 02:50
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Éclat du Jour (Brightness of Day) 03:02
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Rêverie du Soir (Evening Contemplation) 02:44
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Repos de la Nuit (Night's Rest) 01:50
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Frerick den Haan's masterpiece 'Les Heures du Jour' (Four Times of the Day) is a suite of four brand new compositions for solo piano named after the poster tetralogy by Alphonse Mucha. Heavily inspired by Ravel's 'Daphnis et Cloë Suite' and 'Une barque sur l'océan' (Miroirs), 'Les Heures du Jour' proves that impressionism still has new paths to explore and thus is still relevant today.

The decision to create a impressionistic suite comes from multiple inspiration sources. First of all, he fell in love a long time ago with the impressionistic approach where colouring the music seemed much more important rather than the focus on melody. The French composer Maurice Ravel seemed to have a great influence on Frerick's composing style throughout this suite.

Secondly, he recently visited a Mucha exhibition where he saw the four posters. Beautifully illustrated it reminded him of an alternate take on 'Vivaldi' Four Seasons'. While Ravel and Mucha were contemporaries and both lived and worked in Paris, they never met. Thus, also inspired by the fairytale illustrations of Mucha, Frerick decided to (in their honour) bring them together in a new piece of art. The artwork from the record is the actual tetralogy brought in new dotted perspective by illustrator Sanne Sprengers (NL). The suite has been pressed on 10' inch vinyl as a limited edition.

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released October 13, 2023

Les Heures Du Jour (Four Times of the Day)
Frerick den Haan

Side A
1. Éveil du Matin (Morning Awakening) 2:50
2. Éclat du jour (Brightness of Day) 3:02

Side B
3. Rêverie du soir (Evening Contemplation 2:45
4. Repos de la nuit (Night’s Rest) 1:50

Composed + Produced by Frerick den Haan
Side A recorded on 24th and 25th of April 2023 at Amare The Hague (NL) Side B recorded on 25th and 26th of April 2023 at Amare The Hague (NL)

Technical advice and help by Erik Schurman and Mark Bruils
Mixed and mastered for digital streaming by Frerick den Haan
Vinyl mastering and pressing by Multidisc Antwerp (BE)
Artwork by Sanne Sprengers, inspired by Les Heures du Jour by Alphonse Mucha
℗ Published by The Hen House Music

110g pressing at 33rpm

A suite based on the works of Alphonse Mucha’s Les Heures du Jour (Four Times Of The Day). All compositions written, recorded and performed by Frerick den Haan. A special thanks to my dearest Marjolein for her endless patience and never ending support, The Hen House Music, Amare, Residentie Orkest, SENA Music Production Fund, DPA Microphones, Erik Schurman, Mark Bruils and Sanne Sprengers for making this record possible.

www.frerickdenhaan.com
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Frerick den Haan The Hague, Netherlands

Frerick den Haan is a pianist and composer. Escaping the hectic pace of the day, he creates his own world with his compositions in which chaos is transformed into order, creating an escapade to a certain form of tranquility for the mind.

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