Richard Hol (Amsterdam, 23 July 1825 -- Utrecht, 14 May 1904) Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1863)
Orchestra: Residentie Orkest
Conductor: Matthias Bamert
1. Larghetto - Allegro con fuoco - 00:00
2. Larghetto - 08:26
3. Presto - 13:36
4. Allegro molto - 17:27
Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44 (1866)
Orchestra: Residentie Orkest
Conductor: Matthias Bamert
1. Lento - Allegro molto agitato - 00:00
2. Preghiera: Adagio - Etwas bewegt - Piu lento - 12:12
3. Presto - 22:51
4. Allegro con brio - 27:41
Work: Symphony No.2 in D-minor, Op.44 (1866)
Orchestra: Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ed Spanjaard
Mov.I: Lento -- Allegro molto agitato 00:00
Mov.II: Preghiera (Adagio) 14:21
Mov.III: Scherzo (Presto) 23:41
Mov.IV: Allegro con brio 29:04
Symphony No. 3 in B♭, Op. 101 (1884)
Orchestra: Residentie Orkest
Conductor: Matthias Bamert
1. Einleitung und Allegro - 00:00
2. Scherzo - 11:41
3. Nachtmusik - 15:34
4. Finale - 24:34
Symphony No. 4 in A major (1889)
Orchestra: Residentie Orkest
Conductor: Matthias Bamert
1. Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Tranquillo - Andante sostenuto - 00:00
2. Presto - 09:28
3. Adagio non troppo - 14:33
4. Allegro vivace - 23:30
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(1837--1844). In 1845 he made a concert tour as a pianist through the Netherlands and Germany. He then settled in Amsterdam, where he accompanied concerts of the Felix Meritis Society directed by J.B. van Bree, taught the piano and began to compose; he also directed choral societies, including the Amstels Mannenkoor, and the Amsterdam section of the Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Toonkunst (1857--1862). In 1862 he went to Utrecht where he conducted the Collegium Musicum Ultrajectinum and the Utrechtsch Studenten Concert. He was also organist at the cathedral (1869--1887) and director of the newly founded Toonkunst Muziekschool (1875--1904) where he taught singing, piano and theory until 1887. Among his pupils were Willem Mengelberg and Johan Wagenaar. His influence on musical life in the Netherlands increased further by his appointments as conductor of the Cecilia male voice choir (1878--1901) and the Diligentia orchestra (1886--1898), both in The Hague. From 1891 to 1893
he was conductor of the Amsterdam Paleis voor Volksvlijt
orchestra, a position he shared with J.M. Coenen.
Although Hol promoted the works of Berlioz and contemporary German composers in his concert programmes, his own music remained conservative. His works number more than 250 and include two masses, cantatas, psalms, choral works, an oratorio, David (1878), two operas, Floris V (1892) and Uit de branding (1894), a Singspiel, four symphonies, songs and works for organ and for piano. He edited Het orgel (1894--1902) and Nederlandsche muziekkalender (1896--1904), and wrote a monograph on Sweelinck (1859), singing and piano methods for children (1875, 1876) and an autobiography (1903). His son Johannes Cornelis (1874-1953) was a musicologist who published studies and editions of Orazio Vecchi's music. His daughter Elisabeth Bregitta, or Betsie (1866-1931), was a singer.
