Choir conductor since 1986. Arranger and composer of mainly choral music. Pianist and singer. Conductor of the Morgana Chamber Choir in The Hague, The Netherlands. Also occupied as writer and Web Developer.
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SORGDRAGER, TACO (News / Informations)
More info Writed on 2011-08-21 by Taco Sorgdrager On my new website
http://www.tacosorgdrager.nl
you can find more information
about my music and me.
The music section is still
under construction, but can be
visited already Taco Sorgdrager muziek
Conductor's Rehearsal diary (Repetitie dagboek) Writed on 2010-05-29 by Taco Sorgdrager I updated design and content
of my Wordpress weblog
"Conductor's
Rehearsal diary". Here
you can find articles about
music, interpretation of choir
music pieces, and of the
rehearsals of the Morgana
Chamber choir. The weblog is
in Dutch. Conductor's Rehearsal
diary (Repetitie dagboek)
Concert Morgana Chamber choir Writed on 2010-05-11 by Taco Sorgdrager On June 20th 2010, the Morgana
Chamber choir will perform
several pieces during a
concert in The Bosbeskapel in
The Hague:
Bach's motet "Jesu
meine Freude (BWV 227) will be
sung A capella (without Basso
Continuo). Furthermore
Hindemith's "6
Chansons nach Rilke", and
Mäntyjärvi's
"Come away, Death"
(from his 4 Shakespeare
songs).
There will also be 2 choir
improvisations, and work of
conductor Taco Sorgdrager (3
Rilke songs).
Poems from Rilke's "Stundenbuch" sung by Morgana Madrigal Choir Writed on 2008-09-30 by Taco Sorgdrager On november 16th 2008, a
concert by the Morgana
Madrigal Choir will take place
in The Hague, The Netherlands.
A major part of the program
consists of choral works by
conductor and composer Taco
Sorgdrager. He has put to
music 7 poems from "Das
Stundenbuch" (The Book of
Hours) by the Czech-German
poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Five
of those pieces will have
their first public
performance.
The other part of the program
consists of English and French
Renaissance music, with a
focus on Thomas Morley abd
Francois Regnard. The Regnard
pieces each are performed in
connection to musically
related pieces by other French
Renaissance composers, like
Olrando di Lasso, Claudin de
Sermisy, Josquin Desprez and
Clemens non Papa.
For detailed information: see
the website
www.morganamadrigaalkoor.nl