Short bio Peter Benoit
Full biography Peter Benoit
Peter Benoit was a Belgian composer and teacher who lived from August 17th, 1834 to March 8th, 1901. He is considered one of the founders of Flemish music, and was instrumental in the development of a distinct Flemish style. He wrote a great number of essays on musical matters , and is particularly notable for his choral writing in his late cantatas.
Benoit was born in Harelbeke, Belgium, and showed an early interest in music. As a young man, he traveled to Paris to study music, where he was exposed to the works of the great composers of the time. He later returned to Belgium, where he began to develop his own unique style.
Benoit's compositions are characterized by their use of folk melodies and inspired by the music of his native Flanders. He wrote operas, cantatas, and symphonies, among other works, and his music has been performed and recorded by many orchestras and ensembles around the world.
Throughout his career, Benoit was also a well-respected teacher of music, and he trained many prominent musicians. His contributions to Flemish music and culture were significant, and he is remembered today as one of the most important Belgian composers of the 19th century.
Compositions featuring Peter Benoit
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mijn Moederspraak (My Mother Tongue) | 5:02 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1889 |
| 2 | Charlotte Corday, opera | Opera | 1876 | |
| 3 | Ik droomde, for voice & piano (from "De Liefde in het Leven") | 4:49 min | Vocal Music | 1870 |
| 4 | In de Velden (In the Fields), for oboe & piano | 1:56 min | Chamber Music | 1869 |
| 5 | Gaat de Mensch..., for voice & piano | 3:32 min | Vocal Music | 1867 |
| 6 | Piano Concerto, Op.43b | 28:59 min | Keyboard | 1865 |
| 7 | Hoogmis (part 2 of the Religious Tetralogy) | 55:33 min | Choral | 1861 |
| 8 | Fantasy for piano No 3, Op 18 | 4:46 min | Keyboard | 1860 |
| 9 | Fantasy for piano No 4, Op 20 (Fantastique) | 5:05 min | Keyboard | 1860 |
| 10 | String Quartet in D major, Op. 10 | 23:14 min | Chamber Music | 1858 |
| 11 | Tale in F major, for orchestra | 2:28 min | Orchestral | 18?? |
| 12 | Waar Maas en Schelde vloeien | 2:47 min | Keyboard | - |
| 13 | Symphonic Poem for flute & orchestra | 19:48 min | Concerto | - |
| 14 | Rubenscantate | 26:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 15 | Heeft het roosje milde geuren | 3:18 min | Keyboard | - |
| 16 | Flute Concerto, Op.43a | 20:20 min | Concerto | - |
| 17 | De Schelde, oratorio | 89:59 min | Choral | - |
| 18 | De Pacificatie van Gent: Orchestral Suite | 27:34 min | Orchestral | - |
| 19 | Dan mag de beiaard spelen for carillon | 5:11 min | Keyboard | - |
Albums featuring Peter Benoit
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Dupont, Benoit, Howard Shelley, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen – Piano Concertos(CD, Album) | 2020 | Hyperion |
| 2 |  |
Peter Benoit, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Jan Willem de Vriend, Edo de Waart, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Octopus Symphony Chorus, Yves Saelens, Alvaro Zambrano – Religious Tetralogy. Religieuze Quadrilogie.(2×CD, Stereo) | 2018 | Antwerp Symphony Orchestra |
| 3 |  |
Peter Benoit, BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra, BRTN Philharmonic Choir, Donald George – Hoogmis 'Messe Solennelle' - Requiem(2×CD, ) | 2017 | Etcetera (3) |
| 4 |  |
Peter Benoit, Martyn Brabbins, Royal Flemish Philharmonic – De Schelde(2×CD, Album, Stereo) | 2015 | Royal Flemish Philharmonic |
| 5 |  |
Peter Benoit, Hendrick Waelput, François-Joseph Fétis, Gaby Pas-Van Riet – Romantic Flute Concertos(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2008 | Hänssler Classic |
| 6 |  |
Peter Benoit, Orkest Van De Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera, Koor Van De Koninklijke Vlaamse opera, Lodewijk de Vocht – Rubenscantate(CD, Album) | 2008 | Eufoda |
| 7 |  |
Peter Benoit, Lodewijk Mortelmans, Arthur Verhoeven, Gaston Feremans, August De Boeck, Florentinus De Boeck – In Manus Tuas (Religious Music From Flanders)(2×CD, Album) | 2006 | Phaedra (3) |
| 8 |  |
Peter Vanhove, Benoit, De Greef, Ryelandt, Mortelmans, Van Eechaute – Flemish Romantic & Impressionist Piano Music(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2002 | Pavane Records |
| 9 |  |
Peter Benoit, Vlaams Radio Koor Conducted By Vic Nees – Vingt Motets(CD, Album) | 2001 | Klara |
| 10 |  |
Peter Benoit • Lodewijk Mortelmans • Lodewijk de Vocht / Roel Dieltiens, VRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Silveer Van den Broeck – Romantic Orchestral Music By Flemish Composers • Volume I(CD, Album) | 1998 | Marco Polo |
| 11 |  |
Peter Benoit, Frédéric Gevers – Music From Flanders / Fantasies, Ballads And Tales(CD, ) | 1996 | Talent (13) |
| 12 |  |
Piano Concerto / Flute Concerto / Overture: Le Roi Des Aulnes | 1995 | Naxos |
| 13 |  |
Gaby Van Riet, New Flemish Symphony Orchestra, Silveer Van den Broeck, Peter Benoit, Hendrick Waelput, François-Joseph Fétis – Belgian Romantic Flute Concertos(CD, Album) | 1994 | René Gailly International Productions |
| 14 |  |
Giaches De Wert, Josephus-Hector Fiocco, Peter Benoit, August De Boeck, Karel Goeyvaerts, Luc Brewaeys – Gloria Flandriae(CD, Compilation, Stereo) | 1993 | Eufoda |
| 15 |  |
Hoogmis(CD, Album) | 1993 | Discover International |
| 16 |  |
Peter Benoit, Jef Van Hoof, Gaggini - Kwartet, Rachel-Ann Morgan – Flemish String Quartets(CD, Album) | 1992 | Phaedra (3) |
| 17 |  |
Emmanuel Durlet - Peter Benoit / BRTN-Filharmonisch Orkest & Luc Devos – Pianoconcertos(CD, ) | 1992 | Emmanuel Durlet Fonds |
| 18 |  |
Peter Benoit, Frédéric Gevers – Scherzandi / Mazurka's / Fantasieën / Vertelsels En Balladen(LP) | 1985 | His Master's Voice |
| 19 |  |
Geert Dehoux - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Peter Benoit, Franz Liszt, Jean Sibelius – Piano Pieces(LP) | 1984 | Terpsichore |
| 20 |  |
Peter Benoit, Jozef De Beenhouwer – Vertelsels En Balladen, Opus 34 | 1984 | Poketino |
| 21 |  |
Peter Benoit | 1984 | EMI Belgium |
| 22 |  |
Requiem - 1863(LP, Stereo) | 1982 | BRT |
| 23 |  |
Peter Benoit, Marinus De Jong, August L. Baeyens, Nationaal Orkest Van België – Symfonisch Gedicht Voor Fluit En Orkest / Concerto Voor Hoorn En Orkest / Rapsodie Voor Klarinet En Orkest(LP) | 1977 | Cultura |
| 24 |  |
Rubenscantate(LP) | 1977 | CBS |
| 25 |  |
De Wereld In / Theodoor Van Rijswijck(LP) | 1975 | Lark |
| 26 |  |
Peter Benoit, Arthur Meulemans – Symfonisch Gedicht Voor Piano En Orkest Op. 46 / Symfonie Nr. 3 "Dennensymfonie"(LP) | - | Cultura |
| 27 |  |
De Schelde(2×LP) | - | Eufoda |
| 28 |  |
Jef Van Hoof, Peter Benoit, Jan Blockx, Lodewijk Mortelmans, Flor Peeters, Flor Alpaerts, Emile Wambach, Lodewijk de Vocht – Ere-Directeurs van Het Koninklijk Vlaams Muziekconservatorium van Antwerpen(LP, Album) | - | G.Ph. TELEMANN Gezelschap |
| 29 |  |
Benoit / Poot / De Boeck / De Greef - Orchestre Symphonique De La Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Bruxelles Dir. Franz André – Rubens-Marsch / Einzug Des Herzogs von Alba In Brüssel ...(LP) | - | Telestar |
| 30 |  |
Peter Benoit, Jan Blockx, Flor Alpaerts, Nationaal Orkest Van België = Orchestre National De Belgique, Philharmonie Van Antwerpen – De Pacificatie Van Gent(LP, Album, Stereo) | - | Decca |
| 31 |  |
Peter Benoit, Belgian Radio And Television Choir, Kortrijks Gemengd Koor, Kamerorkest Van De B.R.T., Herman Roelstraete – Requiem(CD, Album, Stereo) | - | Poketino Pvba |
| 32 |  |
Peter Benoit, Lodewijk Mortelmans, Joseph Jongen, Marinus De Jong, Victor Legley, Jozef De Beenhouwer – Piano Music(CD, Album) | - | Phaedra (3) |
| 33 |  |
Peter Benoit Reeks Deel 1(10", Mono) | - | Philips |
Videos featuring Peter Benoit
Text by Emanuel Hiel
Marie-Louise Hendrickx, soprano, ,
Louis Devos, tenor
Renaat Verbruggen, baritone
Jan Joris,
">Peter Benoit - De Schelde (1868)
Peter Benoit (17 August 1834 – 8 March 1901), was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality.
Oratorio "De Schelde" (1868) in Three Parts
Text by Emanuel Hiel
Marie-Louise Hendrickx, soprano, ,
Louis Devos, tenor
Renaat Verbruggen, baritone
Jan Joris,
Lodewijk Mortelmans - Jesu, wijs en wondermachtig
From 'In Flanders' Fields Vol. 50 - In Manus Tuas'
Music of Belgian composer Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868-1952) to a poem of Guido Gezelle
State Choir of Letland
Conductor: Herman Engels
Peter Benoit (1834-1901) : De pacificatie van Gent, Orchestral Suite from the opera (1876)
I. Overture
II. Love Scene Between Anna and Joris
III. William The Silent, Prince of Orange
IV. The Duke of Alba's Entry into Brussels
V. The Festival of the Pacification.
Performed by the VRT Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Silveer Van den Broeck.
BENOIT De Schelde
Peter Benoit, De Schelde (1997)
Naar aanleiding van het honderdjarige bestaan van het door Benoit gestichte Antwerps Conservatorium brengt Het Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest Van Vlaanderen, o.l.v. Grant Llewellyn
een uitvoering van De Schelde, een dr
Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868-1952) : Two Elegies for orchestra (1917 orch. 1917/1918)
Originally composed for solo piano.
Elegie No. 1. Herdenking (In memoriam) (1917 orch. 1917) 00:00-09:20
Elegie No. 2. Hartverheffing (Exultation) (1917 orch. 1918) 09:20-17:00
Performed by the VRT Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Silveer Van den Bro
Peter Benoit – Symphonic Poem for Piano and Orchestra (Piano Concerto)
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Peter Benoit (1834-1901)
Symphonic Poem for Piano and Orchestra, Op.
Music of Belgian composer Peter Benoit (1834-1901)
conductor: Herman Engels
State Choir of Letland
Soprano: Ann De Renais
">Peter Benoit - Panis Angelicus
From "In Flanders' Fields - Vol. 50 - In Manus Tuas"
Music of Belgian composer Peter Benoit (1834-1901)
conductor: Herman Engels
State Choir of Letland
Soprano: Ann De Renais
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">Peter Benoit / Julius de Geyter - Vlaanderens Kunstroem / Fragment of the Rubens-Cantate (1877)
Composer: Peter Benoit (1834 - 1901)
Dutch lyrics: Julius de Geyter (1830 - 1905)
Performed by the Boys Choir Scaldis cantat, the choirs Alauda, Altra Voce, Dulcisona, the Ghent Madrigal Choir and the Minnezangers, directed by Grant Llewellyn"
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Peter Benoit (1834-1901), Artevelde's geest uit De Schelde
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