Piratenkoningin (Pirate Queen) in Dutch; German and English version avail.

opera for 7 soloists, childrens choir, fl, cl, bs, hn, perc, vi1, vi2, vla, vc, cb, kb with samples

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Conductor

Cast

Xandra Knebel and Daniël van Klaveren

Nederlandse Reisopera, Theater Sonnevanck, Dawn Collective

October 5th, 2024

Daniël van Klaveren

Anu Tallin / Kent Moussault

a.o.  Francis van Broekhuizen, Lilian Farahani, Aylin Sezer

A pirate fairy tale about friendship and family. About courage and cooperation. About bunnies and shining pearls. About love and trust. And especially about Girl Power! 

Tour through the Netherlands in October - November 2024

De Nachtegaal en de Keizer

(The Nightingale and the Emperor)

for singer/actress, bassoon, viola, piano

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Cast

Carel Alphenaar, based on the fairy tale by H.C. Andersen

Stichting Appeltaart Concerten

September 28th, 2020

Nynke van den Bergh

Karin Strobos, Margreet Bongers, Michiel Holtrop, Ernst Munneke

A family opera for everybody of 6 years and older. 

Very suitable for performances at schools.

The Tsar, his wife, her lover and his head

opera for 6 singers SSATBB, cl, hn, pi, string quartet

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Conductor

Cast

Sjoerd Kuiper

Peter de Grote Festival Groningen

August 2nd, 2013

Jos Groenier

Monique Krüs

a.o. Arash Roozbehi, Esther Kuiper, Carolina Luppers and the members of the Peter The Great Ensemble

A chamber opera about Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, who looks back upon his life. His memories of days gone by bring him happiness and grieve, pride and shame. But how will the people of Russia remember this illustrious Emperor? 

Apenootje (Erdnüsschen) / (Monkey Business) 

for singer/actress, cl, trp, hp, perc, vi, vc

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Cast

Thijs Maas and Roxanne Hellevoort

Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest

Febuary 16th, 2016

Bart Oomen

Christine de Boer, members of the Rotterdams 

Philharmonisch Orkest

Interactive musical theatre / opera for kids 6-8 about a ZOO in distress, all kinds of monkey business - and how the animals save the day!

Corto Maltese: the Ballad of the Salty Sea

opera for soloists, mixed choir SATB, fl, cl, bs, hn, perc, vi1, vi2, vla, vc, cb

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Conductor

Cast

Corina van Eijk, based on the original text by Hugo Pratt

Valletta, Cultural Capital of Europe 2018

September 20th, 2018

Corina van Eijk

Monique Krüs

Singers and Choir of Teatro Manoel, Corto Ensemble

Opera based on the graphic novel Corto Maltese: una Ballata del Mare Salato by Hugo Pratt

Soeraki, heldin van de zee

(Soeraki, heroine of the sea)

for 1 singer/actress, cl, bs, trb, hp, vi, vc and perc

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Conductor

Cast

Sjoerd Kuiper

The Gergiev Festival Rotterdam

September 18th, 2011

Marc Krone

Wim Steinmann

Eva Crutzen, members of the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest

An interactive opera for kids from 6 to 8, about a ten-year old girl - who is actually a mermaid… She lives in a tropical paradise where everything is beautiful, but boring at the same time. The only excitement is due to Bob, a merboy who hardly notices her. So: time for some action!

Eine Odyssee (An Odyssey)

for mixed choir, soloists, cl, bs, hn, trp, perc, vi1, vc, SFX

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Conductor

Cast

Ad de Bont 

Impuls Festival für neue Musik in Sachsen-Anhalt

November 10th, 2009

Almut Fischer

Phillip Barczewski

Soloists, choir and musicians of the Impuls Festival

The great epic poem by Homer as a youth opera for 15+ in a new version by the popular and much performed Dutch playwright Ad de Bont.

Gods Videotheque

tragicomedy for 4 singers SATB, fl, cl, bs, hn, trp, perc, vi1, vi2, vla, cb and soundeffects

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Director

Conductor

Cast

Irma Achten

Opera Spanga

July 25th, 2007

Corina van Eijk

Arjan Tien

Wil van der Meer, Klara Uleman, Martijn Sanders, Monique Krüs and the Magogo Chamber Orchestra

A tragicomic opera about the relationship between god, man and animals. Does man enjoy his position as center of the universe? And is it justified?

A philosophical opera, but with a lot of humor.

Die Rote Kaiserin

(The Red Empress)

monodrama for soprano, tape and percussion

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

Gerard Harleman

Palmhaus Festival Dresden

Augustus 27th, 2004 - concert performance

Monique Krüs (soprano) and Willy Wagner (percussion)

Monodrama about the life of Jian Qing, the wife of Mao Zedong. 

This first (short) opera of Krüs was written at the request of Hans Rotman, director of The Palmhaus Festival in Dresden. He invited Krüs - who is also a soprano - to sing the lead in his Red Empress and invited her to write a small monodrama on the same subject.

Lippijn, een sotternie (Lippijn, a comedy)

SATB and piano (in prep with small wind ensemble)

Libretto

Commission

Premiere

Conductor

Performed by

Monique Krüs based on an unknown, medieval Dutch

Nederlands Concertkoor

January 27th, 2017 

Maria van Nieukerken

Toonkunst Rotterdam 

Lippijn, een sotternie is a short opera buffa for mixed choir based on a Dutch, medieval play. This was performed in between the serious and much longer so called 'abele spelen' ('noble' plays) to divert the audience. In the opera the choir sings all four roles themselves. Krüs used the different voice types for the different roles, but not in a very strict way.

Story 

WIFE is longing for her LOVER and sends HUSBAND Lippijn [say: lip-'peen] out to get water and fire - while she goes out to get some food… On his way home Lippijn sees WIFE with LOVER rolling in the grass. Devastated he runs into NEIGHBOUR Trise, who tells him about the spell of the elves, which makes you see things that are not real. They go home together where WIFE got back just in time to open the door. She explodes when Lippijn tells her about what he saw. How could he accuse her of cheating on him!

Steen van Licht  / Piedra de Luz

for voice and piano

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

Dutch/Spanish

Michael Wilmering

5'05

IVC/Grachtenfestival 2017

August 6, 2017

Michael Wilmering, baritone and Kanako Inoue, piano

Lied commissioned by the International Vocal Competition Den Bosch (NL) as final song of the scenic liedrecital Grenze(n)loos.

With Michael Wilmering baritone, Ahmad Joudeh dancer and Kanako Inoue piano. Staging by Monique Wagemakers.

Michael Wilmering and Syrian dancer Ahmad Joudeh

No one is an island

middle voice and tape or piano

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

English

Xandra Knebel, based on John Donne

4'00

Music for Empty Spaces - Muziekgebouw aan het IJ

May 28th, 2020

Frederic Bergman

Early in the first COVID-19 lockdown in Holland, composer/pianist and producer Heather Pinkham paired twelve composers with twelve musicians. With the idea to create Music for Empty Spaces: pieces that revealed something about the composer's experience in home isolation. Krüs was paired with baritone Frederic Bergman.  

Xandra Knebel wrote the text of No One is an Island based on the well-known poem from 1624 by John Donne and phrases of Coleridge. Krüs composed a soundtrack which, combined with Bergman's voice, sounds like a mini opera. Ending in the hopeful assumption we will finds new ways to reach each other.

Denkend aan Holland

high/middle voice and piano

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

Dutch

Hendrik Marsman

4'30

The Gents

September 15th, 2019

The Gents male choir

One of the most famous Dutch poems, written in 1936.

Originally written for The Gents, now arranged for solo voice and piano.

Performed a.o. by Michael Wilmering 

Lunam, ne quidem Lunam  (A nebulous Moon)

for high/middle/low voice and piano

version with orchestra available 

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

Latin / English in prep

P.J. Hawinkels

5'00

IVC Den Bosch

September 16th, 2016

Adele Charvet, mezzosoprano and Florian Caroubi, piano

For the International Vocal Competition 2016 (focus on lied-duo) Monique Krüs was asked to write the compulsory work that all participants have to prepare. The text (translated into Latin) was taken from the poem Bosch en Bruegel by Dutch poet Pé Hawinkels who found his inspiration in the Jheronimus Bosch painting Garden of Earthly Delights. 

1st prize winners of the IVC Edition 2016, mezzosoprano Adèle Charvet 

and Florian Caroubi performing Lunam at the finals in Den Bosch

2 Songs

voice and piano

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Dutch

Theo Mestrum

4'10

Private

Two songs on poems by Theo Mestrum, for medium voice and piano

1. Moed

2. Een fee van weinig woorden

Preview

Je vis, je meurs

song cycle for soprano and ensemble

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

French

Louise Labé

14'30

Stichting Muze / Bauwien van der Meer

April 30, 2022

Bauwien van der Meer and friends at TivoliVredenburg

CD/SPOTIFY: La Lumiere

Je vis, je meurs, last song

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

Dutch

Hans Lodeizen

4'10

Private

3 Januari 2016

Monique Krüs - soprano and Douw Fonda - violoncello

Monique Krüs, sopraan and Douw Fonda, cellist

Opgenomen in de lente van 2016 in het Sarphati Huis te Amsterdam

Awakening

voice and violoncello

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

English

Monique Krüs

2’30

Private

2017

Martijn Sanders

Preview

2 songs on poems by German poet Doris Runge

es ist spät        3'00

sommer            5'00

Gloria ad Iside - a new triumphal march

SATB and piano, perc opt

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Italian

Antonio Ghislanzoni, same text Verdi used in Aida

5'10

Leeuwarden Culturele Hoofdstad, Opera Spanga

July 24, 2018

Chorus of Opera Spanga

A commission to four composers to create new Triumphal Marches. 

There was a brass band, an Arabian twist, a singer- song-writer and 

Krüs’ version: with an opera chorus.

Live performance before every Aida show, on the Opera Spanga premisses.

Opera chorus of Aida in Spanga (NL)  

Ieder die dit meemaakt

SATB and piano, vc (opt)

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Text           

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Performers

Nederlands

Gable Roelofsen

Common Chorale Koor

21 december 2018, Maastricht

8'00

Romy and Gable Roelofsen of Het Geluid, creators of many socially engaged opera-projects and winners of Prins Bernhard Fundation Inspiration Prize, invited Krüs to compose and conduct the 'Requiem for Shame' for Common Chorale, a beautiful community-choir project in Maastricht.  A rhythmical, theatrical piece, well singable for amateur singers

Krüs conducting the Common Chorale Chorus

Hoist the Jack!

SATB and string quartet

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Text           

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Premiere  

Performers

English

Corina van Eijk

4'00

Teatru Manoel, Valletta

September 22, 2018

Choir and Ensemble of Teatru Manoel

Up-tempo scene from the opera Corto Maltese (Krüs, 2018) where pirates want to trick the captain of a British ship into trusting them, so they can plunder the boat. Small solos for sopr and alto from the choir

Huge poster on Valletta's main square  to announce the opera

Come to my arms

SATB and string quartet, vocal score available

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Text           

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English

Monique Krüs

3'00

Private

This work was inspired by the opera Corto Maltese (Krüs, 2018). Krüs used the music to create a calming lovesong for a capella voices and with an arrangment for string quartet.

Chaos

SSMA and cl, harp, vi, vc, vocal score av.

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Text           

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Premiere  

Performers

Nederlands

Herman van Tongerloo   

15'05

Stichting Utrechts Requiem

January 31, 2022 

Postland Ensemble

Director and documentary maker Ellen Blom collected life stories from Utrecht citizens,  to create a Requiem. A Requiem as a goodbye to hardship, to celebrate life and inspire others.  Every other year there's a new edition, for which Krüs wrote already 5 works: Onrust and Karma is een Bitch! , Chaos, Eindelijk gehoord and Huis van de rijzende zon. 

2025 will bring another edition to which Krüs will contribute.

Preview

Die Kokette

SATB a capella

Language       

Text           

Duration                                                    

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Premiere  

Performers

German

Monique Krüs 

1'15

Toonkunst Rotterdam

June 22, 2019

Toonkunst Rotterdam

To celebrate 10 years of sparkling conducting the Toonkunst Rotterdam Choir commissioned 10 composers to write a one minute tribute to their conductor Maria van Nieukerken. Krüs created Die Kokette on a German text, a waltz with joy and laughter! 

Onrust

SATB, baritone solo, chamber ensemble or cl,hp,vi.vc

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Text           

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Premiere  

Performers

Nederlands

Herman van Tongerloo   

8'00

Stichting Utrechts Requiem

January 31, 2022 

Postland Ensemble

Director and documentary maker Ellen Blom collected life stories from Utrecht citizens,  to create a Requiem. A Requiem as a goodbye to hardship, to celebrate life and inspire others.  Every other year there's a new edition, for which Krüs wrote already 5 works: Onrust and Karma is een Bitch! , Chaos, Eindelijk gehoord and Huis van de rijzende zon. 

2025 will bring another edition to which Krüs will contribute.

Michael Wilmering, baritone, NEON Project Choir, Insomnio Ensemble conducted 

by Ulrich Pöhl.  Live from TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Dutch Radio 4 broadcast

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Text           

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Commission                                 

Premiere  

Performers

Nederlands

Herman van Tongerloo   

8'00

Stichting Utrechts Requiem

January 31, 2022 

Postland Ensemble

Director and documentary maker Ellen Blom collected life stories from Utrecht citizens,  to create a Requiem. A Requiem as a goodbye to hardship, to celebrate life and inspire others.  Every other year there's a new edition, for which Krüs wrote already 5 works: Onrust and Karma is een Bitch! , Chaos, Eindelijk gehoord and Huis van de rijzende zon. 

2025 will bring another edition to which Krüs will contribute.

Esther Kuiper, mezzosoprano, NEON Project Choir, Insomnio Ensemble conducted 

by Ulrich Pöhl.  Live from TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Dutch Radio 4 broadcast

Preview

Denkend aan Holland

TTBB / SATB/ ATTBB  a capella

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Text           

Duration                                                    

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Premiere  

Performers

Dutch

Hendrik Marsman

4'30

The Gents

September 15, 2019

The Gents men's choir

The famous Dutch poem.

More performances a.o.

- Slotkoor 25 juli 2020, TTBB. Their YouTube version was part of the virtual International Choir Festival in Sao Paolo, Brasil December 2020

- Michael Wilmering and Jabiz Hafizi, baritone and piano, November 2020.  They won the 1st prize in an Online Competition Challenge during a concert for the Dutch Embassy in Iran, November 2020.   

- Utrecht Kamerkoor conducted by Bauwien van der Meer.

March 25, 2022 in the Pieterskerk Utrecht.

Slotkoor conducted by Fokko 

Oldenhuis, July 25, 2020 Utrecht

Equinox

SSMA and piano

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Text           

Duration                                                    

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Performers

Nederlands

Miek Smilde     

12'30

Miek Smilde

20 juli 2021 Utrecht

Slotkoor conducted by Fokko Oldenhuis

1. Winterwende       (Winter Solstice)        4’50

2. Midzomernacht  (Midsummernight)    4’20

3. Equinox                                                                   3’30

Equinox, last part of the cycle, performed a capella by Amsterdam Choir The Angels at the presentation of the new poem collection by Miek Smilde. With the poet herself in the middle.

Morning Light

SSMA and piano

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Text           

Duration                                                    

Commission                                 

English

Xandra Knebel   

14'00

Zembla Music

An initiative to create accessible choir music for amateur singers.

A romantic, feel good love song                               

listen to the midifile

Eindelijk gehoord

SSMA and piano

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Text           

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Commission                                 

Premiere  

Performers

Nederlands

Herman van Tongerloo   

15'05

Stichting Utrechts Requiem

January 31, 2022 

Postland Ensemble

Director and documentary maker Ellen Blom collected life stories from Utrecht citizens,  to create a Requiem. A Requiem as a goodbye to hardship, to celebrate life and inspire others. 2017 was the first edition, with 8 works by 4 Dutch composers. 2019 brought the second edition  for which Krüs wrote 2 parts:  Onrust and Karma is een Bitch!

For the 3rd edition Krüs wrote Chaos  and Eindelijk gehoord. To the latest edition she contributed Huis van de rijzende zon

Preview

Magnificat

Sop, alt, SATB, chamber orchestra

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Premiere  

Performers

Latin

23'00

Bachcantates Utrecht t.g.v hun 55 jarig bestaan alsmede 

de viering van de 900-ste verjaardag van de stad Utrecht  

September 11, 2022 Geertekerk in Utrecht.

Choir and orchestra of Bachcantatediensten Utrecht 

conducted by Gerrit Maas

"Een aanwinst voor het repertoire"     "An enrichment to the repertoire"

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Soloists Esther Kouwenhoven, soprano and Merel van Schie, alto, choir and orchestra of the Bachcantates Utrecht -  with students of the Kathedrale Kerkschool in Utrecht - en dirigent Gerrit Maas made the premiere into a huge  happening.  Evert Jan Nachtegaal, host of several radioshows at the Concertzender "Het dak van de Geertekerk ging eraf!" The Domcantorij, choir and orchestra of the Dom Cathedral in Utrecht conducted by Remco de Graas performed Magnificat on December 10, 2022 also with Esther Kouwenhoven and Merel van Schie.

Watch a few highlights of the concert 

on December 10, 2022 in Utrecht:

Et exsultavit

Quia respexit

Sicut locutus est - Gloria

Huis van de rijzende zon

SATB, cl,bayan, vla cb

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

Dutch

Herman van Tongerloo

5'05

Stichting Utrechts Requiem

November 10, 2023, tour through the Netherlands

Postland Ensemble

Director and documentary maker Ellen Blom collected life stories from Utrecht citizens,  to create a Requiem. A Requiem as a goodbye to hardship, to celebrate life and inspire others.  Every other year there's a new edition, for which Krüs wrote already 5 works: Onrust and Karma is een Bitch! , Chaos, Eindelijk gehoord and Huis van de rijzende zon. 

2025 will bring another edition to which Krüs will contribute.

Ronda

for piano solo

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performer

9'00

Private

July 27, 2024

Ingrid Krüs

Composition inspired by the city of Ronda in Spain.

3 parts:

 - Alameda del Tajo

 - El Puente Nuevo

 - Casa Don Bosco

Dedicated to my sister Ingrid, who loves to go to Spain!

Midi mock-up of Ronda

Zee Suite   Suite de la Mer

for string quartet

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performer

9'00

Stichting Appeltaart Concerten

June 21, 2021

Kreissler Quartet

A string quartet in three parts:

 - Schelpen  (Sea shells)

 - Koraal  (Coral)

 - Zeester  (Starfish)

Online premiere of Schelpen (Sea Shells) with an intro by Michiel Holtrop, violinist and artistic director of the Appeltaartconcerten

The Kreisler Quartet performs 

'Starfish', part 3 of the 

Suite of the Sea.

Oct.2023 in Vleuten (NL)

Orchis, a requiem

for string quartet

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performer

6'30

Private

August 2, 2015

Members of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Commissioned by Ruud Keulen to commemorate the death of his wife Caren on August 4, 2010. The notes C and E, her initials, have been used throughout the composition which ends in C major.

Listen on Spotify or on Soundcloud

Orchis on Soundcloud, just click the green button

Listen here to a part of Orchis,  on Spotify you can hear the whole composition

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performer

3'00

St. Appeltaartconcerten

September 2,  2015

Members of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Caroline Wiedenhoff wrote a beautiful, atmospheric poem that inspired Krüs to write this work.

Premiere of Nachtegalen (Nightingales) with composer 

Monique Krüs reading the poem by Caroline Wiedenhof

Bloesem

a cycle for guitar and viola, also available for guitar and piano

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performer

6'00

NedPhoGO

June 21, 2010

Martin Kaaij and Michiel Holtrop

NedPho GO! are  to be played in hospitals, schools and elderly homes.  Since the premiere they have played it at least 80 times! Roland Kieft (who hosted the premiere): 

 'Love it! It reminds me of the music in de movie Chocolat.’

L-R Martin Kaaij, Roland Kieft and Michiel Holtrop at the premiere of Bloesem in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Mozartique 1 - 8

easy pieces for piano

Krüs started to compose at a young age. In the beginning of the 21st century she wanted to write more for live musicians and one of the first works were short pieces for piano solo.

Every once in a while she adds another Mozartique to the list.

Published by PEER Hamburg

Saskia in Blue

piano solo

Dutch pianist Marcel Worms invited a number of composers to write a blues for him. Krüs was one of them. Rembrandt van Rijns love for his wife Saskia - who passed away at an early age - is the theme of the blues she composed for Worms.

This work is part of the album Blues in red, white and blue published by peermusic in Hamburg and also appeared on CD.

From the score:        Rembrandt paints, large and small brush strokes,

                                        he paints the light, shapes the dark

                                        delicate high notes, firm low notes

                                        then his thoughts wander, he thinks of Saskia

                                        paintbrush still in hand

                                        music tranquil, clear, like a calm heartbeat    

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performer

9'30

Leo Smit Foundation

May 14, 2012

Eleonore Pameijer and  Lodewijk Crommelin

For renowned flutist Eleonore Pameijer, Krüs composed a cycle inspired by the famous Chainbridge in Budapest, the first bridge to connect the Hungarian cities of Buda and Pest in 1849. Together with pianist Lodewijk Crommelin she performed it in one of the Uilenburger Concerts in Amsterdam on May 14th, 2012. The piece requires a bit of acting from both players.

From the score:        

Flute and piano are trying to reach each other, each from a different 

side of the bridge. Like a love duet, audacious, hesitating, inviting. 

Shy at first,  then hearts open.  A dance of joy, ending in a quiet embrace

1.   Watching, trying

2.   Opening up

3.   Dancing on the bridge.

Magnificat

Sop, alt, SATB, chamber orchestra

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Duration                                                    

Commission

Premiere  

Performers

Latin

23'00

Bachcantates Utrecht t.g.v hun 55 jarig bestaan alsmede 

de viering van de 900-ste verjaardag van de stad Utrecht  

September 11, 2022  Geertekerk in Utrecht.

Choir and orchestra of Bachcantatediensten Utrecht 

conducted by Gerrit Maas

"Een aanwinst voor het repertoire"     "An enrichment to the repertoire"

Zing-Magazine

Soloists Esther Kouwenhoven, soprano and Merel van Schie, alto, choir and orchestra of the Bachcantates Utrecht -  with students of the Kathedrale Kerkschool in Utrecht - en dirigent Gerrit Maas made the premiere into a huge  happening.  Evert Jan Nachtegaal, host of several radioshows at the Concertzender "Het dak van de Geertekerk ging eraf!" The Domcantorij, choir and orchestra of the Dom Cathedral in Utrecht conducted by Remco de Graas performed Magnificat on December 10, 2022 also with Esther Kouwenhoven and Merel van Schie.

Watch a few highlights of the concert 

on December 10, 2022 in Utrecht:

Et exsultavit

Quia respexit

Sicut locutus est - Gloria

Songs for Kids Dutch National TV

voice and piano or guitar

Z@ppelin Netstyling:

Vlieg met ons mee

Heksensoep

Kriebelbeestjes

Verlegen zijn is niet zo fijn

Ik droomde dat ik vliegen kon

Kriebelbeestjes

HoelaHoep TELEAC / NOT:

Toveren

Ridders en prinsessen

Scherpe tanden

Een dino in je huis

Jungle

Scherpe tanden

Knipperdeknap

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Eng.ish

Yvo Vas Diaz, Monique Krüs

3'30

Transgender Amsterdam

July 31, 2016

We komen eraan!

voice and piano or guitar

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Dutch

Ruben van Gogh

3'30

Stadsbibliotheek Utrecht

November 9. 2019

On the annual happening around St. Maarten's day November 11

the City of Utrecht always organises the St.Maarten Parade. In 2019 the Library of Utrecht, where the Parade starts, commissioned  a special song dedicated to the Parade. 

We komen eraan at the Parade Utrecht  November 9th, 2019

Lunam, ne quidem Lunam  (A nebulous Moon)

for high/middle/low voice and orchestra

vocal score available 

Language

Text

Duration

Commission

Premiere

Performed by

Latin / English in prep

P.J. Hawinkels

6'00

IVC Den Bosch

September 16th, 2017

Yajie Xhang, mezzosoprano, PhilZuid with Kenneth Montgomery

For the International Vocal Competition 2016 (focus on lied-duo) Monique Krüs was asked to write the compulsory work that all participants have to prepare. The text (translated into Latin) was taken from the poem Bosch en Bruegel by Dutch poet Pé Hawinkels who found his inspiration in the Jheronimus Bosch painting Garden of Earthly Delights. 

Winner of IVC 2017 Yajie Zhang with the philharmonie zuidnederland 

conducted by Kenneth Montgomery

Onrust

SATB, baritone solo, chamber ensemble or cl,hp,vi.vc

Language       

Text           

Duration                                                    

Commission                                 

Premiere  

Performers

Nederlands

Herman van Tongerloo   

8'00

Stichting Utrechts Requiem

January 31, 2022 

Postland Ensemble

Director and documentary maker Ellen Blom collected life stories from Utrecht citizens,  to create a Requiem. A Requiem as a goodbye to hardship, to celebrate life and inspire others. 2017 was the first edition, with 8 works by 4 Dutch composers. 2019 brought the second edition  for which Krüs wrote 2 parts:  Onrust and Karma is een Bitch!

For the 3rd edition Krüs wrote Chaos  and Eindelijk gehoord. To the latest edition she contributed Huis van de rijzende zon

Karma is een Bitch!

SMA, alto solo, chamber ensemble or cl,hp,vi.vc

Language       

Text           

Duration                                                    

Commission                                 

Premiere  

Performers

Nederlands

Herman van Tongerloo   

8'00

Stichting Utrechts Requiem

January 31, 2022 

Postland Ensemble

Director and documentary maker Ellen Blom collected life stories from Utrecht citizens,  to create a Requiem. A Requiem as a goodbye to hardship, to celebrate life and inspire others. 2017 was the first edition, with 8 works by 4 Dutch composers. 2019 brought the second edition  for which Krüs wrote 2 parts:  Onrust and Karma is een Bitch!

For the 3rd edition Krüs wrote Chaos  and Eindelijk gehoord. To the latest edition she contributed Huis van de rijzende zon

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The Painted Garden

Soprano and symphony orchestra

Language       

Text           

Duration                                              

English

Hein van Eekert

10'00

A scene for soprano and orchestra where Empress Livia has learned that her husband August has passed away. In preparation.

Preview