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Matthijs Vermeulen - Symphony No. 4 "Les Victoires" (1941)

Matthijs Vermeulen (born Matheas Christianus Franciscus van der Meulen) (8 February 1888 – 26 July 1967), was a Dutch composer and music journalist. Symphony No. 4 "Les Victoires" (1940-41) Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Valery Gergiev Live recording June 6, 1997 This and its successor are war symphonies with No 4 written in the wake of Hitler's blitzkrieg conquest of France. Droning and an inexorable drum-beat launch the work which is strident and discordant as various themes and figures march independently in a maze and from time to time a tempest of sound. Simplicity surfaces periodically but soon the thickets of sound arise again. The victories in question are the many (wished for) victories which were needed for the Allies to secure the ultimate victory over fascism. Straightforwardly victorious themes are not in evidence at all. The victories are tortuous and painful - not at all joyous - although the high-screeching strings achieve something close to athletic elation after 19:38 and a Roy Harris like ecstasy floats high. In the closing bars Vermeulen affirms all that has gone before with a clamantly desperate air of triumph.