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SUMMARY:True Love Song Cycle
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DESCRIPTION:On the erosion of autonomy\n\nIn True Love\, composer Renske Vr
	olijk\n[https://rvsmile.com/werkenlijst/true-love-liederencyclus/] sets th
	e raw\nrhetoric of sexual power to music of deceptive lightness. By combin
	ing\nhistorical sources—from the 17th-century diaries of Samuel Pepys to s
	peeches by\nthe modern populist archetype—the cycle exposes the chilling a
	llure of\ndominance.\n\nThe 40-minute cycle follows the story of Mary and 
	the erosion of her autonomy\nwithin American Christian nationalism. It tra
	ces a trajectory from the\n“grooming” phase—where religious purity is depl
	oyed as a weapon—to legislative\ncontrol over the female body. The finale 
	marks the moment when the full weight\nof civil legal proceedings brought 
	against her comes crashing down. It is a\npiece written with a chilling\, 
	painted-on smile.\n\nThe programme opens with the romantic Sechs Lieder (O
	p. 17) by Elisabeth Kuyper\n(1877–1953).\n\nBauwien van der Meer\, soprano
	\nCaecilia Boschman\, piano
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/true-love-song-cycle
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LOCATION:Splendor - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116\, 1011 LX Amsterdam
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CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,music,nieuwmarkt/lastage,piano,stories
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On the erosion of autonomy <p>In <em>True Love
	</em>, composer <strong><a href="https://rvsmile.com/werkenlijst/true-love
	-liederencyclus/" target="_blank">Renske Vrolijk</a></strong> sets the raw
	 rhetoric of sexual power to music of deceptive lightness. By combining hi
	storical sources—from the 17th-century diaries of Samuel Pepys to speeches
	 by the modern populist archetype—the cycle exposes the chilling allure of
	 dominance.</p><p>The 40-minute cycle follows the story of Mary and the er
	osion of her autonomy within American Christian nationalism. It traces a t
	rajectory from the “grooming” phase—where religious purity is deployed as 
	a weapon—to legislative control over the female body. The finale marks the
	 moment when the full weight of civil legal proceedings brought against he
	r comes crashing down. It is a piece written with a chilling, painted-on s
	mile.</p><p>The programme opens with the romantic <em>Sechs Liede</em>r (O
	p. 17) by Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953).</p><p><strong>Bauwien van der Meer
	</strong>, soprano<br><strong>Caecilia Boschman</strong>, piano</p>
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