Camerata Trajectina – Treur Nederland! Rampliederen Door De Eeuwen Heen (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

When people are affected by a disaster, they often seek comfort. There is a long tradition of disaster songs: by singing together people sought support from each other.

Lotte Jensen (Professor of Dutch Cultural and Literary History at Radboud University in Nijmegen) investigates the emotional impact of disasters and the creation of a national identity in the Netherlands and came across songs about fires, floods, drought and insect plagues. Camerata Trajectina brings this tradition of the Dutch disaster song to life.

About the plague and corona, about the St. Elizabeth’s Flood in 1421 and the Flood of 1953: singing about disasters is timeless. Camerata Trajectina has made a fascinating overview, from devotional lyrics to psalm melodies but also cabaret-like songs from the 1920s. An expressive melodrama by Hendrik Badings and mesmerizing chorales from the Evangelische Liedbundel from 1806.

The functions of these lyrics are diverse; to evoke awareness of sin or as a news outlet, for youth education or for fundraising. This album shows how people in the Netherlands dealt with major disasters and what a comforting and connecting role music played in this.

Tracklist:
01. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Zware Brand Te Amsterdam En Schrikkelijke Watervloed in Den Jaare 1421 (02:02)
02. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Schrikkelijke Watervloed in De Nederlanden in Den Jaare 1530 (04:04)
03. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Tranen-Vloedt Tegen ‚T Vyer Der Pestilentie, In De Somer Van ‚T Jaer 1636 (06:05)
04. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Over Den Hollandschen Inbreuck Der Wateren, Decemb. 1658 (04:20)
05. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Van De Friesche Muggen (02:54)
06. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Het Suchtende Leyden, Op Het Jaar 1669 (03:31)
07. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Wat Grooter Nood Wat Droever Tijd (03:24)
08. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Een Nieuw Lied, Over De Jaren 1684 En 1685 (03:11)
09. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Op Het Afbranden Van De Amsteldamsche Schouwburg, 1772 (03:49)
10. Camerata Trajectina – Frischmuth: Boet-Zangen Ter Gelegenheid Van Den Geduchten Water-Vloed Des Jaars 1799 (08:00)
11. Camerata Trajectina – Dowland: Treurzang Weegens Het Springen Van Een Kruitschip in De Stad Leyden (04:38)
12. Camerata Trajectina – Hauff: In Groote Droogte (02:44)
13. Camerata Trajectina – Hauff: Bij Overvloedigen Regen (03:08)
14. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Aandoenlijk Tafereel Van De Felle Brand Te Groesbeek (04:10)
15. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: Watersnood-Wilhelmus (01:50)
16. Camerata Trajectina – Bandy: De Koningin Bezoekt Haar Volk (02:41)
17. Camerata Trajectina – Anonymous: De Laatste Dagen Van 1925 En Begin 1926 (03:15)
18. Camerata Trajectina – Badings: Ballade Van Den Watersnood (04:51)
19. Camerata Trajectina – Beyerman-Walraven: De Ramp (02:12)
20. Camerata Trajectina – Nieuwkerk: Scènes Uit Ons Lot (06:28)