Randal Corsen & Metropole Orkest conducted by Dirk Brossé - Winy (NSJF 2023)

composition by: Rudolph Th. Palm
arrangement by: Randal Corsen

This performance was part of 'Palm & Plaate: Classic & popular compositions from Curaçao'. Footage courtesy of NTR and MOJO/North Sea Jazz Festival. Used with permission.

Randal Corsen (musical director, piano); Cici Isenia, Stanley Clementina, Tamara Nivillac (backing vocals); Jean-Jacques Rojer (cuatro, guitar); Pernell Saturnino, Roël Calister (percussion).

Director: Eduard Huis in 't Veld
Audio: Tijmen Zinkhaan


With Palm & Plaate, the Metropole Orkest pays tribute to the oeuvres of legendary composers from Curaçao. Compiled by musical director and pianist Randal Corsen, the concert will be performed by vocalists Izaline Calister and Maruja Bogaard, as well as top musicians from the island. Musician and composer of classical and dance music Jan Gerard Palm (1831-1906) is the forefather of an extensive family of composers that have been a great influence on the classical Curaçao music for many generations. Jacobo (1887-1982), Rudolph (1880-1950) and Edgar (1905-1998) Palm all taught music, were multi-instrumentalists and wrote hundreds of waltzes, tumbas, marches, mazurkas and church songs that remain popular. Composer Rudy Plaate (b. 1937) has also greatly influenced the development of music on the island. As a singer, he lovingly sang about his cherished island of Curaçao in more than 400 songs. Plaate’s lyrics let Papiamentu shine elegantly, something that was revolutionary at the time and made the people of the Antilles proud of their identity.