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Maria Josephina Andres (José)
Candel was born on 16 August 1907 at Maastricht. She studied
singing at the 'Conservatory of Luik' and obtained there the
'Gouden Medaille voor zang' (Gold Medallion for singing). In
the Netherlands she became quickly well known by regularly appearances
in radio-concerts with the KRO (a Dutch broadcast company), as
well as in orchestra-concerts as in recitals. She also appeared
with many other orchestras as a soloist. Together with Hélène
Ludolph, Greet Koeman, Gerda Pons and Dora Schrama she was until
Janary 1947 part of the 'chamber-choir' of Felix de Nobel. On
January 1947 she leaved this choir, together with a.o. soprano
Ans Stroink, contralto Jo Immink and baritone Léon Combé.
She was married with Jacobus Hermes, brother of the contralto
Annie Hermes.
She died at Oirschot on 3 September
1995, cremated at Heeze on 7 September 1995. To her best known
recordings belong the Nuns-choir of Casanova by Johann
Strauss and the Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod, together with
choir and orchestra under Hugo de Groot. These recordings are
released on 78-rpm, 45-rpm as well as on LP.
The following music-fragment
with introduction comes from a 'Zonnebloem' radio-broadcast
on 3 July 1948.
 The duet 'Reich
mir die Hand mein Leben' of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Together
with baritone Frans van der Ven
Strauss,
Casanova, 'Nonnenkoor' (Nunn's Choir) |
