Henk de Vlieger (born 1953 in

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) is a Dutch percussionist,

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and

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. Since 1984 he has been a permanent member of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra as percussionist. In May 2011 he was appointed artistic advisor to the orchestra. Although as a creative artist de Vlieger has written a number of original compositions, he is more noted for his arrangements of works from the classic repertoire for orchestra or instrumental ensembles. These include a number of transcriptions of the works of

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

; amongst them '' The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure'' (1991), '' Meistersinger: an orchestral tribute'' (2005) and '' Parsifal: an orchestral quest'' (1993). Many of these have been recorded on the Chandos label by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi. De Vlieger's other works include an

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of the '' Vier ernste Gesänge'' of

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

(2012), and an arrangement for percussion orchestra of the '' Pictures from an Exhibition'' by Modest Mussorgsky (1981). He has also written a ''Handbook for the orchestral percussion section'' (2003). He also carried out the orchestration of the Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" by Johan de Meij (2000).Henk de Vlieger website

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with extracts from de Vlieger's arrangement of ''Pictures from an Exhibition'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Vlieger, Henk de 1953 births Living people Dutch percussionists Dutch male classical composers Dutch classical composers Dutch music arrangers People from Schiedam 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers 20th-century Dutch male musicians 21st-century male musicians