Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia and Ariane, News 1 (September 2005 - June 2007)

[Verde Esmeralda]

Originally Posted by lucien

During a press meeting in Bratislava this morning,Queen Beatrix refered to the condition of wee Princess Ariane earlyer this month,she discribed her condition at the time as "griezelig" ,meaning as much as very worrysome,and that the family had only been told about the true nature afterwards.

HM added that;Thank God,everything is fine now".
Thank God indeed.

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the Queen says that the risk had been high, due to her early age, and the consequent early stage of her inmunological system development.

As Lucien said, the Queen said that her condition was worrysome and that it had been informed to the family after her entering the hospital.

[Empress]

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[carlota]

Originally Posted by Aurora810

I'm sure you meant christening not birthday. Yep, I think September will be a busy month for the Dutch RF.

oops! yes, of course, i meant christening. lol. so many birthdays lately (alexia, willem and maxima) that i got messed up.

it's good to hear her majesty talking about ariane. i'm glad it's all fine now. must be horrible to have your baby in hospital only weeks after she is born.

[Vanesa]

So, poor little Princess Ariana was in a very delicate state after all...I supposed it. But now all the worry must be let back. She is in well condition now, and she'll be christened in no time!

Vanesa.

[Marengo]

On June 16th a classical piece of music will be performed on the hofvijver in The Hague that was writtern in the honour of princess Ariane. The piece is called ' Her First Waltz'.

In the 19th and early 20th century it was a tradition that on every important day related to the house of Orange music would be composed. The classical society that organises a classical festival in the Hague thought that it would be nice tostart this tradition again and asked people to compose a piece of music in the honour of Princess Ariane' s birth.

source: RTL boulevard

[carlota]

Originally Posted by Marengo

On June 16th a classical piece of music will be performed on the hofvijver in The Hague that was writtern in the honour of princess Ariane. The piece is called ' Her First Waltz'.

In the 19th and early 20th century it was a tradition that on every important day related to the house of Orange music would be composed. The classical society that organises a classical festival in the Hague thought that it would be nice tostart this tradition again and asked people to compose a piece of music in the honour of Princess Ariane' s birth.

source: RTL boulevard

that's such a cute detail. do you think willem and maxima will attend the show? since it's tradition, were other pieces performed in honour of princesses catharina-amalia and alexia?

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by carlota

that's such a cute detail. do you think willem and maxima will attend the show? since it's tradition, were other pieces performed in honour of princesses catharina-amalia and alexia?

Maybe The Prince and Princess will attend, but it is not scheduled yet.
This new composition for a new royal infant is a re-invention of an old tradition, this was not done yet for Princess Catharina-Amalia and Princess Alexia.


Often classic music is performed on the Court Pond, the large moat in front of the Inner Court (which houses the States-General, that is the parliament). You see that this is an ideal stage to perform Händel's Water Music, complemented with fire works. Always a fairytale sight.

By the way, the Orange-Nassaus have a long tradition of special compositions made for them. Amongst them Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who wrote music for them. A more recent example is 'Entrata della Regina' by Jurriaan Andriessen, which is a triumphant fanfare, played when The Queen enters the Hall of Knights for her annual Address to the States-General.

[The Watcher]

But Princess Catharina-Amalia has her own march, written by Gert Buitenhuis.

It is possible to download it: welkom op www.volharding.net

It is called Prinses Amalia Mars (mp3, right-click 'save target as..').

[Vanesa]

I likes the March very much...Princess Catharina-Amalia is a beatiful, jolly little cutie pie, who also seems to be very intelligent. She INDEED deserved a March in her honor!

Vanesa.

[Anna_R]

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