This week on RNW's Dutch Music Monday Top 10 (week beginning 5 December 2011): A protest song by one of The Netherlands’ most renowned orchestras, a fun song by a well known comedy duo and a straightforward pop song from a former Voice of Holland finalist – that sums up the trio of newcomers to our weekly RNW Music Monday chart this week! 

To get our weekly music picks delivered right into your social media inbox, 'Like' our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter. 

Click here to listen to this week’s Music Monday Top 10 on Grooveshark!

3 Wereldwijd orkest – Metropole Orchestra & Friends
The huge budget cuts that the Dutch cabinet has imposed also mean less funding for several Dutch orchestras. The Metropole Orchestra is one of them – despite being hugely successful in their musical approach, which means they can handle almost any musical genre from classical to jazz and pop. To protest the cuts, the two-time Grammy Award winning Metropole Orchestra has recorded a protest song, “Wereldwijd orkest” (“Worldwide orchestra”), with the help of many of its musical friends from the Dutch pop scene. Great song, great initiative – but will it help?

6 Kabalis – Jurk
Jurk (“Dress”) is a comedy duo of Dennis van de Ven and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge. They have found fame with their comedy sketch shows on TV, but they actually started out as a band. Their new single is “Kabalis” , a non existing word which is a portmanteau of the words kabaal and is, as in: Als er kabaal is – “When there’s a lot of noise”.

8 Hey – Leonie Meijer
Leonie Meijer was one of last year’s finalists in the debut season of The Voice of Holland. She didn’t win, but she went on to become a fairly successful artist in her own right. Hey is from her debut album which will be released shortly.

1 (1) Ik neem je mee – Gers Pardoel (9 wks)
2 (2) Nergens zonder jou – Guus Meeuwis & Gers Pardoel (4 wks)
3 (-) Wereldwijd orkest – Metropole Orkest & Friends (1 wk)
4 (5) Doluv2luvu – Ilse DeLange (2 wks)
5 (9) What have you done – Anouk (2 wks)
6 (-) Kabalis – Jurk (1 wk)
7 (3) Took a hit – Racoon (15 wks)
8 (-) Hey – Leonie Meijer (1 wk)
9 (10) Meer kan het niet zijn – Bløf & Sabrina Starke (3 wks)
10 (7) Maniac in love – B-Yentl feat. Tarif (8 wks)

Click here to listen to this week’s Music Monday Top 10 on Grooveshark!