Concertzender Outlook on this week’s musical headlines, edited by Bart van der Horst. CD of the week, concert schedule and interviews with guests included. Listeners may comment to the broadcast at: actueel@concertzender.nl.
Host: EvertJan Nagtegaal
1. Intro
Music: Carl Nielsen, Tågen Letter
Performed by: Benedikte Johansen – harp, Thomas Jensen – flute.
2. Interview
Irene Maessen, soprano, is on the phone and she will talk to us about the programme ‘The Day of the Theatrical Song’.
Music: Satie, Diva de l’Empire.
Poulenc, Le Chemin de L’Amour.
Performed by: Irene Maessen, soprano; Eleonore Pameijer, flute;
Rudolf Jansen, piano.
Music: Britten, Tell me the truth about love
Performed by: Maria Fiselier, vocals; Peter Nilsson, piano.
3. CD of the week
Alisa Weilerstein
Title: Dmitri Shostakovich, Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
Musicians: Alisa Weilerstein, Cello and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado.
[Decca 0289 483 0835 4]
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich, 1st Cello concerto in E flat Major, part 2 “Moderato”
Performed by: Alisa Weilerstein, cello and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado
4. Early Music
Thursday 17 November, start 20.15
Westzaan, Zuidervermaning.
Programme: Thomas Dunford
In this concert, Thomas Dunford will explore the contrast between the melancholic music of England’s most famous composer for lute John Dowland, and the experimental toccatas of the Roman lute and theorba legend Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger.
more info
Music: John Dowland, Lachrimae (Praeludium, Fortune)
Performed by: Thomas Dunford, luit
5. The American Four Seasons
Psychosuite
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 November.
Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ.
Saturday 19 November, Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg.
Sunday 20 November, Enschede, Muziekcentrum.
Programme: The American Four Seasons
Performed by: Amsterdam Sinfonietta conducted by Candida Thompson, conductor and violin. Isabelle van Keulen, violin.
Music: Toru Takemitsu, “Funeral music” from Black rain.
Dmitri Shostakovich, Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 134: Allegretto
Performed by: Isabelle van Keulen, violin and Ronald Brautigam, piano.
6. Hoor es…
Column by RobbertJan de Neeve
Music: C.M. von Weber, Cantate: Battle and victory, opus 44
Performed: Choir and Orchestra of Radio Leipzig conducted by Herbert Kegel.
7. The museums
Archive Utrecht
6 November through 30 April 2017.
Archive Utrecht, exhibition ‘De getekende Stad’. (The drawn city)
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The exhibition De getekende Stad can be visited until 30 April 2017 in the Archive Utrecht, Hamburgerstraat no 28.
Music: carillon of the Dom tower
8. Jazz
Friday 18 November, 20.30
Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg.
Programme: Fine And Mellow with David Linx, vocals and Diederik Wissels, piano.
more info
Music: The Police, Roxanne.
Performed by: David Linx, vocals.
9. Who’s next
From 22 November, 19.30 uur, through 27 November.
Kunstlinie Almere.
Who’s Next
more info
Music: Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, from the Threepenny Opera.
Performed by: Lale Andersen, vocals.
10. Concertgebouw
Saturday 19 November, 20.15 uur.
Amsterdam, Grote Zaal Concertgebouw.
Programme: In War and Peace – Harmony through music
Performed and hosted by: Joyce DiDonato.
Music: Georg Friedrich Händel, Lascia chio pianga from
Händel’s opera Rinaldo.
Performed by: Joyce DiDonato.
11. Petite Messe Solenelle
Friday 18 November, 20.15 uur.
Amsterdam, Dominicus church .
Programme: Gioachino Rossini, Petite Messe Soelenelle, arranged by Gustavo Trujillo.
Performed by: Studentenkoor Amsterdam.
more info
Music: Francis Poulenc, “Domine Deus” from “Gloria”
Performed by: Studentenkoor Amsterdam and UvA-Orkest conducted by Servaas Schreuders and Varvara Tishina, soprano.
12. End
Music: Ólafur Arnalds, Doria.
Music: Howard Blake, Matthew Trusler, Ashley, Advice from a Caterpillar.
