Concert tips

Sunday 12 February / 15.30 / Vlissingen / Sint Jacobskerk

Medieval carols, Norwegian folk songs in polyphonic improvistations, and Italian songs of praise from the Cortona manuscript

Trio Mediaeval Nomemus
more info

Friday 10 February / 20.15 / Den Haag / Nieuwe Kerk

Rossini – Fagotconcert ‘Concerto da esperimento’
Lann – Rotterdam Concerto no.3 ‘Double | Reed’ for bassoon and orchestra
Mozart – Symphony no.33 KV319
Sinfonia Rotterdam conducted by Avner Biron, Mor Biron, bassoon
more info

Thursday 9 February / Amsterdam / Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ

Transformations
Works of German composers Carola Bauckholt and Christina Kubisch.
Het Nieuw Ensemble, Joël Bons, intro.
more info

9 – 12 Februay / Haarlem / Amsterdam

Amsterdam Wandelweiser Festival
On four different locations in the Netherlands, concerts are given.
Thursday 9 February Pletterij, Haarlem
Friday 10 February Perdu, Amsterdam
Saturday 11 February, Orgelpark, Amsterdam
Sunday 12 February, Vondelkerk, Amsterdam
for programme and perfomers, see wandelweiser festival

Thursday 9 February / 20.30 / Amsterdam / Bimhuis

Earth Time

Jeroen van Vliet and the Moon Trio
more info

Friday 10 February  / 20.30 / Amsterdam / Bimhuis  

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
more info

Friday 10 February / 20.15 / Pieterskerk / Utrecht 

Sacred and profane
Dutch Chamber Choir, conducted by Peter Dijkstra, Wiek Hijmans, electric guitar
more info and performace dates

Dutch Chamber Choir

Saturday 11 February  / 13:00 / Amsterdam  / Concertgebouw

Nixon in China – John Adams
NJO and Cappella Amsterdam condcuted by Kevin John Edusei and with many soloists
more info

Nixon has landed in China

Wednesday 8 February / 20.30  / Utrecht / Catharijne Convent

Lecture by Agnes van der Horst on the Requiem of Mozart

Sunday 12 February / 15.00 / Utrecht / Tivoli Vredenburg

Requiem of Mozart
Residence Orchestra and the Laurens Collegium conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend
Renate Arends, soprano; Maria Fiselier, alto; Marcel Reijans, tenor; André Morsch, bass
more info

11 February/ 10.00 / Goes  / Grote of Maria Magdalenakerk

Semi-finals of the Ambitus Foundation orgelconcours
more info

Museums:

Until 5 maart / Amsterdam / Stedelijk Museum

Jean Tinguely Machinespektakel. Playful, rugged machine art and explosive performances. This collection shows over a hundred, mostly functional machine sculptures, films, photos, drawings and archive material.
more info

Playlist

Elly Ameling

G.F. Händel – Rejoice greatly uit: Messiah
Elly Ameling, Soprano
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

Cd of the Week

Title: Bologna 1666
Perti / Torelli / Colonna / Alberti / Zavateri / Laurenti
Musici: Kammerorchester Basel conducted by Julia Schröder, violin
[EAN8718456058422]
more info

Giuseppe Matteo Alberti
Concerto per Chiesa e per Camera in e klein, Op. 1 No. 7
I. Allegro, II. Grave, III. Allegro
Kammerorchester Basel conducted by Julia Schröder, violin

Anonymous
A worcester Ladymass
Trio Mediæval

Rossini
Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra
Bozen String Academy conducted by Georg Egger, Sergio Azzolini, bassoon

Traditional
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Performed by: Lester Lynch and others

Guy Livingston
Don’t panic
Guy Livingston, prepared piano

J.S. Bach
Kommt ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen (Opening choir Matthäuspassion)
Stadsknapenkoor Elburg,
Barokorkest Florilegium Musicum conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink

Christina Kubisch
Part of Night Flights  
Christina Kubisch

Carola Baukholt (pseudonym Cikada)
Treibstoff
Performed by: Carola Baukholt

Henriëtte Bosmans,
Chanson
Fernand Mazade – lyrics
EvertJan Nagtegaal – baritone
Noël Lee – piano

Anastassis Philippakopoulos
Parts of Piano Pieces
Dante Boon, piano

Jeroen van Vliet and the Moon Trio
Mountain Hike
Jeroen van Vliet and the Moon Trio

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Future Strings
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

John Adams. Alice Goodman, libretto
Nixon in China: Act III: “Some Men You Cannot Satisfy.” Act III: “I Am No One.” Act III: ‘The Maos Dance””. Act III: “I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep”.
Orchestra of St.luke’s conducted by Edo de Waart

Luciano Berio
Cries of London
Swingle II

John Adams
Short write in a fast machine