Event listing: Groot Omroepkoor | Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall | Sat 22 Dec 2012 at 20:15

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Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main HallPiet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1019 BR, Netherlands

Dates/times in Amsterdam time zone

Programme

Revueltas, Silvestre (1899-1940)	Sensemayá
Sculthorpe, Peter (1929-2014)	From Ubirr
Dramm, David (b. 1961)	Disconnect
Vriend, Jan (b. 1938)	Koyopa' (Lightning)
Scelsi, Giacinto (1905-1988)	Uaxuctum "The legend of the Maya city which they themselves destroyed for religious reasons"

Performers

Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
Celso Antunes	Conductor
James Wood	Choirmaster / chorus director
Lies Beijerinck	Didgeridoo
Annelie Brinkhof	Soprano
Pierrette de Zwaan	Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Minter	Tenor
Itamar Lapid	Bass

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Five majestic apocalypses in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Rutger Muller, 22nd December

Many a dark tone roamed inside the Muziekgebouw as lovers of daring, opinionated orchestral music gathered there one day after the Mayan calendar ended. Diverse interpretations of apocalyptic fantasies and prophecies unfolded during this night. Apocalyptic, in its literal Greek meaning: revealing, disclosing.

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