The Twelve Hour Prom

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Concertgebouw: Main HallConcertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1071 LN, Netherlands

Dates/times in Amsterdam time zone

Programme

Adams, John Luther (b. 1953)	Inuksuit
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Les Nuits d'été, Op.7
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)	Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Lekeu, Guillaume (1870-1894)	Adagio for string trio, Op.3
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Frontispice (Orch Boulez)
Boulez, Pierre (1925-2016)	Le Soleil des eaux (The Sun of the Waters)
Boulez, Pierre (1925-2016)	Notations, for orchestra (I-IV; VII)
Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)	Nekuia
Tallis, Thomas (1505-1585)	Spem in Alium

Performers

Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Eva-Maria Westbroek	Soprano
Metropole Orchestra
Anna Calvi	Vocals
Slagwerk Den Haag
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Yeree Suh	Soprano
Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
Daniel Reuss	Conductor

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Voyages into the unknown: Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été

Mark Pullinger, 25th February

The background to Berlioz' great song cycle Les Nuits d’été with a musical analysis and playlist

Magnificent 12 hour Prom closes a reinvigorated Holland Festival

David Pinedo, 20th June

Ruth Mackenzie, Holland Festival’s vivacious and invigorating new director, closed her first edition with a twelve hour Prom, reinventing it as a mini-festival at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

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