Amsterdam Sinfonietta: Debussy, Mussorgsky, Weinberg and Shostakovich

Por Renée Reitsma, 10 abril 2012

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Crítica hecha desde Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Ámsterdam el 6 abril 2012

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) (orch. Adrian Williams)

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) (orch. Adrian Williams)

Debussy, Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk (orch. Adrian Williams)

Musorgskiï, Songs and Dances of Death (arr. Theo Verbey)

Weinberg, Concertino for violin and string orchestra, Op.42

Shostakovich, Sinfonía de cámara en la bemol mayor (arr. del Cuarteto de cuerda núm. 10), op. 118a (arr. Rudolf Barschai)

Candida Thompson, Violín

Christianne Stotijn, Mezzosoprano

Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Through the looking glass: Amsterdam Sinfonietta are a class act

Clare Varney, 12th May

Candida Thompson’s performance of Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel with understated beauty, immaculate phrasing and restrained emotion, steals the show.

****1

Roukens Requiem: eine Hommage an die Totenmesse

Michael Klier, 3rd November

Joey Roukens' Requiem ist eine abwechslungsreiche und tröstliche intime Komposition.

***11

Thomas Oliemans in heartfelt chansons at the Concertgebouw

Jenny Camilleri, 7th July

Baritone and pianist Thomas Oliemans demonstrated his love of the French chanson accompanied by the richly layered strings of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

****1

Serenade and sorrow from Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Arcayürek and Klieser

Mark Thomas, 25th March

The impressive Amsterdam Sinfonietta showed lucidity and depth in Britten and Shostakovich, with tenor Ilker Arcayürek and horn player Felix Klieser adding much to the quality.

****1

Rana brings energy and clarity to Bach in Amsterdam

Michael Roddy, 6th April

Ominous Bartók, polished Mozart and energetic Bach, all on a superb musical spring evening in Amsterdam.

****1

Playful light and colour from Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Jane Shuttleworth, 5th June

Imaginative Bach and an exciting new work by Dobrinka Tabakova played by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta with pianists Ferhan and Ferzan Önder.

***11

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Renée Reitsma

Renée lives in Essex and is a PhD student in Philosophy. She loves all sorts of classical and non-classical music, but has a particular love for Dmitri Shostakovich. She is in charge of the Heavy Symphonic playlist at Dutch classical music site 24classics and blogs here.