Sunny music from deFilharmonie and Jaap van Zweden

Por Renée Reitsma, 30 mayo 2012

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Crítica hecha desde Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Ámsterdam el 27 mayo 2012

Rimsky-Korsakov, Obertura La gran Pascua rusa, Op.36

Bartók, Concierto para orquesta, Sz 116

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Jaap van Zweden, Dirección

Multi-media stress test for Antwerp’s new hall

Sam Johnstone, 18th March

Overshadowed by its Hanseatic cousin Hamburg, Antwerp recently celebrated the opening of its own new concert hall. In his Symphony no. 2, Wim Henderickx tested the hall's capabilities with a multi-media extravaganza.

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Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic’s measured Mahler 6

SangKwon Lee, 19th March

That last movement proves the evening’s true point of reckoning in the Seoul Philharmonic's performance of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony at Lotte Concert Hall.

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Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra

Clare Varney, 21st January

Leonidas Kavakos joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for an evening of Hollywood glamour and lush Romantacism.

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Jaap van Zweden tests Beethoven 9 in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 18th December

At the Seoul Arts Center, Jaap van Zweden treats Beethoven’s disputed metronome marks less as provocation than instruction, trading bloom for voltage in a driven Beethoven Ninth Symphony.

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Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic impress on US tour

Susan Stempleski, 27th October

In their first visit to the US in over a decade, the Seoul Philharmonic display their abundant skills in a crowd-pleasing program pairing two concert staples with an impressive American premiere.

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Jaap van Zweden prend énergiquement les rênes du Philhar'

Pierre Michel, 19th October

À l'exception d'un Concerto en sol de Ravel délicat voire discret avec Alice Sara Ott, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France a livré un concert tonitruant sous la baguette de son directeur musical désigné.

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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.