Ein amerikanisches Sommerprogramm mit Eric Whitacre

By Michael Klier, 04 July 2018

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“die Tenöre mussten wie Kühe muhen und die Soprane ihrem Ekel vor Aalen Ausdruck verleihen”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 2 July 2018

Bernstein, Chichester Psalms

Whitacre, The Chelsea Carol

Whitacre, The Seal Lullaby

Whitacre, Lux Aurumque

Whitacre, The city and the sea

Whitacre, Little man in a hurry

Copland, Old American Songs

Whitacre, Animal Crackers

Traditional, Down to the River and pray

David Allsopp, Countertenor

Eric Whitacre, Conductor

Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)

Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw

Max Lima, 4th March

Joined by two of the Netherlands' finest choirs, Riccardo Chailly conducts a Prokofiev double bill: the Fourth Symphony, a first for the orchestra, paired with the cantata Alexander Nevsky.

*****

Edward Gardner conducts an emotional L'Enfance du Christ in Utrecht

Clare Varney, 19th December

The Netherlands National Radio Choir and National Children's Choir amplify the emotional intensity of Berlioz's L’ Enfance du Christ at TivoliVredenburg.

****1

Mirrors and echoes: Pierre Boulez celebrated at the Lucerne Festival

Elodie Olson-Coons, 27th August

Liv Redpath and Bertrand Chamayou shine at the Lucerne Festival in this celebration of Pierre Boulez's legacy.

****1

Williams and Cargill shine in The Dream of Gerontius

Clare Varney, 13th June

British vocal talent adds some very British glamour to the closing Avrotros Friday concert featuring Elgar's most famous oratorio.

***11

Earth-shattering Mahler 2 from the Budapest FO at the Mahler Festival

Clare Varney, 11th May

As part of the Concertgebouw's ambitious Mahler Festival, Christiane Karg, Anna Lucia Richter and the Netherlands Radio Choir join the Budapest Festival Orchestra for the Resurrection Symphony.

*****

Nagano conducts Dutch premiere of Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen

Rose Dodd, 4th June

Performed for the first time in a concert version, Abrahamsen's 2019 opera appears with a fine cast at the Concertgebouw.

*****

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.

Ein amerikanisches Sommerprogramm mit Eric Whitacre und dem Niederländischen Radiochor