György Ligetis Werke bannen die Zeit in Amsterdam

By Michael Klier, 06 April 2018

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“Die Zeit zu bannen, ihr Vergehen aufzuheben, sie ins Jetzt des Augenblicks einzuschließen.”

Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 5 April 2018

Ligeti, Piano Concerto

Ligeti, With pipes, drums and fiddles (Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel)

Ligeti, Violin Concerto

Ligeti, Melodien

Ligeti, Ballad and Dance for two violins (Encore)

Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)

Slagwerk Den Haag

Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Joseph Puglia, Violin

Katalin Karolyi, Mezzo-soprano

Immersive cinematic experience: Reich/Richter in Amsterdam

Clare Varney, 3rd April

British percussionist Colin Currie joins Asko|Schönberg at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ for performances of Reich/Richter, a visual and musical feast.

****1

Blinding ice: Finsterer's frozen Antarctica at the Sydney Festival

Jeremy Eccles, 5th January

Gorgeous music by Mary Finsterer and an evocative setting by Elizabeth Gadsby transport you to the ends of the earth.

****1

A portrait of Hans Abrahamsen at the Concertgebouw

Rose Dodd, 14th May

For a programme given by Asko|Schönberg at the Concertgebouw, Hans Abrahamsen’s choice of his own works spans an important and transitory period of creative stillness.

****1

Pulsating new Andriessen at Holland Festival

Jenny Camilleri, 11th June

Louis Andriessen’s new opera is a masterly expedition into the grand and grotesque mind of Athanasius Kircher, polymath and fantastist, but it is hampered by a clumsy libretto.

***11

Noordegraaf musical theatre captivates

David Pinedo, 12th June

Arnoud Noordegraaf’s As Big as the Sky received more than the usual attention at the Holland Festival due to his collaboration with Ai Weiwei.

****1

Asko|Schönberg premières Rzewski

Thea Derks, 5th March

A Dog's Life – Frederic Rzewski's 2nd Piano Concerto – is full of playful detail, but a little too long.

***11

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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.

„Die Zeit zu bannen": Das Muziekgebouw Amsterdam feiert György Ligeti