Amsterdam Sinfonietta: Debussy, Mussorgsky, Weinberg and Shostakovich

By Renée Reitsma, 10 April 2012

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Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 6 April 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)

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

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

Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony in A flat major (arr of String Quartet no. 10), Op.118a (arr. Rudolf Barschai)

Candida Thompson, Violin

Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano

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

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

Brautigam premieres Beamish’s new Piano Concerto

David Pinedo, 11th March

For the silver jubilee of Ronald Brautigam’s history with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Sally Beamish composed a new piano concerto. Haydn, Mozart, and Elgar complemented the programme.

***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.