White-knuckle ride: Bomsori Kim plays Tchaikovsky at the Concertgebouw

Ryan Bancroft, Bomsori Kim and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Ryan Bancroft conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Bomsori Kim, Ryan Bancroft and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

By Eleanor Knight, 04 July 2024

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“it was impossible not to get caught up in the drama of the finale”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 3 July 2024

Britten, Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes

Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Ysaÿe, Violin sonata no. 4 in E minor, Op.27 no.4 (Presto ma non troppo)

Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, Op.45

Bomsori Kim, Violin

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)

Ryan Bancroft, Conductor

Denève, Lewis and the Netherlands Radio Phil in Utrecht

Laurence Vittes, 23rd January

At TivoliVredenburg’s Grote Zaal: a program of Beethoven, Liszt, and Schumann that, intentionally or not, invited reflection on long-range musical continuity.

***11

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

Brazilian-flavoured Rite of Spring opens the Holland Festival

Eleanor Knight, 6th June

Evangelia Kranioti's film reawakens the extraordinary extremity of Stravinksy's original ballet score in the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic's performance.

****1

Grounded Beethoven, intense Shostakovich in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 12th May

Karina Canellakis brings her Netherlands Radio Philharmonic to the Musikverein, joined by Emanuel Ax in Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.