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Romantic late summer dancing: Dutch Masters open the season in Amsterdam

By Lambrecht Wessels, 15 September 2016
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“a great romantic night out”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 14 September 2016
Programme
Mozart Requiem (Toer van Schayk)
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (Rudi van Dantzig)
Adagio Hammerklavier (Hans van Manen)
Episodes of Fragments (Toer van Schayk)
Performers
Dutch National Ballet
Matthew Rowe, Conductor
Dutch National Ballet Orchestra
Machteld Baumans, Soprano
Helena Rasker, Mezzo-soprano
Marcel Reijans, Tenor
Frans Fiselier, Bass-baritone
Barbara Haveman, Soprano
Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam
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Lambrecht Wessels
Lambrecht Wessels
Lambrecht Wessels is a conflict analyst, publicist and avid dance fan living in Amsterdam. He writes about modern and classical dance, and follows Dutch National Ballet and the Netherlands Dance Theater especially. But he also visits dance performances in Belgium, the UK and Scandinavia.