Daniele Gatti and the RCO make it official

By Jenny Camilleri, 11 September 2016

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“Gatti’s colouring, dynamic and phrasing details all clicked into place”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 9 September 2016

Beethoven, Egmont, Op.84: Overture

Schubert, Rosamunde, D.797: Entr'acte no. 3 in B flat major

Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Mozart, Don Giovanni, K527: Deh, vieni alla finestra

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Non più andrai

Respighi, Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome)

Verdi, Les Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani): Overture

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Daniele Gatti, Conductor

Christian Gerhaher, Baritone

National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands

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.

*****

Rafael Payare makes an unconvincing Royal Concertgebouw debut

Clare Varney, 19th February

Frank Peter Zimmermann joins the orchestra to bring Frank Martin’s seldom heard Violin Concerto back to the Netherlands.

***11

Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra

Clare Varney, 21st January

Leonidas Kavakos joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for an evening of Hollywood glamour and lush Romantacism.

*****

Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw

Antonio D'Amato, 9th October

An evening of contrasts at the Concertgebouw, where Beatrice Rana’s poised Beethoven meets Paavo Järvi’s clear-eyed Sibelius in a thoughtful performance with moments of genuine resonance.

***11

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 2nd October

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra puts Persian music centre stage with the Dutch premiere of Tehran-based composer Golfam Khayam's I am a tale not to be told.

*****

Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 17th September

Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s astonishing technical prowess in Saint-Saëns’ Fifth Piano Concerto entrances Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

****1

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

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