Nieuw Ensemble features young composers in the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ

By Thea Derks, 17 January 2014

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Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 16 January 2014

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A mélange of documentary, Chinese opera and contemporary music does not really bind into a solid whole, but Sichuan opera star Shen Tiemei’s performance is complete musical theatre.

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Richard Wilcocks, 12th April

Accompanied by Joseph Middleton, Marianne Crebassa performs an exquisite recital of Debussy, Mahler, Mompou and Ravel.

*****

A superb Salzburg sojourn: Philadelphia Orchestra plays Mozart

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****1

Eroica: Riccardo Minasi and the WASO

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Artistry at full throttle: Rafael Payare and the Pittsburgh Symphony

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Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody

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The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

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Thea Derks

Thea Derks studied English at Groningen University and musicology at Amsterdam University. She graduated with honours in 1996. She was singer/songwriter of the new-wave group Tess. She lectured on modern music in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw from 2003–12, gives pre-concert talks throughout the Netherlands, and is a reporter and programmer for Radio 4, the Dutch classical music station. She recently published a biography on Reinbert de Leeuw that has been well received. www.theaderks.wordpress.com