Fate decides: scratchcard concerts in Utrecht

By Sanne Thierens, 01 July 2014

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Reviewed at Academiegebouw, Utrecht on 29 June 2014

Coprario, Fantasia à5: O voi che sospirate

Tallis, O sacrum convivium

Snoei, Interreaction

Ravel, Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major

Debussy, Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune (Arr for violin and piano)

Kreisler, Tambourin Chinois

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 9 in C major, "Razumovsky", Op.59 no.3

Works by Bach

Works by Vivaldi

Janine Jansen, Violin

Seldom Sene

Shin Sihan, Violin

Anne Brackman, Piano

Furioso Quartet

Jan Jansen, Harpsichord

Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello

Gemma New the LPO: a blockbuster night on the Southbank

Susannah Moody, 12th November

The LPO tackled California wildfires and star-crossed lovers in a theatrical evening at the Royal Festival Hall.

*****

Revelatory Philharmonia debut from Tabita Berglund at the Anvil

David Truslove, 28th May

Superbly responsive performances of standard repertoire given a new lease of life by a young Norwegian conductor in Basingstoke.

*****

German efficiency, Hungarian goulash, Turkish delight

Peter Quantrill, 2nd June

A cello concerto by CPE Bach headlines Nicolas Altstaedt's appearance at the Istanbul Music Festival with the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

****1

Guggeis brings sensitivity to Strauss at the Staatsoper Berlin

Edward Sava-Segal, 6th May

A young conductor and a venerable orchestra unite in Berlin for three 20th-century works, covering vastly different soundscapes.

****1

A triple serving of Salome from Fabien Gabel in Detroit

Phillip Nones, 22nd April

The French conductor leads a “Salome-centric” concert high on drama and color, joined by Nicolas Altstaedt in presenting a cello concerto new to American audiences.

****1

A splendid night of 20th-century cello music with Nicolas Altstaedt and Aleksandar Madžar

Zoltán Szabó, 11th September

The first programme of Nicolas Altstaedt and Aleksandar Madžar for their tour around Australia offered an insightful selection of 20th-century chamber music masterpieces.

****1

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Sanne Thierens

Sanne is passionate about music and theatre and interested in what happens when the two are combined. She studied Liberal Arts and Sciences with majors in Musicology, Theatre & Media Studies and Piano Performance. After completing her degree at University College Roosevelt (Middelburg, The Netherlands), Sanne moved to London where she obtained an MA degree in Musicology from King’s College, University of London.