Brahms forges a friendship: Yannick Nezet-Seguin returns to Rotterdam

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Randall Goosby, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic

By Eleanor Knight, 04 May 2024

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“there’s no better compliment to an orchestra than for the visiting soloist to pull up a chair”

Reviewed at De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Rotterdam on 2 May 2024

Dvořák, Carnival Overture, Op.92

Price, Violin Concerto no. 2

Perkinson, Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk

Brahms, Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op.98

Randall Goosby, Violin

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Daniel Lozakovich makes his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 9th October

Tarmo Peltokoski searches in vain for the harsh brutality in Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

***11

The real deal: Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 7th November

Truls Mørk joins Tarmo Peltokoski and the Rotterdam Phil for a deeply emotional reading of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 2.

****1

Stylish Mozart and vibrant Prokofiev from the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Susan Stempleski, 9th March

The renowned pianist glows in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 9, while the rising star conductor impresses in selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

****1

Overcrowding suffocates DNO's Traviata

Eleanor Knight, 27th January

Adela Zaharia is cast as a Violetta for whom the party never stops in this revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's busy staging at Dutch National Opera.

**111

Stars, slapstick and soul: Martha Argerich joins the Rotterdam Phil

Eleanor Knight, 28th September

Soaring choral music precedes the arrival of Martha Argerich for a daredevil account of Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with RPhO Principal Trumpet, Alex Elia.

*****

Trifonov transfixes Rotterdam with nuanced, highly addictive Beethoven

Clare Varney, 12th January

Lahav Shani gives the players of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra their moment to shine in Strauss' demanding Ein Heldenleben.

****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.