The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays the Best of Bernstein

By Nicolas Nguyen, 09 July 2017

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“The sound they produced was exuberant and lush, yet always precisely chiselled.”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 7 July 2017

Bernstein, On the Town: New York, New York

Bernstein, On the Town: Lonely Town

Bernstein, On the Town: I Can Cook, Too

Bernstein, Peter Pan: Dream with Me

Bernstein, Wonderful Town: I'm a little bit in love

Bernstein, Wonderful Town: A Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man

Bernstein, On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

Bernstein, Candide: Overture

Bernstein, Candide: I Am Easily Assimilated (Buenos Aires)

Bernstein, Candide: Nothing More than This

Bernstein, Candide: Glitter and Be Gay

Bernstein, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Bernstein, West Side Story: Dance at the Gym

Bernstein, West Side Story: Maria

Bernstein, Trouble in Tahiti

Bernstein, Wonderful Town: Wrong Note Rag

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

John Wilson, Conductor

Kim Criswell, Soprano

Scarlett Strallen, Soprano

Nadim Naaman, Baritone

Julian Ovenden, Tenor

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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.

*****

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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

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*****

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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Nicolas Nguyen

Nicolas is a French Amsterdammer, e-commerce professional and a bit of an opera buff. His experience in the area of music is that of a dilettante. His passion for the opera and vocal music comes from his love for both music and languages which are so perfectly combined in these art forms.