Sigvards Kļava and Capella Amsterdam experiment

By Rutger Muller, 31 January 2012

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Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 22 January 2012

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Sigvards Kļava, Conductor

Cappella Amsterdam

Brazilian-flavoured Rite of Spring opens the Holland Festival

Eleanor Knight, 6th June

Evangelia Kranioti's film reawakens the extraordinary extremity of Stravinksy's original ballet score in the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic's performance.

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Toxic masculinity in Orchestra of the 18th century's Don Giovanni

Nicolas Nguyen, 15th October

The Orchestra of the 18th Century proves the main asset of a rewarding Don Giovanni at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

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Airborne string players and choral wizardry in aus LICHT Part 3

Jenny Camilleri, 2nd June

In the final instalment of aus LICHT, the Helicopter String Quartet lives up to the publicity hype and choirs perform marvellous feats.

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Progress thwarted: Stravinsky's Rake at the Elbphilharmonie

Mark Pullinger, 29th May

Despite some fine young voices, a concert staging of The Rake's Progress proves problematic in Hamburg.

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Musically superlative Das Floß der Medusa at DNO

Jenny Camilleri, 13th March

Ingo Metzmacher leads a musically formidable performance of Hans Werner Henze’s shipwreck oratorio. Romeo Castellucci’s staging engages the senses but remains emotionally distant.

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Paula Murrihy a fantastic Sesto in Concertgebouw Clemenza

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Kenneth Montgomery leads the Orchestra of the 18th Century and a fine team of young soloists in a swift, finely detailed interpretation of La clemenza di Tito.

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Rutger Muller

A masters student in music technology from Amsterdam, Rutger searched for peculiarly beautiful sounds in experimental electronic music, and later learned to appreciate the acoustic sounds of contemporary classic music. He's always on the look-out for new music that can instantly captivate him.