Serenade and sorrow from Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Arcayürek and Klieser

By Mark Thomas, 25 March 2021

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“Arcayürek sensitive and lyrical in his storytelling, Klieser exuding sheer musicality and virtuosity”

Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 25 March 2021

Britten, Lachrymae for viola and strings, Op.48b

Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op.83 (arr. Marijn van Prooijen)

Britten, Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, song cycle, Op.31

Ilker Arcayürek, Tenor

Felix Klieser, French horn

Georgy Kovalev, Viola

Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Candida Thompson, Violin, Leader

Through the looking glass: Amsterdam Sinfonietta are a class act

Clare Varney, 12th May

Candida Thompson’s performance of Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel with understated beauty, immaculate phrasing and restrained emotion, steals the show.

****1

Thomas Oliemans in heartfelt chansons at the Concertgebouw

Jenny Camilleri, 7th July

Baritone and pianist Thomas Oliemans demonstrated his love of the French chanson accompanied by the richly layered strings of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

****1

Rana brings energy and clarity to Bach in Amsterdam

Michael Roddy, 6th April

Ominous Bartók, polished Mozart and energetic Bach, all on a superb musical spring evening in Amsterdam.

****1

Playful light and colour from Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Jane Shuttleworth, 5th June

Imaginative Bach and an exciting new work by Dobrinka Tabakova played by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta with pianists Ferhan and Ferzan Önder.

***11

Brautigam premieres Beamish’s new Piano Concerto

David Pinedo, 11th March

For the silver jubilee of Ronald Brautigam’s history with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Sally Beamish composed a new piano concerto. Haydn, Mozart, and Elgar complemented the programme.

***11

Magnificent 12 hour Prom closes a reinvigorated Holland Festival

David Pinedo, 20th June

Ruth Mackenzie, Holland Festival’s vivacious and invigorating new director, closed her first edition with a twelve hour Prom, reinventing it as a mini-festival at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

*****

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Mark Thomas

A lifelong devotee of classical music, Mark caught the bug after listening to The Planets, The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Fifth when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He has degrees in non-musical subjects and currently works as a Chartered Governance Professional, but these have proved to be mere distractions from the wonders of sonatas, concertos and symphonies. He has been reviewing for Bachtrack since 2016, plays viola and violin (very shakily) and used to sing a bit (even more shakily).

Serenade and sorrow from the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Arcayürek and Klieser