Concertzender Outlook on this week’s musical headlines, with the CD of the Week, a concerts schedule and interviews with guests.
Interviews
Boudewijn Janssen
On Sunday 12 March, in the afternoon, Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam (TKA) will perform the St John Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach. The orchestra accompaning them is the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. The conductor of Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam is Boudewijn Jansen
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Serena Jansen
Serena Jansen has recorded the CD “Udite, amanti!” (Listen up, lovers!) together with Regina Albanez on the theorbo and baroque guitar and Pauline Schenk on the harpsichord. The CD is a collection of early baroque songs by composers such as Monteverdi, Strozzi, Caccini and Lambert.
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Concerttips en De Musea
Thursday 9 March, curtain 20.15 hours. Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Programme: Stravinsky’s Firebird explained, Maestro Jules Reveals
Performers: Radio Phlharmonic Orchestra Jules van Hessen – conductor & host
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Saturday 4 March, curtain 11.00 hours.Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Tweestromenland Course New Music by Frits van der Waa
Looks at the two opposites of the early twentieth century: Igor Stravinski and Arnold Schönberg
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Saturday 4 March, Groningen, Oosterpoort
Programme: Magische klanken uit het koorparadijs ( Magicals sound from choir paradise), James MacMillan and Arvo Pärt
Performers: The Latvian Radio choir and the Riga Sinfonietta
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Saturday 4 March, curtain 20.30 hours. Amsterdam, Bimhuis
Programme: Chasin the Bird, een Eerbetoon aan (a Tribute to) Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker
Performers: Rein de Graaff Trio, Benjamin Herman, John Marshall and Gary Smulyan
Friday 10 March, curtain 20.30 hours. Rotterdam, the Doelen
Programme: David Lang, John Luther Adams, Brendan Faegre, Molly Joyce, David Dramm and Sonic Youth
Performers: Bow Hammer Connection
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Sunday 12 March, curtain 15.00 hours. Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Programme: Romantiek op Zondag (Romance on Sunday), Lully, Ravel, Milhaud
Performers: Dutch Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gordan Nikolić; Ronald Brautigam, piano
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Concert tips and Museums
The Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam.
The exhibition: I cook, therefore I am
A culinary journey with Abdelkader Benali.
Music: Jacques Offenbach. Le pâté du Brabant.
Le Quatuor Gastronomique.
Playlist
CD of the Week
C.P.E. Bach
Der Frühling
Café Zimmermann / Rupert Charlesworth
[EAN3760014192579]
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C.P.E. Bach
Der Frühling Wq 237
Musici: Cafe Zimmerman conducted by Rupert Charlesworth
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite *: Finale
Belgisch Radio and Philarmonic Orchestra conducted by Alexander Rahbari
J.S. Bach
no. 40 choral: Ach Herr lass dein lieb Engelein
Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Claudio Monteverdi
Rimanti in pace, SV 74 from: 3rd book Madrigals
Le Nuove Musiche
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Gaspar Sanz
Michel Lambert
Goutons Un doux repos
Serena Jansen,
Jacques Offenbach
Le pâté du Brabant (Brabantse paté) uit Offenbach au Menu,
Performed by Le Quatuor Gastronomique
Arnold Schoenberg,
A Survivor from Warsaw, Op.46
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and choir: Franz Mazura, bariton conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Claudio Monteverdi
From Vespro della Beata Vergine, or the Maria Vespers
Musica Fiata Köln conducted by Frieder Bernius
More of this can be heard on Sunday 5 March at 16:00 during the programme The Early Garden
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James MacMillan
Father, Forgive Them for They Know Not What They Do
Spiritus Chamber Choir, Timothy Shantz
Charlie Parker
An Oscar for Treadwell – 2003 Remastered Version
My Little Suede Shoes – 2003 Remastered Version
Molly Joyce
Shapeshifter
Monica Germino, violin
Darius Milhaud
Le Bœuf sur le Toit
Orchestre de Paris conducted by Alondra de la Parra