Pages tagged Classical Music

For RAVE-L, Holland Festival brought a large-scale production into the Grote Zaal at the Muziekgebouw. Les Apaches! played Ravel, Parrish Smith provided the electronic layer, and the room was reshaped into something between a concert hall and a club space. Not exactly a rave. I’ve been to raves, trust me.

The performance Wiegeling is an ode to the lullaby. In a soft, sheltered environment, Sterre Konijn (soprano), Rudi van Hest (clarinet), and Jaber Fayad (oud) engage in musical encounters with the young audience (6-18 months) and with each other.

The great thing about producing a live film score, is that they are passion projects almost by definition. Steven Kamperman’s rendition of The Adventures of Prince Achmed was no exception.

My fingers hovered over the Yamaha CL5 console in Muziekgebouw’s Grote Zaal, a packed house before me, and Radio 4’s broadcast engineer ready in their booth.

Today, the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam hosted the unique symphonic blend of the Noord Nederlands Orkest and Fryslân-raised composer Karmit Fadael.

Today the Muziekgebouw played host to a mesmerizing performance called O táxi n.º 9297. It was an orchestral narration that weaved through the silent film of the same name, a masterpiece dating back to 1927.