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Bach & Bloch

Amsterdam Sinfonietta + Steven Isserlis
Sat 14 Oct 2023 20:15 - 22:10
Sat 14 Oct 2023
20:15 - 22:10
  • Sat 14 Oct 2023
    20:15 - 22:10
    Interval 21:00
    Grote Zaal
    Past event

Program

19.15 uur / Foyerdeck 1 / Pre-concert talk
door Michiel Weidner

20.15 uur / Main hall / Main programme
Andrew Norman Sabina, for string orchestra (Dutch premiere)
Pietro Locatelli Concerto grosso ‘Il pianto d’Arianna’ 
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Cello concerto in A major
Ernest Bloch From Jewish Life for cello and strings
Anton Arenski Kammersinfonie op. 35a

Credits

Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Candida Thompson violin & leader
Steven Isserlis cello

British cellist shines in energetic cello concerto by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

The British cellist Steven Isserlis shines with Amsterdam Sinfonietta in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s energetic and dance-like Cello Concerto, as well as in Ernest Bloch’s From Jewish. Accroding to Isserlis, the supplication Prayer from Bloch’s composition is is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written for the cello. In his Kammersinfonie, Arenski composed a monument for his friend and teacher Tchaikovsky, who had just passed away. A programme as Russian as it gets, which will leave no hearts untouched.
 
In the 5th-Century basilica Santa Sabina in Rome, the American composer Andrew Norman was struck by the breathtaking morning light, shining through the domes onto the marble and mosaic of the church. This is where his captivating composition Sabina was born, a popular piece which the composer has now arranged specially for Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

 

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Context

New: Great Cellists series

Kian Soltani, one of the most talked-about cellists of the moment, talks in this video about his connection to the Muziekgebouw, the audience, and the Cello Biennale.
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