Inspired by Bruckner 2 + 5
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Sun 15 Sep 202415:00 - 16:50Interval 15:45Grote Zaal
Program
Frieda Gustavs Elisabeth (world premiere) after Symphony No. 2 by Anton Bruckner (Lonelinoise, Pitou, Jasmine Karimova)
Christiaan Richter The 11 Apostles – A Fifth for Frank (world premiere) after Symphony No. 5 by Anton Bruckner (Camerata RCO)
Credits
Pitou vocals
Jasmine Karimova vocals
Frieda Gustavs vocals
Lonelinoise:
Sebastiaan Kemner trombone
Students of Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag
Camerata RCO
Rolf Verbeek conductor
What is left of Bruckner when Camerata RCO plays Christiaan Richter’s work inspired by Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony? The musicians, practically infused with the Concertgebouw spirit, have tackled numerous arrangements of Bruckner’s symphonies for smaller ensembles. Will Bruckner remain recognisable? Frieda Gustavs asks herself the same question. The composer, who says she grew up on the train between Amsterdam and Stralsund, Germany, uses a whopping fifteen trombones to evoke Bruckner.
Dutch composer Christiaan Richter shows how the architectural apotheosis of Bruckner's Fifth Symphony could have sounded. The symphony will be subjected to ‘various rinses, pressings, and siftings’, according to the composer. Bruckner’s Second Symphony serves as a vehicle for Frieda Gustavs to travel back in time. Together with Pitou and Jasmine Karimova, she sings letters to her great-great-grandmother, accompanied by the trombones of Lonelinoise and the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.
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This concert will be recorded to be broadcast later by NTR on NPO Klassiek
Programme booklet (Dutch)
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