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In the News (Mon 16 Nov 09)

  
  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
In the autumn of 2004, Mariss Jansons assumed the position of Chief Conductor of the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam.
Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" with the Concertgebouworkest was awarded the Dutch Luister Prize, and Dvorák's Fifth Symphony received the Penguin Award.
Live recordings by Mariss Jansons with the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest were released on the orchestra's own label.
www.br-online.de /kultur-szene/klassik_e/pages/so/so_chefdirigent.html   (1149 words)

  
 Amsterdam - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city has many outstanding museums, including the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Rembrandt House Museum, the Anne Frank house and a world-class symphony orchestra, called the Concertgebouworkest, which plays in the Concertgebouw.
Amsterdam does not have many memorials, but among its most noticeable is the worlds first Gay Monument, commemorating the hardships gays have suffered throughout history.
The Concertgebouw (Concert Hall), is the home of the Concertgebouworkest.
open-encyclopedia.com /Amsterdam   (3021 words)

  
 Michelle De Young, mezzo-soprano
She has been welcomed by such institutions as the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Houston Symphonies, the Cleveland and Minnesota Orchestras, as well as the BBC Symphony, the Philharmonia, the Royal Philharmonic, the Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra, the Concertgebouworkest, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
She also tours Japan with Chailly and the Concertgebouworkest this fall.
DeYoung’s concert performances included: Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle with Pierre Boulez and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms in London and the Edinburgh Festival; returns to the Chicago, National and San Francisco Symphonies, the Concertgebouworkest and the Orchestre de la Monnaie; and her debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the St. Louis Symphony.
www.ffaire.com /aria/deyoung.html   (386 words)

  
 MUENCHNER . PHILHARMONIKER
From 1985 to 1990 Wouter Hoekstra, 57, was concert manager of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Rotterdam, from 1990 to 1993 artists and repertoire manager at Philips Classics and Polygram.
Hoekstra has served as artistic planning and operational director for the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam.
His principal assignments involved the complete (logistical, strategic, artistic and financial) planning and organizational realization of the concert season as well as the preparation and implementation of international concert tours.
www.muenchnerphilharmoniker.de /online/english/personen.php3?konsperr=1&ID=878   (118 words)

  
 Music & Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This concert hall is home to the world-famous Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest.
Regular concerts by Concertgebouworkest cover all areas of music from Bach to Stockhausen.
The programme features the very best of music, theatre, ballet and dance performed by the two in-house companies as well as international guest ensembles.
www.artcities.de /content/ACE2003/en/x2city/amsterdam/2kultur/21musik/data.html   (91 words)

  
 Oscar Bannink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
During his highschool (VWO) at the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam and his study dentistry at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, which he finished in 1988, he studied violin with Gert-Jan Leuverink (Concertgebouworkest) and Hiu Kian Pin (Concertgebouworkest).
In this period he got experience in orchestra playing at several amateur/semi-professional orchestras and ensembles (like the VU-orkest a and the Nederlands Studenten Orkest), from which several as leader of the orchestra.
Since 3 years is he associated with Philharmonia Amsterdam, member of the Tarisio Kwartet, consisting from members of several orchestras, substitutes at the Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Balletorchestra, the Noordhollands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hoofdstad Operetta, and does he study with his current teacher, Johan Kracht (Concertgebouworkest).
www.xs4all.nl /~olb/formale.html   (136 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mahler: 10 Symphonies [BOX SET]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wie ein Naturlaut-Im Anfang sehr gemachlich - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Bernstein
Satz: Adagio: Sehr langsam und noch zuruckhaltend - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Bernstein
Satz: Adagio: Plotzlich wieder sehr langsam (wie zu Anfang) und etwas zogernd - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Bernstein
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: Amsterdam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Some of the narrow brick houses are gradually sinking because they are built on piles to cope with the marshy subsoil.
The city is noted for many outstanding museums, including the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, Rembrandt House Museum, the Anne Frank House, and its world-class symphony orchestra, the Concertgebouworkest, whose home base is the Concertgebouw.
Notable are also its red-light district, de Wallen, and its numerous "coffee shops" selling cannabis.
www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Amsterdam   (1533 words)

  
 MUENCHNER . PHILHARMONIKER
At the age of 19 he became the youngest concert master in the history of the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest.
That same year he made his American début with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and in 1998 he first conducted the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest.
Since September of 2000 Jaap van Zweden has been Chief Conductor of the Residentieorkest in The Hague and has scored major triumphs with this orchestra on tour and in the recording studio.
www.muenchnerphilharmoniker.de /online/english/personen.php3?ID=790   (145 words)

  
 INKPOT -- Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, Tod und Verklarung - Mengelberg
Mengelberg is a paragon of wit and panache, and his Concertgebouworkest a magical, beguiling instrument equally attuned to delicacy and virtuosic brilliance.
The recorded sound is excellent; the balance between treble and bass has been carefully calibrated and much of Strauss’ internal part-writing emerges with impressive clarity.
There could have been a little more bloom, especially in the climactic sections of Tod und Verklärung, but the sound of the Concertgebouworkest is admirably preserved.
inkpot.com /classical/naxstraussmengelberg.html   (706 words)

  
 Articles at Cherry Valley Music
The other man was George Pieterson, Principal Clarinetist in Holland's Royal Amsterdam Concertgebouworkest and was the first clarinetist in the now-defunct Netherlands Wind Ensemble.
After a live performance by the Royal Concertgebouworkest in the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, it was my privilege to have had a private lesson with Mr.
The overwhelming experience of hearing the sound of the two Wurlitzer clarinet systems and of speaking with and playing alongside these two gentlemen confirmed in me the realization of the musical, tonal and intonational advantages of the German bore clarinet over the best French Boehm clarinet/mouthpiece/reed system in existence.
www.cherryvalleymusic.com /articles/wurlitzer3.htm   (2408 words)

  
 Tickets Concertgebouworkest more expensive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Due to cuts in funding by the government and the city, some tickets of the Concertgebouworkest will become more expensive.
The world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra, having its home in the equally well-known Concertgebouw Theatre), will introduce a rank system.
Cheaper places will remain E 40 or E 45.
www.simplyamsterdam.nl /news/Tickets_Concertgebouworkest_more_expensive.htm   (66 words)

  
 Gracenote: Albums - Beethoven: 'Missa Solemnis', in D major, Op. 123 (Disc 2/2)
Artist Info : Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam with Leonard Bernstein
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 Discografie van het Concertgebouworkest - BART, J. VAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 matthew - Not in Kansas, not in a million years.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Because of number 2 above, the Amsterdammers that I've met all expect much more from their daily life than I do.
(Source: speaking to a man at a ConcertgebouwOrkest concert on Friday night.
He was amazed at my amazement at how orderly the coffee and gift line was.)
www.madeofglass.com /matthew/content.asp?number=15   (524 words)

  
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Satz: Poco piu mosso subito (Tempo II.) - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Bernstein
Satz: Adagio: Stets sehr gehalten - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Bernstein
Satz: Adagio: Tempo I. Molto adagio - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Bernstein
www.intothemusic.net /Audio-CD.Jaap.Aap.AudioCDs-0026610000012.html   (4858 words)

  
 Michael Tilson Thomas - Biographical Calendar
Guest engagements: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Amsterdam Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, English Chamber Orchestra, Florence: Teatro Communale, Hague Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Guest engagements: Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouworkest, English Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Guest engagements: American Composers Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, English Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Danish Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Vienna Symphony
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