Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade from the Netherlands

Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including performances a great summer of music-making in the U.K and abroad. From Amsterdam, Poulenc’s Les Biches and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade bring two very different colours to the concert hall, with the South Netherlands Philharmonic conducted by Duncan Ward and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra led by Tianyi Lu.

From Utrecht, Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre perform Locatelli’s sombre Sinfonia funebre, while the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, directed by Michael Waterman, play C.P.E. Bach’s D minor Flute Concerto. And from the Edinburgh International Festival, Vilde Frang and Olli Mustonen perform Bartók’s powerful First Violin Sonata.

Dutch Summer Concerts, Amsterdam
Francis Poulenc
Les Biches, ballet suite
Philzuid (South Netherlands Philharmonic)
Duncan Ward (conductor)

Utrecht Early Music Festival
Pietro Antonio Locatelli
Sinfonia funebre in F minor
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre (direction)

Dutch Summer Concerts, Amsterdam
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, op. 35, symphonic suite
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Tianyi Lu (conductor)

Edinburgh International Festival
Bela Bartók
Violin Sonata No.1 Sz75.
Vilde Frang (violin)
Olli Mustonen (piano)

Dutch Summer Concerts, Amsterdam
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor, H. 484.1
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Michael Waterman (violin, direction)

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