James MacMillan - Trombone Concerto
Jörgen van Rijen, trombone
Iván Fischer, conductor
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 20, 21 and 23 April 2017 (MacMillan)
Oliver Knussen - Horn Concerto
Félix Dervaux, horn
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 11 and 12 May 2017 (Knussen)
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh - Nasimi-Passion
Evez Abdulla, baritone
Netherlands Radio Choir
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 7 and 9 April 2017 (Ali-Zadeh)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The eight release in RCO Live's Horizon series contains two world premieres (co-)commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: James MacMillan’s haunting Trombone Concerto, played by our principal trombone player Jörgen van Rijen and new Passion music by the Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh. Instead of putting to music one of the four New Testament Passions, she chose to use poetry of her 14th century compatriot, the poet Imadaddin Nasimi. Originally commissioned by Barry Tuckwell, Oliver Knussen’s nocturnal Horn Concerto is here played by our former principal hornist Félix Dervaux.
From the press
About MacMillan’s Tromboneconcert: “showpiece for the supreme Van Rijen"
- Joep Christenhusz, NRC
Over Ali-Zadeh’s Nasimi-Passion:"Chorus and orchestra gave … the luxury treatment, under Brabbins’ unswerving leadership."
- Jenny Camilleri, Bachtrack
"Félix Dervaux played marvelously in Knussen’s Horn Concerto"
- Roeland Hazendonk, Het Parool
