Horizon 9
CD - The ninth release in RCO Live's Horizon series contains four world premieres (co-)commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, including Joey Roukens’ Boundless and Richard Rijnvos’ Amérique du Nord. Both works were commissioned for concerts celebrating the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein.
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Joey Roukens’ Boundless and Richard Rijnvos’ Amérique du Nord were both commissioned for concerts celebrating the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, the first being a reflection on Bernstein’s character, the second an exhilarating celebration of Bernstein’s fatherland the United States of America.
In Peter Eötvös’ Multiversum various orchestral groups, organ and Hammond organ are dancers in a cosmic ballet of separate universes. Apart from being an important addition to the very small repertoire for orchestra and solo piccolo, Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Solastalgia is a passionate call to care for the earth’s environment.
Press quotes
About Amérique du Nord: ‘… brilliantly orchestrated caleidoscopic music…’
- Het Parool
‘Roukens’ composition was magnificent’
- Volkskrant
About Solastalgia: ‘During this concert the piccolo brought the greatest wealth’
- Trouw
‘Multiversum’ of enchanting beauty’
- NRC