Ravel's nostalgic fun in L'enfant et les sortilèges at Rotterdam

By Renée Reitsma, 04 June 2012

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Reviewed at De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Rotterdam on 31 May 2012

Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose): Suite

Ravel, L'Enfant et les sortilèges

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Magdalena Kožená, The Child

Nathalie Stutzmann, Mother, China Cup, Dragonfly

Aline Kutan, Fire

Karina Gauvin, Princess, Nightingale

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Wedgwood teapot, Little old man

Paul Gay, Tree, Chair

Martijn Cornet, Clock

Renate Arends, Shepherdess

Silvia de la Muela, Squirrel

Lore Binon, Soprano

Flemish Radio Choir

Mirjam Koen, Director

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

Daniel Lozakovich makes his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 9th October

Tarmo Peltokoski searches in vain for the harsh brutality in Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

***11

The real deal: Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 7th November

Truls Mørk joins Tarmo Peltokoski and the Rotterdam Phil for a deeply emotional reading of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 2.

****1

Brahms forges a friendship: Yannick Nezet-Seguin returns to Rotterdam

Eleanor Knight, 2nd May

Musical connections between Brahms, Dvořák and Price as Randall Goosby joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic – both as soloist and orchestral member.

****1

Stylish Mozart and vibrant Prokofiev from the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Susan Stempleski, 9th March

The renowned pianist glows in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 9, while the rising star conductor impresses in selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

****1

Overcrowding suffocates DNO's Traviata

Eleanor Knight, 27th January

Adela Zaharia is cast as a Violetta for whom the party never stops in this revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's busy staging at Dutch National Opera.

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Renée Reitsma

Renée lives in Essex and is a PhD student in Philosophy. She loves all sorts of classical and non-classical music, but has a particular love for Dmitri Shostakovich. She is in charge of the Heavy Symphonic playlist at Dutch classical music site 24classics and blogs here.