| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2012 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall | Five majestic apocalypses in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ |
| Many a dark tone roamed inside the Muziekgebouw as lovers of daring, opinionated orchestral music gathered there one day after the Mayan calendar ended. Diverse interpretations of apocalyptic fantasies and prophecies unfolded during this night. Apocalyptic, in its literal Greek meaning: revealing, disclosing. Each piece presented a revelation of the natural world and it relation with human cultures.
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| 3-Oct-2012 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall | Five hours of mystic puzzles: Ives Ensemble perform Feldman's String Quartet II |
 Ives Ensemble are one of today’s important ambassadors of Feldman’s later works. In November 2011 they performed the 90-minute Piano, violin, viola, cello (1987) in Felix Meritis, Amsterdam. I wrote about that impressive performance and the history of Feldman’s music on Bachtrack.Read full review... | |
| 3-Jul-2012 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | Richard Egarr and the AAM at Robeco Zomerconcerten |
 The Academy of Ancient Music has been critically acclaimed in pursuing Baroque composers’ original stylistic intent, and this gave tonight’s concert the prospect of a faithful look into the period of 1650-1750. Here are a few of my highlights from this varied Robeco Summer Concert in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
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| 29-Apr-2012 Melkweg | Philip Glass, Michael Riesman, Ellen Edinoff, Koert Stuyf: Music for film and dance |
 Philip Glass came to Amsterdam for a series of two concerts in the three-year-old Rabozaal theatre of De Melkweg. I attended the second show, billed as “An evening of film music and dance”. Glass himself opened the night playing Metamorphosis II on the piano, apparently because he was asked to do so. Fortunately he did it with great verve and suppleness. Glass’ piano music was the reason I started to appreciate him, and after this short performance I can see why I still feel that way.Read full review... | |
| 31-Mar-2012 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall | Warm-Up for the World Minimal Music Festival 2013 |
.jpg) Minimal music, the rhythm- and/or repetition-focused classical genre from the later 20th century, is well represented at Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. This will surely come to a climax during the 2013 edition of the biannual World Minimal Music Festival, but as Marinissen of Lunapark stated before this warm-up edition: "We just couldn't wait".
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| 22-Jan-2012 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall | Sigvards Kļava and Capella Amsterdam experiment |
 Marco Borggreve.jpg) For this concert Sigvards Kļava, chief conductor and artistic leader of the Latvian Radio Choir, worked as a guest conductor for the Dutch choir Capella Amsterdam. Modern and contemporary classical music play a significant, but not exclusive, role in the repertoires of both choirs. Daniel Reuss, artistic leader of Capella Amsterdam, chose Kļava to refresh the choir and its audience with pieces rarely ever performed in The Netherlands: some quite experimental, others distinctly Russian.Read full review... | |
| 15-Nov-2011 Felix Meritis | Ives Ensemble honors Morton Feldman's final piece Piano, violin, viola, cello |
 Felix Meritis, located in central Amsterdam, is west Europe's oldest concert building. One of its concert series for fall 2011 is "News from the Front - 250 years of 'modern' music", offering performances by three renowned ensembles: the Van Swieten Society, the Ives Ensemble and the Asko Chamber Choir. On a wintry tuesday evening I cycled to Felix Meritis to witness the Ives Ensemble playing 'Piano, violin, viola, cello' (1987) by Morton Feldman (1926-1987). The Ives Ensemble was founded in 1986 by pianist John Snijders to perform unconducted chamber music from the 20th and 21st century.
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