Hear the Top 5 concerts with Jaap van Zweden
On Saturday 12 November 2011, in the NTR ZaterdagMatinee series, Jaap van Zweden conducted his final concert as chief conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. The following works made up the programme:
Jennifer Higdon - Concerto for violin and orchestra
Leoš Janáček - Glagolitic Mass "Glagolská mse" (Erstfassung 1927)
(more information) (in Dutch)
To mark the occasion, the public could vote via the Radio 4 website for the concerts with Jaap van Zweden they wanted to hear once more. This resulted in a Top 5 list of concerts that can be heard free of charge for three months in the Radio 4 Concerthuis:
1. Van Zweden puts violinists in the spotlight
Vredenburg Friday, 30 October 2009Mahler/Britten What the Wild Flowers Tell Me
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 (soloist: Simone Lamsma)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Van Zweden conducts vocal work
Vredenburg Friday, 28 May 2010Britten War Requiem (soloist: Evelina Dobracheva, soprano)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir
3. Van Zweden conducts Bruckner
ZaterdagMatinee, 22 March 2008Rihm Memoria. Drei Requiem Bruchstücke
Bruckner Symphony No.4 in E flat major, "Romantic"
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir
soloists: Vanessa Barkowski (alto), Leonard Sökefeld (boy soprano)
4. Van Zweden conducts contemporary music
ZaterdagMatinee, 13 May 2006Stravinsky Apollon musagète
Stravinsky The rite of spring
Verbey Piano concerto
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
soloist: Ellen Corver (piano)
5. Van Zweden conducts Mahler
Vredenburg Friday, 16 March 2007Mahler Symphony No.5
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
You can listen to these concerts for free in the
Concerthuis of Radio 4.
Laatste aanpassing op Monday 21 November 2011
