Guillaume Connesson – Heiterkeit (Dutch premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.9
In this programme, the Groot Omroepkoor, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Krzystof Urbanski present the Dutch premiere of Heiterkeit by the internationally successful French composer Guillaume Connesson, whose music was previously featured in the AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert. He sees himself as a child of his time and finds inspiration from minimal music and James Brown, but equally from Couperin and Debussy. After the interval, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the Mother of all brooding musical works.
- Krzysztof Urbański – conductor
- Groot Omroepkoor Koor cond. Klaas-Jan de Groot
- Simona Saturová – soprano
- Esther Kuiper – mezzo soprano
- Maximilian Schmitt – tenor
- Markus Marquardt – bas
music production for live radio broadcasts