Van Zweden & Stadtfeld @ A.Philips

Gee… has it been almost 2 whole years since I was last in the Anton Philipszaal concert hall in Den Haag? On Sunday I went there with a friend whom I’ve known since my first year of uni. The Residentieorkest was led by Jaap van Zweden, who officially has resigned there as the chief conductor, but today he was back as a guest conductor. On the program was:
- Weber / Berlioz: l’Invitation à la valse
- Rachmaninov, 3rd piano concerto.
(break)
- Berlioz: some movements from Roméo et Juliette
The pianist perfoming the concerto was the (to me) unknown, but apparently up and coming talent Martin Stadtfeld. Considering he’s only 24, he played the concerto quite well. Even though I got the feeling sometimes that he wanted to play a bit faster than the orchestra, to show off his virtuosity.
After the break, we switched seats, from all the way up on the balcony, to all the way down there, where we almost sat down initially, because we hadn’t read the tickets properly: we only saw ROW 8, just not downstairs, but up there. Way too far. And they had promised to give “the best availabe seats”. False marketing promises! Well, the seats down there were still empty, and much better. I always love watching the musicians’ faces and smallest details in their movements, in addition to the of course the conductor…

Van Zweden & Stadtfeld @ A.Philips

Gee… has it been almost 2 whole years since I was last in the Anton Philipszaal concert hall in Den Haag? On Sunday I went there with a friend whom I’ve known since my first year of uni. The Residentieorkest was led by Jaap van Zweden, who officially has resigned there as the chief conductor, but today he was back as a guest conductor. On the program was:
- Weber / Berlioz: l’Invitation à la valse
- Rachmaninov, 3rd piano concerto.
(break)
- Berlioz: some movements from Roméo et Juliette
The pianist perfoming the concerto was the (to me) unknown, but apparently up and coming talent Martin Stadtfeld. Considering he’s only 24, he played the concerto quite well. Even though I got the feeling sometimes that he wanted to play a bit faster than the orchestra, to show off his virtuosity.
After the break, we switched seats, from all the way up on the balcony, to all the way down there, where we almost sat down initially, because we hadn’t read the tickets properly: we only saw ROW 8, just not downstairs, but up there. Way too far. And they had promised to give “the best availabe seats”. False marketing promises! Well, the seats down there were still empty, and much better. I always love watching the musicians’ faces and smallest details in their movements, in addition to the of course the conductor…

Van Zweden & Stadtfeld @ A.Philips

Gee… has it been almost 2 whole years since I was last in the Anton Philipszaal concert hall in Den Haag? On Sunday I went there with a friend whom I’ve known since my first year of uni. The Residentieorkest was led by Jaap van Zweden, who officially has resigned there as the chief conductor, but today he was back as a guest conductor. On the program was:
- Weber / Berlioz: l’Invitation à la valse
- Rachmaninov, 3rd piano concerto.
(break)
- Berlioz: some movements from Roméo et Juliette
The pianist perfoming the concerto was the (to me) unknown, but apparently up and coming talent Martin Stadtfeld. Considering he’s only 24, he played the concerto quite well. Even though I got the feeling sometimes that he wanted to play a bit faster than the orchestra, to show off his virtuosity.
After the break, we switched seats, from all the way up on the balcony, to all the way down there, where we almost sat down initially, because we hadn’t read the tickets properly: we only saw ROW 8, just not downstairs, but up there. Way too far. And they had promised to give “the best availabe seats”. False marketing promises! Well, the seats down there were still empty, and much better. I always love watching the musicians’ faces and smallest details in their movements, in addition to the of course the conductor…