Concertgebouw books Jaap

The headless Concertgebouw orchestra has secured funds for some more free streamed concerts.

First conductor they call in? New York Phil’s Jaap Van Zweden.

Nothing like giving new talent a chance.

Press release:

On 16 April Paavo Järvi will conduct the Concertgebouworkest in Schumann’s ‘Rhenish’ Symphony preceded by Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, K.491 with pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, who will be making his debut with the orchestra.

On 23 April, Jaap van Zweden will conduct the Concertgebouworkest in a new programme with baritone Matthias Goerne singing Lieder by Schubert and Richard Strauss and Der Einsiedler, a world premiere by Detlev Glanert, followed by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
 
On 30 April, the orchestra will be streaming a programme recorded on 8 November 2020, with Daniel Harding conducting Stravinsky’s Apollon musagète and Messiaens Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.