Concertgebouw replaces Japan tour with …. Iceland
OrchestrasFascinating to see where orchestras are going this season to fill the gaps left by cancelled Covid tours.
The Concertgebouworkest will pay its first visit to Reykjavik’s spectacular Harpa hall on Wednesday 10 November.
Not as lucrative as Suntory Hall, but stimulating.
One thing is for sure, they could do far worse than going to Iceland. Beautiful place, wonderful people – just maybe avoid the pickled shark.
Not to diss Iceland, but this reminds me of the old Peace Corps commercials, in which a new inductee sings, “I’ll take Manhattan … !” and the guy signing him up replies,” You’ll take Afghanastan … !”:)
Afghan-I-stan …
And “Boy Conductor” Mäkelä will conduct the orchestra in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6.
Makela and the RCO are matching very well. The story will be long
Why not? Obviously it is much closer and has lots of fans of classical music. It is beautiful. In these Covid days, a smart choice!