Concertgebouw puts up barriers for Jerusalem Quartet
NewsThis is the barrier that greeted concertgoers attempting to attend the Concertgebouw tonight for a performance by the Jerusalem Quartet.
The hall management is still living in a state of terror.
We hear also that leaders of the Progressive Dutch Jewish Community sat down with CEO Simon Reinink yesterday, asking him to commit to the continued appearance of Israeli and Jewish musicians and to acknowlede the damage inflicted on the Jewish community by the JSQ cancellation.
He refused.
I would imagine that he is concerned about his staff and audiences and indeed the Quartet being perhaps attacked. Does insurance cover that sort of thing? I don’t envy him.
Jewish Amsterdam was destroyed in 1942-3. What was left is doomed. Wonder if the Concertgebouw will adjust to the demands of Sharia, as well as they adjusted to Nazism.
From: Richard Stanbrook.
Date: 19th May 2024.
The far-right in Israeli politics is proving itself equally as divisive and poisonous as Islamic fundamentalism. A classic example of a rogue administration in conflict with a death cult, methinks.
The Jerusalem Quartet represents the altruistic, positive side of Israel’s culture and must never be treated as pariahs by the global artistic movement.
Equally, the East-West Divan Orchestra under the inspired, revered Daniel Barenboim shows what can be achieved across political, ethnic and religious divides.
Source?
Instead of two concerts, Concertgebouw allocated 1 hour in a hall with 450 seats. How generous! At least the recording shows how great this quartet is.
De ‘Kleine Zaal’ (450 seats) is the hall which usually accomodates string quartets, and other chamber music ensembles. No need to think it’s a punishment to play the Kleine Zaal; it’s the size most chamber music was written for.
there’s some self-criticism coming from within Israel . When those voices are not regarded as a lunatic fringe there’s a potential for healing.
It goes without saying that Hamas are terrible, but they didn’t sprout up in a vacuum.
So I guess the Nazi’s also didn’t sprout up in a vacuum?
They in fact didn‘t, as anyone able to read a history book knows. It‘s eternal dialectical struggle of mankind. Only some are better in controlling both thesis and antithesis to rule the synthesis, than others.
And, unlike Mr. Netanyahu, Hamas is supported by 80% in Gaza and the west bank.
Would that support include the relatives of the many, many Fatah supporters who were murdered by Hamas once they took over the Gaza strip in 2007?
Those ‘barriers’ are crowd-control devices, pretty familiar these days.
I wonder what SD’s headline would have been if there was no such security evident.
Why would a string quartet need protection?
Have you heard about the concept of terrorism?
Maybe terrorists don’t listen to classical music…therefore extreme protection to the quartet was over the top.
(and I hope my assertion doesn’t prove me wrong).
It has nothing to do with the music, and everything to do with them being Jewish at this time. Unless Jews are cheering for Hamas, they become the targets of those who are cheering for Hamas.
Why do I have to resign in every time I want to leave a comment?