New orchestra: New Philharmonic Utrecht

October 4, 2009 at 6:24 PM

In 1985 a regional orchestra in the middle of the Netherlands disappeared, because the government did not want to put public money in it

Now my former conductor of an amateurorchestra took the initiative to start a new orchestra in the centre city Utrecht, central place for all trianconnections, of the Netherlands. With that amateurorchestra we played with soloist Johannes Leertouwer (former Dutch National violincompetition winner) Zigeunerweise of the Sarasate and 3th Mozart. This violinist is now the new conductor of this orchestra who gave on 3 Oktober their first concert. The city Utrecht and the region Utrecht gave some money, but again the government refused to give money. In the orchestra everybody is professional with a conservatory-education. OK it is not the Concertgebouw Orchestra with big international ambitions, but it has a function in the region and they also plays at schools to promote classical music.

So we will see what it is gonna be financially.

The conductor explains in Dutch thinks about the piece before the concert, while the orchestra plays short pieces (Youtubesoundbites). The quality of the video is quite poor. Too much movement.

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