Concerts will include both recent and older – ‘classic’ – works, scored for (mostly) large ensemble.
The retrospective kicks off on 14 January: ‘The Birthday Party’.
Klas Torstensson‘s ‘Birthday Party‘ contains two concerts and a dinner in the Stadsbrasserie. In the afternoon there is a semi-staged performance of ‘In grosser Sehnsucht‘, dedicated to and performed by soprano Charlotte Riedijk – her previous performance of the five characters was called by newspaper Trouw ‘astonishing‘. In the evening the Doelen Ensemble performs Sönerna and No Slash, and the combined version of these two: ‘Elliott loves bebop‘ (a Dutch premiere).
More info about ‘The Birthday Party‘
Article about Klas Torstensson
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