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Boccherini and contemporaries

Nicolas Altstaedt, Arcangelo
Great Cellists
Sat 6 Sep 20:15
Main Hall
Tickets by Muziekgebouw
Sat 6 Sep
20:15
Tickets by Muziekgebouw

One of the greatest cellists of our time

Program

Luigi Boccherini Symphony No. 4 in D mimor ‘La Casa del Diavolo’
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Cello Concerto in A minor
Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto in C G.481
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 44 ‘Trauer‘

 

Musicians

Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen conductor

The Muziekgebouw and the Cello Biennale are bringing one of the greatest and most versatile cellists of our time to Amsterdam: Nicolas Altstaedt. Whether he is playing Bach’s cello suites or performing with lutenist Thomas Dunford and harpsichordist Jonathan Cohen. Tonight, Altstaedt enters into a musical dialogue with Cohen’s ensemble Arcangelo.

It’s not a first. With Arcangelo, Altstaedt previously recorded the complete cello concertos by Boccherini and Carl Philipp Emanuel, Bach’s son. These 18th-century composers were already attuned to the cello’s remarkable expressive range. Arcangelo’s energetic performance of Haydn’s Trauer-Symphony will conclude the evening. Haydn expressed his wish for the Adagio of that symphony to be performed at his funeral.  However, his death during Napoleon’s invasion of Austria likely prevented this from occurring.

Part of
Nicolas Altstaedt (©Marco Borggreve)
Arcangelo with Nicolas Altstaedt