Concertgebouw Orchestra

“Intense and imbued with spirituality: Gubaidulina’s ‘Offertorium’ is insanely good … The intensity of Julian Rachlin’s violin playing fits perfectly, and the orchestral sound – with a glittering halo above the low strings in that chorale – is strikingly concise. Santa Vizine’s tender tone is imbued with spirituality in her beautiful viola solo.”

De Volkskrant, Merlijn Kerkohf, 27 March 2025


“If the composer had been listening from her throne in heaven, she would have nodded in agreement. Here was a performance with all-consuming qualities. For Rachlin, his performance seemed a matter of life and death, you can’t play more intensely than you can play more clearly than crystal clear. Gasping for oxygen and in pithy dialogue with the orchestra, he paid an absolute tribute to Gubaidulina.”

Het Parool, Frederike Berntsen, 27 March 2025


“After such a solid first half, Schumann’s intimate Fourth Symphony tastes almost like a foam dessert. What a treat it is to see, hear and feel the astonishingly mature technical all-rounder of Klaus Mäkelä in a piece like this. Carrying bass runs leap sonorously into your ear, where the orchestra can perfectly float away, Mäkelä simply stands still – to immediately take the lead again energetically. What his head wants to hear, his body can express … Mäkelä is a future conductor who generates loads of anticipation.”

NRC, Mischa Spel, 27 March 2025



PROGRAMME
Seung-Won Oh: Spiri III – Sacred Ritual (commission, world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium (violin concerto No. 1)
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Julian Rachlin