Program Booklet

RO NOW: Rachmaninov 2

Saturday, December 2
20:30 hour until approximately 9:45 p.m.

Programme

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Biographies

Residentie Orkest The Hague
Orchestra
Annual reach of over 40,000 schoolchildren, adults and amateur musicians in educational projects. Part of this is The Residents, through which the orchestra brings hundreds of children from districts in The Hague into contact with classical music.
Lawrence Renes
Conductor
Dutch-Maltese conductor Lawrence Renes developed a rich career in both opera and on the concert stage. Worked regularly with the Residentie Orkest.

RO QUIZ

Has Rachmaninov been to The Hague?
  • Yes

    Right answer: yes!

    Rachmaninov also visited The Hague on his many tours. In October 1928, he arrived with his wife, his piano tuner and two grand pianos at the Hague State Railway Station, today's Central Station. The sold-out main hall of the Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen was nearly demolished after the concert, and Rachmaninov thanked his audience with no fewer than three encores.

  • No

    Right answer: yes!

    Rachmaninov also visited The Hague on his many tours. In October 1928, he arrived with his wife, his piano tuner and two grand pianos at the Hague State Railway Station, today's Central Station. The sold-out main hall of the Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen was nearly demolished after the concert, and Rachmaninov thanked his audience with no fewer than three encores.

  • Alone on the beach

    Right answer: yes!

    Rachmaninov also visited The Hague on his many tours. In October 1928, he arrived with his wife, his piano tuner and two grand pianos at the Hague State Railway Station, today's Central Station. The sold-out main hall of the Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen was nearly demolished after the concert, and Rachmaninov thanked his audience with no fewer than three encores.

Right answer: yes!

Rachmaninov also visited The Hague on his many tours. In October 1928, he arrived with his wife, his piano tuner and two grand pianos at the Hague State Railway Station, today's Central Station. The sold-out main hall of the Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen was nearly demolished after the concert, and Rachmaninov thanked his audience with no fewer than three encores.

Today in the orchestra

Timur Yakubov

Viola
I started playing the violin at the age of five and never stopped.

Jan Buizer

Viola
I really enjoy listening to Rachmaninov. The music grabs you, carries you along and doesn't let you go.

Hilje van Vliet

oboe
As a musician and teacher, I am finding ways to bridge the distance between musicians and audiences.
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