Program Booklet

Sheherazade

friday, december 15
20:15 hour until approximately 10:15 p.m.

A program full of stories, from Debussy's languid faun in the noonday sun, to Rimsky-Korsakov's fairy tales from One Thousand and One Nights. In between, the history of a one-armed pianist and his discord with Ravel.

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.
Anja Bihlmaier
Chief conductor
Anja Bihlmaier has been chief conductor of the Residentie Orkest since the summer of 2021.
Yeol Eum Son
Piano
World-renowned South Korean top pianist Yeol Eum Son is a sought-after soloist around the world. Concerted with orchestras such as New York Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic and Konzerthausorchester Berlin and last season was artist in residence of the Residentie Orkest.
Lucian-Leonard Raiciof
Violin solo Sheherazade
Lucian-Leonard Raiciof studied at the George Enescu Music Academy with Leonid Popovici. He has been concertmaster of the Residentie Orkest since 2004.
The Residentie Orkest offers the conductor and soloist at this concert a linocut by The Hague artist Mariska Mallee.

Fun Fact

Ravel performed his own work once with the Residentie Orkest, on October 31, 1923 at Theater Diligentia. The reviewer of the Algemeen Handelsblad was so astonished by the "superhuman beauty of the Ravel orchestra, with all its marvelous colors, suggestive melodic lines, dream glories that have become substantial, magical workings and delights" that he could not write a "normal" report...

After the concert, Ravel was photographed with several musicians from the orchestra: (from left to right) Maurice Ravel, violist Jean Devert, cellist Charles van Isterdael, violinist Adolphe Poth and impresario Geza de Koos.

RO QUIZ

Rimsky-Korsakov's first profession was?
  • Officer

    Correct answer: naval officer

    As a result of his career as a naval officer, the young Rimsky-Korsakov had the opportunity to travel all over the world. Thus, he became acquainted with many beautiful and exotic places, which later inspired his orchestral compositions.

  • Teacher

    Correct answer: naval officer

    As a result of his career as a naval officer, the young Rimsky-Korsakov had the opportunity to travel all over the world. Thus, he became acquainted with many beautiful and exotic places, which later inspired his orchestral compositions.

  • Naval Officer

    Correct answer: naval officer

    As a result of his career as a naval officer, the young Rimsky-Korsakov had the opportunity to travel all over the world. Thus, he became acquainted with many beautiful and exotic places, which later inspired his orchestral compositions.

Correct answer: naval officer

As a result of his career as a naval officer, the young Rimsky-Korsakov had the opportunity to travel all over the world. Thus, he became acquainted with many beautiful and exotic places, which later inspired his orchestral compositions.

Today in the orchestra

Ilya Warenberg

Violin

Eline van Esch

Flute

Mathilde Wauters

Harp
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