Program Booklet

RO NOW: Quest for Beauty

friday, november 3
20:30 hour until approximately 10:00 p.m.

This RO NOW is going to be very special. Together we will search for the essence of beauty. Aesthetics, art, kitsch, personal taste, inspiration. It's all covered. 

Mendelssohn and Rachmaninov, too, in their never-ending search for the most beautiful, were inspired by what they saw as beauty. In this case, the rich culture and music and beautiful scenery of Italy! And so they came to new beauty, as evidenced by the fantastic music that we are going to listen to this evening. 

This evening is a unique opportunity. Not only because of all the beauty we are going to hear, but also because we are challenging you to philosophize together about the concept of beauty. So an evening that we hope will bring us new knowledge, insights and inspiration! 

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.
Ruth Reinhardt
Conductor
German conductor Ruth Reinhardt is known for her keen musical intelligence and elegant performances. She makes her debut tonight at the Residentie Orkest but has already worked with the world's leading orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic.
Denis Kozhukhin
Piano
Since master pianist Denis Kozhukhin won the prestigious Elisabeth Competition in 2010, he has been going around the world like a whirlwind. As recently as 2022, he enchanted Amare with his performance of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.
Tonight, the Residentie Orkest presents the conductor and soloist with a linocut by The Hague artist Mariska Mallee.

Fun Fact

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. 

RO QUIZ

Mendelssohn was not only a composer, conductor, organist and pianist but also an excellent
  • Tennis player

    Right answer: painter!

    Felix Mendelssohn was also a gifted painter of watercolors. From the age of thirteen he drew in sketchbooks. One of about three hundred works of art is a drawing of The Hague's Kleine Groenmarkt, which Mendelssohn made in 1836 when he spent a month in The Hague and Scheveningen.

  • Archaeologist

    Right answer: painter!

    Felix Mendelssohn was also a gifted painter of watercolors. From the age of thirteen he drew in sketchbooks. One of about three hundred works of art is a drawing of The Hague's Kleine Groenmarkt, which Mendelssohn made in 1836 when he spent a month in The Hague and Scheveningen.

  • Painter

    Right answer: painter!

    Felix Mendelssohn was also a gifted painter of watercolors. From the age of thirteen he drew in sketchbooks. One of about three hundred works of art is a drawing of The Hague's Kleine Groenmarkt, which Mendelssohn made in 1836 when he spent a month in The Hague and Scheveningen.

Right answer: painter!

Felix Mendelssohn was also a gifted painter of watercolors. From the age of thirteen he drew in sketchbooks. One of about three hundred works of art is a drawing of The Hague's Kleine Groenmarkt, which Mendelssohn made in 1836 when he spent a month in The Hague and Scheveningen.

Today in the orchestra

Justyna Briefjes

Principal Second Violin
My mother played the violin, and when I lay in my bed at night and heard her practicing I didn't understand how you could conjure music from such a beautiful-looking instrument.

Jan Buizer

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

Mariëlle van Pruijssen

Timpani
The music I listen to often depends on what we are playing in the orchestra or on my mood.
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