Terugblik op Summer Strings Wonderfeel Festival Orkest XS
A free translation of a poetic review in Leids Dagblad:
In one word: glorious!
From the first energetic phrases to the last resonating harmonies. I went home and listened to the recording of the Tchaikovsky by the Concertgebouw Orchestra. And really, after the explosion of strength, the sparkling colours and the expressive narrative, i felt underwhelmed. None of that sanctimonious sound or overly dramatic vibrato from these youngsters, only pure vitality!
And about Glazunov and Ties:
we enter Glazunow’s Concerto for alto saxophone solo and string orchestra with soloist Ties Mellema, who put his heart and soul in this sensual Concerto. Silver light gliding strings and the passionate, buttery saxophone merge together, like rippling waves, every now and then stirred up by a brisk breeze and called to order by growling cellos and double basses in the seabed below.
In a cadenza the saxophone transcends the surface; sways, flies up and flutters to be caught again by a smooth and open sea. Unaccompanied and virtuosic, Mellema jumps up once more to engage in playful fugal play with the orchestra. What a delight!
Strooien hoed gereed? De Summer Strings komen eraan
Het orkest als laboratorium: Brahms maal zwei
