Canellakis/ Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 19th June 2020
Bouquets are usually given at the end of a performance, but Karina Canellakis and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra began their concert in TivoliVredenburg with a floral offering, Puccini’s Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums). This closing event in the Avrotros Friday Concert series was supposed to be Verdi’s epic Messa da Requiem, but social distancing – currently 1.5m in the Netherlands – made that impossible, so the small audience was treated to a delightful alternative which still largely featured opera composers in non-operatic mode.
Karina Canellakis
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