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Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Intimate letters and Suite Italienne

Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Liza Ferschtman + Rick Stotijn
Fri 9 Oct 2026 20:15 - 22:00
Fri 9 Oct 2026
20:15 - 22:00
  • Fri 9 Oct 2026
    20:15 - 22:00
    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 31 Mar 2026 12:00

Program

19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 /  Pre-concert talk

20.15 / Grote Zaal /  Main program
Carlo Gesualdo Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (arranged for string quintet) 
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for two violins and cello RV 565 
Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne for violin, double bass and string orchestra (arr. Marijn van Prooijen) 
Leoš Janáček String quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ 
Mieczysław Weinberg Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (arr. Ewelina Nowicka)

Credits

Amsterdam Sinfonietta   
Malin Broman director & violin 
Liza Ferschtman violin   
Rick Stotijn double bass 
Tim Posner cello

Brand new Stravinsky arrangement and Janáček’s love music

For his cheerful ballet Pulcinella, Igor Stravinsky borrowed material from Baroque masters such as Pergolesi and the Dutch composer Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer. He arranged several movements from this ballet music into a suite for violin and piano. Today, this Suite Italienne is performed in a brand-new virtuoso arrangement for violin, double bass and string orchestra.  

Leoš Janáček’s Intimate letters overflows with raw emotion, vivid contrasts and expressive melodies. In the work, he gives voice to his profound, platonic love for Kamila Stösslová, who was 38 years his junior. The roughly seven hundred love letters he penned to her between 1919 and his death in 1928 culminated in one of the most personal and passionate string quartets of the 20th century. Mieczysław Weinberg was also renowned for his deeply expressive music. In his Rhapsody, he transforms Moldavian folk melodies into an energetic klezmer dance.

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