2005 Diary
January 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus
Concert in Royal Concert Hall Glasgow
with Gail Pearson, Michael Chance,
Barry Banks & James Rutherford
HANDEL Messiah
January 7 - 15
Skiing Holiday in Méribel
January 17 - 22
Het Gelders Orkest Arnhem
Two concerts & CD recording in Arnhem & Nijmegen
with Frances-Marie Uitti (cello)
HAYDN Symphony 39 in g
JETHS Cello Concerto Falsa/ficta
MENDELSSOHN Symphony 5 Reformation
January 24 - 31
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Three Concerts in Minneapolis/St Paul
DOHNANYI Serenade for strings (Sitkovetsky)
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante
VORISEK Symphony in D
February 1 - March 5
Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia
Fifteen performances Muzietheater Amsterdam February 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27 and March 1 & 2, and Den Haag March 4 & 5
ROB ZUIDAM New Ballet based on
MOZART Don Giovanni (world première)
Choreography by Krzysztof PASTOR
Dramaturgy by Carel ALPENAAR
February 24 - March 9
Holland Symfonia Amsterdam
with Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Four concerts in Alkmaar, Zaandam,
Leiden & Haarlem
BERLIOZ Overture Le Corsaire
WAGNER Tannhäuser Overture & Bacchanale
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto 5 in Eb
March 8 - 13
Het Gelders Orkest Arnhem
Three Concerts with Natalia Gutman (cello)
in Amsterdam Concertgebouw,
Doetinchem & Nijmegen
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C
BLOCH Hebrew Rhapsody Shelomo
STRAVINSKY Divertimento Le baiser de la Fée
March 15 - 19
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Concert for AVRO in Vredenburg Utrecht
with Giorgia Tomassi (piano)
AVISON/SCARLATTI Concerto grosso no. 6 in D
‘La Furia’
TOMASINI/SCARLATTI The good humoured Ladies
Nino ROTA Concerto for strings
WOLF Italian Serenade
Nino ROTA Piano Concerto in e
‘Piccolo mondo antico’
March 15 - 25
Five performances with Bachkoor Holland and Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
in Groningen, Doesburg, Lochem,
and Pieterskerk Leiden
Maarten Koningsberger (Christus), Markus Brutscher (Evangelist), Caroline Stamm/Heleen Koele (soprano), Margriet van Reisen/Katharina Peetz (alto), Robert Getschell (tenor), Erik Frithjof (bass)
JS BACH St Matthew Passion
April 3-8
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Concert in Trondheim, Norway
ELEMANN Tragic/comic suite
LOCKE Suite The Tempest
RAMEAU Suite Dardanus
CORELLI Concerto grosso op. 6/4 in D
JS BACH Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D
April 14 - 16
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Concert in Stockholm Philharmonic Hall
with Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) and
Björn Gävfert (harpsichord)
JS BACH Sinfonia in D BWV1045
JS BACH Violin Concerto in a minor
JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto no. 5
JS BACH Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D
April 17 - 22
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Winnipeg with George Zukerman (bassoon)
“The Great Mozart Hunt” choreographed concert with George Zukerman (bassoon) & Ron Halder (actor) tracing the origins of the Mozart Bassoon concerto.
MOZART Divertimento F Major K 236
MOZART Impresario overture
MOZART Musical Joke minuet
SALIERI Double Concerto in C for flute & oboe
MOZART Bassoon Concerto K191
April 26 - 27
English Chamber Orchestra
Concert in the Barbican, London
with Susanna Andersson (soprano)
KRAUS Symphony in c minor (VB 142)
BRITTEN Les Illuminations
BERWALD Symphonie Singulière
May 3
Royal College of Music, London
Receiving an Honorary Fellow FRCM
by HRH The Prince of Wales
May 15 - 18
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Final Concert as Music Director in Winnipeg
with Connie Gitlin (clarinet)
HAYDN Symphony 92 Oxford
WEBER Clarinet Concertino
MOZART Symphony 41 Jupiter
May 19 - 29
Holland Symfonia Amsterdam
Two concerts in St Bavo Haarlem
and Theater de Vest Alkmaar
with Corrine Romijn (soprano)
ROSSINI Overture Le Siège de Corinthe
ROSSINI Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno
(L'Italiana in Algeri)
MOZART Parto, parto (La clemenza di Tito)
VERDI O don fatale, o don crudel (Don Carlo)
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy Aus Italien
May 23 - 27
Holland Symfonia Amsterdam
Concert with the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet in Haarlem Lichtfabriek
WAGEMANS Concertino for Saxophone Quartet
IVES Three Places in New England
KEURIS Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
May 30 - June 1
Holland Symfonia Amsterdam
CD recording with the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet
[Project Cancelled]
KEURIS Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
WAGEMANS Concertino for Saxophone Quartet
June 2-7
Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra
Two concerts in Bremen 'Glocke'
with Sergej Nakariakov (trumpet)
Audience Wunschkonzert!
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz of the flowers
HINDEMITH Ragtime
SHOSTAKOVICH Tahiti Trot
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (Nakariakov)
MENDELSSOHN Midsummer Night's Dream
ARBAN Le Carnaval de Venise (Nakariakov)
DVORAK Slavonic Dance op 46/1
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances 19 & 5
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Hummelflug
KHACHATURIAN Sabre Dance
June 8 - 20
HOLIDAY TRIP to Sydney Australia to visit my new grandson Joe Donovan Goodman (born 1 May),
Jon, Leigh & Billie Bea Goodman!
French Baroque Dance Music by
CHARPENTIER, LULLY, RAMEAU & REBEL
(Director: Leopold Witte / Actor: Martin Wippo)
June 21 - July 2
Dutch National Ballet Academie / Holland Symfonia
Educational Project
Dansen bij Koning Lodewijk
with Holland Symfonia & Maarten Koningsberger
Lichtfabriek Haarlem & Concertgebouw Amsterdam
JANACEK Idyll for Strings
JANACEK Suite for Strings
June 27 - 29
Holland Symfonia
CD Recording Sessions in Muziekgebouw Amsterdam
Janacek Orchestral Project
SCHNITTKE Symphony 1 (1st mvt)
PROKOFIEV March from Three Oranges
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto (finale)
WILLIAMS Harry Potter theme
MOSOLOV The Steel Factory
SIBELIUS On the beach
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
July 4-6
Holland Symfonia
introducing the new Haarlem Philharmonie
as FANTASTIC & MAGIC!!!
Two Concerts with Rick Huls (clarinet)
HANDEL Rodelinda
(Director David Alden)
August 16 - October 8
San Francisco Opera
with Catherine Naglestad (Nathalie Paulin), David Daniels (Matthias Rexroth), Paul Nilon/Kobie van Rensburg, Phyllis Pancella (Jennifer Hines), Gerald Thompson & Umberto Chiummo/Joshua Bloom
Six performances September 17, 21, 25, 29 &
October 2, 8.
ANDRIESSEN Klokken
WAGEMANS Open Up (world première)
JETHS Ombre Cinesi (world première)
JANACEK Sinfonietta
BEETHOVEN Symphony 7
October 11 - 18
Three Concerts with Holland Symfonia
Official opening of refurbished Concertgebouw in Haarlem as Philharmonie, and in Alkmaar
FIBICH Comedy Overture
DVORAK Piano Concerto
VORISEK Symphony in D
October 21 - 26
Two concerts with Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
and Michel Dalberto (piano)
MENDELSSOHN Overture Ruy Blas
GRIEG Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake (excerpts)
October 28 - November 9
Six Concerts with Holland Symfonia
and Katia Skanavi (piano)
Philharmonie Haarlem, De Doelen Rotterdam,
Hoorn, Alkmaar and Leiden
VIVALDI / CORELLI Balanchine: Square Dance
TCHAIKOVSKY Balanchine: Pas de Deux
LIGETI Wheeldon: Continuum
GERSHWIN Balanchine: Who cares?
November 7 - 23
Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia
Six performances at the Muziektheater Amsterdam
‘Square Dance’
JANACEK Adagio
de VRIES Antagonistische Ode (revised)
de VRIES Violin Concerto (world première)
JANACEK Taras Bulba
(de Vries with guest conductor)
November 22 - 29
Holland Symfonia
Two Concerts in Holland Muziekgebouw Amsterdam
& Philharmonie Haarlem with Hebe Mesinga (violin)
HANDEL Messiah
December 1
English Chamber Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, London
with Gillian Keith (soprano), Ruth Peel (mezzo),
Andrew Tortise (tenor) & Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass)
JS BACH Christmas Oratorio 1-6
December 17
Concert in Pieterskerk Leiden
with Bachkoor Holland and
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
and Johanette Zomer (soprano), Judit Németh (alto), Patrick Henckens (tenor) & Geert Smits (bass)
JS BACH Christmas Oratorio 1-6
December 20 - January 9
Holiday in Australia