On Friday 27 March, Codarts Conservatory presents the Orchestra Festival at de Doelen – an evening to wander, listen and discover new music.
In the Grote Zaal, the Codarts Wind Band opens the festival in collaboration with the Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine, conducted by Erik van de Kolk. Students and professional musicians join forces to form one wind orchestra.
After that, the Codarts String Orchestra, led by Gordan Nikolić, performs a program that grows in depth the longer you listen.
Later in the evening, the Global Musics Silk Road Ensemble will take the stage with repertoire rooted along the historic Silk Road.
The festival concludes back in the Grote Zaal with the Codarts Pop Orchestra conducted by Ronald Kool. Expect a set of original works and student arrangements, performed with the energy fitting a festival finale.
Whether you are curious about new styles or simply in the mood for an evening of great live music, you are warmly welcome. Admission is free.
The Program
Codarts Wind Band x Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine
conducted by Erik van de Kolk
Repertoire
M. Bodensteiner* – REHAB (world premiere)
R. Strauss – Tod und Verklärung (arr. Christian Janssen for wind orchestra)
J. Mackey – Frozen Cathedral
plus a work by a selected Composition student (Classical Music)
Location: Grote Zaal, de Doelen
Time: 16.30–17.30
Codarts String Orchestra
conducted by Gordan Nikolić
Repertoire
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane (with harp)
Clara Schumann – Romance no. 2 (Allegretto: Mit zarten Vortrage) – arrangement for string orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony in C minor, op. 110a
Location: Foyer 2, de Doelen
Time: 17.45–18.45
Codarts Vocal Department – Scenic Production
Repertoire
Selections from Fortunio and Croquefer by Offenbach
Location: Foyer 1, de Doelen
Time: 19.00–20.00
Global Musics Silk Road Ensemble
Travel along the historic Silk Road during this special performance for double quartet. The program features both new compositions and fresh arrangements of folk and classical music from traditions including the Eastern Mediterranean, the Balkans and Anatolia.
The string quartet provides a strong polyphonic foundation. Layered on top are modal instruments that bring distinctive melodies, subtle microtonal inflections and warm timbres characteristic of these musical traditions.
Location: Foyer 2, de Doelen
Time: 20.30–21.30
Codarts Pop Orchestra
conducted by Ronald Kool
The Codarts Pop Orchestra is a versatile Rotterdam based pop orchestra known for its powerful, genre crossing productions. The orchestra has performed on major stages such as the Nieuwe Luxor Theater and the Grote Zaal of Het Concertgebouw, where it collaborated with artist sor during the project sor presents sorkest. The orchestra also took part in Red Bull Symphonic in Theater Amsterdam.
Repertoire
16 original songs written by pop students
Location: Grote Zaal, de Doelen
Time: 22.00–23.15
