La Stans: A chocolate feast for all the senses
Easter is the busiest time of the year for a chocolatier, and La Stans Chocolaterie & Patisserie in Enschede, East Netherlands is no exception. As I chatted with Dennis Stans,…
Phion, Consenus Vocalis, Bach Twente and Rheinhard Goebel ensure an outstanding choral tradition lives on in East Netherlands
Friday night’s performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion under the baton of Reinhard Goebel, was a glorious celebration of the outstanding choral tradition that is so alive across the generations…
Chailly reigns supreme with Fujita and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
What to expect from an all Rachmaninov concert with one of the world’s greatest conductors? Chailly, as former chief conductor is held in deep affection by the loyal and dedicated…
Vasheruk and friends put Rachmaninov centre stage
Originally intended as a celebration of Russian music, Reminiscences, the title of tonight’s concert, was inspired by the last interview given by Rachmaninov in Switzerland. We all know and love…
Vasheruk delivers sublime Rachmaninov
In this, the celebratory year of Rachmaninov’s birth, we are blessed with performances of works heard perhaps less frequently in the concert hall. Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, considered by many…
Celebrating local butchers
The Netherlands is blessed with an abundance of excellent small independent shops, from bakeries and patisseries to flower shops and many, many truly excellent butchers specialising in either purely poultry…
Dear Evan Hansen shines a torch into teenage lives
Have you ever felt like nobody was there? Have you ever felt forgotten? Have you ever felt like you could disappear, fall and no-one would hear? Let that lovely feeling…
Baigent and Sezer bring the Orient to the Netherlands
A most enjoyable lunchtime in Enschede today listening to an open rehearsal for a 'Music from the Orient' concert which the Phion Orchestra are giving tomorrow evening in the Wilminktheater…
Young soprano Elisa Maayeshi wows Enschede
Enjoyable concert this afternoon from the Symfonia Jong Twente in the Wilminktheater, Enschede featuring a most impressive young soprano, Elisa Maayeshi, a 4th year undergraduate student at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam…
Nederlandse Reisopera faces the music and produces a most memorable Magic Flute
Sometimes in life, even the best laid plans do not work as expected. This was the case for the Nederlandse Reisopera in their latest production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a co-production…