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Writer Music | Food | Culture ✍️ Bachtrack.com | Dutchnews.nl The Spidy Editor For music reviews and foodie travels, visit the link ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/clare_varney?utm_source=linktree_admin_share

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Cheers: Enschede emporium has 1,400 different whiskys on sale - DutchNews.nl Nestled round the corner from the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede’s trendy Roombeek district is what is said to be the Netherlands’ most exclusive whisky retailer. Housed in an unprepossessing brick…

Nestled round the corner from the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede’s trendy Roombeek district is what is said to be the Netherlands’ most exclusive whisky retailer.

24.10.2025 18:01 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tchaikovsky to die for: Daniel Lozakovich makes his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic
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13.10.2025 14:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Delving the depths of sorrow: Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw @concertgborkest.bsky.social
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06.10.2025 09:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Lovely review of our Dortmund concert- it's been such a wonderful tour full of joyous music making!

17.12.2024 19:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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"I'm okay with herring, I am even ok with rain, 365 days a year" - DutchNews.nl Ukrainian national Oleksandr Mialyk came to the Netherlands as a research student in 2019 and was far away from family and friends when Russia invaded his home country in February 2022. He’s taken up…

“I’m okay with herring, I am even ok with rain, 365 days a year”

25.09.2025 16:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the @concertgborkest.bsky.social
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19.09.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Residentie Orkest has a new story to tell at the Concertgebouw
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27.08.2025 08:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A dramatic Fantastique from the Orchestre National de Lille New Chief Conductor Joshua Weilerstein brings the ONL to Amsterdam's Concertgebouw for a programme including Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique and Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, featuring Edgar Moreau.

A dramatic Fantastique from the Orchestre National de Lille at the Concertgebouw ‪@onlille.bsky.social‬
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21.07.2025 08:20 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Japanese girl from The Hague wins top music prize in Amsterdam

Japanese girl from The Hague wins top music prize in Amsterdam www.dutchnews.nl?p=254197

04.07.2025 10:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Williams and Cargill shine in The Dream of Gerontius British vocal talent adds some very British glamour to the closing Avrotros Friday concert featuring Elgar's most famous oratorio.

Williams and Cargill shine in The Dream of Gerontius with Canellakis and the Netherlands RPO
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17.06.2025 10:30 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Earth-shattering Mahler 2 from the Budapest FO at the Mahler Festival As part of the Concertgebouw's ambitious Mahler Festival, Christiane Karg, Anna Lucia Richter and the Netherlands Radio Choir join the Budapest Festival Orchestra for the Resurrection Symphony.

Earth-shattering Mahler 2 from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra in the Concertgebouw’s #MahlerFestival
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13.05.2025 11:47 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A monumental Eighth from Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Time stands still in Amsterdam as seven soloists and four choirs join forces with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for one of Mahler's greatest challenges, his Eighth Symphony.

A monumental Eighth from Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam's Mahler Festival
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20.05.2025 16:47 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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13.05.2025 21:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I had fun with the team at @concertgborkest.bsky.social
#classicalmusic

20.04.2025 20:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My thoughts for @bachtrack.com

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07.04.2025 14:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My thoughts for @bachtrack.com
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04.02.2025 17:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My thoughts for @bachtrack.com

22.01.2025 16:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Joyce DiDonato makes an emotional debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Joyce DiDonato descended the Concertgebouw stairs to give the Dutch premiere of Jake Heggie’s Camille Claudel: Into the Fire

I love it when you discover a new work and it grabs hold of you, the tunes swirling round and round in your head for days.
This is the case with Jake Heggie’s Camille Claudel: Into the Fire which received its #Dutch premiere last week in the #Concertgebouw Amsterdam
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16.01.2025 09:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A class act: Augustin Hadelich plays Mozart on tour with Andrew Manze Augustin Hadelich showcases new Mozart violin concerto cadenzas while on tour with the Mozarteumorchester, Salzburg and Andrew Manze


When I first heard Augustin Hadelich earlier this year in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, I knew it would not be long before I found another excuse to hear him again.
On tour with the Mozarteumorchester, Salzburg and Andrew Manze
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20.12.2024 09:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A festive feast: John Eliot Gardiner and The Constellation Choir John Eliot Gardiner travelled to Dortmund for the latest stop on his newly formed Constellation Choir and Orchestra’s inaugural tour

John Eliot Gardiner returns to the podium with his new Constellation Choir and Orchestra
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#classicalmusic #choralmusic #christmas #choir #conductor #KonzerthausDortmund
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17.12.2024 15:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Royal Concertgebouw continues its Bruckner celebration Vladimir Jurowski graces his return to the Concertgebouw with a ravishing performance of Mozart's Symphony no. 40 in G minor.

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Mozart and Bruckner with the @concertgborkest.bsky.social at the Concertgebouw
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09.12.2024 16:39 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Classical music meets artisan craftsmanship. Dutch bell foundry Eijsbouts near Eindhoven produce bells for orchestras all over the world as I found out last week in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

My 💬 for @dutchnews.bsky.social
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08.12.2024 18:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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