Like every year the Utrechtsch Student orchestra will go on tour at the end of April, this year we have the pleasure of visiting Münster, Hamburg and Copenhagen. During our tour we're giving free concerts in each of the cities.
The Utrechtsch Student Orchestra (USConcert) stands at the crossroads of youth and tradition: founded in 1823, it is the oldest symphony orchestra in the Netherlands, yet this student orchestra will always remain young at heart. On the 29th of April in the Culturkirche Altona at 20:00 the Utrecht student orchestra will be playing the Sorcerer’s apprentice by Paul Ducas, the Tempest by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Scheherezade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, conducted by Bas Pollard.
Sorcerer’s apprentice is a symphonic poem that became widely known due to its usage in the Disney film Fantasia. The Tempest is a symphonic fantasia based on the play ‘The Tempest’ by Shakespeare with beautiful love music resembling Romeo and Juliet. And finally the famous Scheherezade is a symphonic suite based on One thousand and one nights. Scheherezade refers to the main character Scheherezade and can be heard in the solo’s played by the principal first violinist.
