NJO
VERRASSINGSCONCERT
With
Ellen
Valkenburg,
Bas
Treub
and
Andrea
Vasi
The
lights
diminish
and
the
first
notes
float
through
the
room.
The
lady
on
the
stage,
Andrea
Vasi,
started
at
the
age
of
six
with
piano
lessons
and
four
years
later
she
joined
the
school
for
young
talent
at
the
Conservatorium
of
The
Hague.
At
the
age
of
sixteen
she
makes
her
debut
with
the
orchestra.
At
the
moment
she
is
finishing
her
Master
at
the
conservatorium
of
The
Hague.
In
2004
as
well
as
in
2006
she
won
prices
of
the
National
Princess
Christina
Concours
and
as
a
result
she
had
international
concerts
and
she
was
special
guest
at
festivals
like
the
Gergiev
Festival,
the
Prinsengracht
festival
and
the
NJO
Music
summer.
She
starts
with
‘Impromptu
in
c
op.
90
nr.
1’
of
Franz
Schubert.
It
are
series
of
eight
pieces
for
piano,
composed
in
1827.
After
this
impressive
ten-‐minute-‐piece,
soprano
Ellen
Valkenburg
enters
the
stage.
In
2008,
she
ended
her
study
of
Music
teacher
at
the
conservatorium
of
Tilburg.
She
continued
with
Vocal
Studies
at
the
conservatorium
of
The
Hague.
In
2012
she
received
the
Stipendium,
a
price
by
author
Anna
Enquist
for
her
deceased
daughter
and
the
price
is
intended
for
young
singers
with
a
special
stage
presentation.
Recently,
Ellen
has
finished
her
Bachelor
study
and
she
is
continuing
with
her
Master
Study
at
Maria
Acda
and
Sasja
Hunnego.
She
combines
her
study
with
her
work
as
a
music
teacher.
They
start
with
‘Ganymed’
and
‘Gretchen
am
Spinnrade’
also
composed
by
Franz
Schubert.
‘Ganymed’
is
a
poem
made
by
Johann
Wolfgang
Goethe
about
the
beauty
of
the
spring
and
it
was
set
to
music
by
Schubert
and
Hugo
Wolf.
It
is
a
very
nice
composition
because
of
the
diversity
and
it
evokes
an
emotion
of
happiness
in
you.
‘Gretchen
am
Spinnrade’
is
about
Gretchen
singing
at
her
spinning
wheel.
With
the
speeding
up
and
the
slowing
down,
the
composer
tried
to
transform
the
movement
of
the
spinning
wheel
into
music.
Immediately
after
the
end
of
the
piece,
a
new
person
comes
up.
It
is
a
young
man
named
Bas
Treub.
He
studied
Violin
at
the
Conservatorium
of
The
Hague.
At
the
moment
is
doing
his
Master
at
the
Conservatorium
of
Brussels.
He
was
first
violinist
in
the
Magogo
orchestra
and
since
2009
he
plays
in
the
European
Union
Youth
Orchestra.
For
the
year
of
2013,
he
is
the
concertmaster
and
he
is
presenter
in
the
Classic
Express,
the
first
driving
music
hall
in
the
world.
With
the
three
of
them,
they
play
the
fascinating
piece
‘The
Plaint’
from
the
opera
The
Fairy
Queen
by
Henri
Purcell.
The
change
between
the
violin
and
the
piano
and
the
pure
voice
of
the
soprano
creates
a
diverse
piece
and
it
is
very
nice
to
listen
to.
The
fourth
piece
starts
and
Ellen
Valkenburg
vanishes
from
stage.
They
play
sonate
op.
80
in
f
by
Sergej
Prokofiev.
It
was
written
during
the
war
in
1941.
This
piece
is
divided
up
into
four
parts,
starting
with
‘andante
assai’.
It
is
about
a
man
going
to
Antarctica.
With
his
composition,
Prokofiev
tries
to
evoke
an
icy
and
chilly
atmosphere.
The
second
part,
‘allegro
brusco’
is
about
the
archaeological
findings
of
the
man.
It
is
an
interesting
and
fascinating
duel
between
the
piano
and
the
violin
and
it
draws
your
view
from
one
point
of
the
stage
to
another
point
in
just
a
few
seconds.
The
third
part
‘andante’
is
said
to
be
for
the
dead
people.
It
is
a
calm
part,
trying
to
make
you
think.
The
fourth
part
‘allegrissimo-‐
poco
meno-‐
andante
assai’
is
a
combination
of
different
pieces
and
it
was
really
the
climax.
Over
all,
a
very
diverse
concert
and
it
really
lived
up
to
the
name!....................................................