 Readers,
listeners,
“Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.”
Richard Strauss (German composer and conductor, 1864 - 1949)
Competition
This month you can win a CD by the Diogenes Quartet.
On it they play string quartets by Franz Schubert: Stringquartet D.804 Rosamunde and Striingquartets D.94 & Andante D.3.
Previous competition
May's question was: which, at the time revolutionary piano, did Jan Ladislav Dussek play?
The
answer: Broadwood's first ‘6-octave piano CC-c4’. The winner is: Lolkje
Ouderkerken from Sneek. Congratulations, the CD is on its way!
» read more
The Great Utrecht Bach Off
This year sees the 50th anniversary of the Utrecht
Bachcantates, and this will be celebrated on Saturday June 3 with a
Bach spectacle titled Heel Utrecht Bacht (The Great Utrecht Bach Off).
The festivities include workshops, presentations and concerts and take
place in the Academiegebouw on the Domplein in Utrecht.
 The
Concertzender will be making a recording in the Pandhof that will later
be broadcast in our series De Musyck Kamer. The guests are bayan player
Vladimir Shobanov, cellist Ludwig Döll, gambist Ralph Rousseau and city
poet Ingmar Heytze!
They will be presenting a preview of the closing concert that
will take place in the evening, with an emphasis on the music of Johann
Sebastian Bach.
Recording time: 15:00 tot 16:00
Location: Pandhof, located between the Domkerk and the Academiegebouw
More information and the programme for the whole day can be found here.
Meet the Concertzender LIVE during Cultural Sunday on Monday 5th June
Live music | Interviews | Live radio broadcast
In June, Utrecht, the home of the Concertzender, is all about live music with a new free music festival: Utrecht Centraal.
On Monday 5th June Utrecht will be become a huge musical stage with
a rich and varied musical offering combined with special, hidden, out
of the way locations. From classical to pop, from vocal to
instrumental, from new bands to established names. A programme in
conjunction with the Utrecht podia and musicians of which there are are
so many in the city.
Come on Monday 5th June to the Concertzender podium on the Stadhuisplein and meet the Concertzender.
Cultural Sundays Utrecht and the Concertzender are working together.
The Concertzender will be broadcasting live from the Concertzender
podium on the Stadhuisplein. Live music and interviews one after the
other. With Eric Vloeimans, Holland Baroque, Folk Road Show and many more!
» read more
RadioLab during Concertzender LIVE
How do you make a radio interview? Which questions do you
ask the artist? What music do you play? You can learn the answers to
these questions during RadioLAB, the Concertzender workshop about making a radio programme.
Participants work together with our radio presenters and produce a
real radio programme. The programmes that are made can be listened to
via de Concertzender website.
Do you want to take part?
The workshop is for children age 8 to 13. Maximum 5 participants per workshop. Reserve a place via radiolab@concertzender.nl, or come along on the day and see if there is still a place available. 
Parents and children should come to the mobile studio on the Stadhuisplein for the RadioLAB.
Workshop times:
- 13:00 - 13:30
- 14:00 - 14:30
- 15:00 - 15:30
- 16:00 - 16:30
Friends concert – Are you already a friend?
This year the Friends concert takes place in the Museum
Speelklok in Utrecht on Thursday 22 June, at the end of the
afternoon. You will be able
to listen to a programme with music by Schubert surrounded by the
museum's wonderful collection of street organs, musical clocks, music
boxes and other self-playing instruments.
The programme is almost complete and will feature Pauline Verburg
(voice), Evert Jan Nagtegaal (voice), Willem Brons (piano) and Geoffrey
Madge (piano). All of these performers also make or present programmes
for the Concertzender, as well as working as professional musicians.
If you are already a Friend, note the date in your diary, Thursday
22 June. If you are not yet a Friend, it is not too late, you can
register here, and can be at the concert!
 Next newsletter
The next newsletter from the Concertzender will appear
in July.
In the meantime, go to »
our website for the latest news.
 Help us to continue broadcasting
Are you a supporter of the Concertzender but not yet a
sponsor?
» register as a sponsor or
» make a donation.
Dependant on the amount of the donation you will receive:
- a guided tour of the studio and a chance to meet the
programme makers
- a CD from the Concertzender featuring Young Dutch
Performers
- 2 tickets for our annual concert and presentation
If you are already a sponsor, perhaps you have friends
or colleagues who would also be interested in supporting the
Concertzender.
» register your friend for our newsletter and inform him or her of the possibilities to sponsor the Concertzender.
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