BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9176@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Michael Gieler & Lauretta Bloomer DTSTAMP:20261017T182543Z DTSTART:20250929T183000Z DESCRIPTION:Violist Michael Gieler and pianist Lauretta Bloomer have been p erforming\ntogether since 1986. Their long-standing musical friendship has brought them to\nconcert halls across Europe — including Splendor\, where they now return with a\nrich and varied programme of German music for vio la.\n\nThe programme features works by three composers who each gave the v iola a\ndistinctive voice. Johann Sebastian Bach — who played the viola hi mself — wrote\nhis Gamba Sonata in G minor\, BWV 1029 with a depth and tex ture that translates\nbeautifully to the viola. Robert Schumann’s Märchenb ilder\, composed specifically\nfor viola and piano\, are among the most po etic and intimate works in the\nRomantic chamber music repertoire. And Pau l Hindemith’s Der Schwanendreher is\nperhaps the viola concerto of the 20t h century — bold\, witty\, and originally\nwritten for viola and orchestra \, here performed in a powerful arrangement for\npiano.\n\nProgramme:\nJ.S . Bach: Sonata for Gamba in G minor\, BWV 1029\nR. Schumann: Märchenbilder \nP. Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher (concerto)\n\nMichael Gieler\, viola\nL auretta Bloomer\, piano\n\nMember concert\nSplendor can only be the indepe ndent and free hub that it is\, thanks to the\nmembers who support us. We pay them back with our specialty: music. Every year\,\nall Splendor musici ans play one concert that's free for this crucial group to\nwhom Splendor owes its everyday existence. Combined with many other events\, this\nmeans that our members have free entrance to over 50 concerts a year for €9\,99 \np/m (and €4\,99 p/m for minima and students!) – and receive a discount f or all\nother concerts. Pretty good deal\, right?\n\nThe members enable Sp lendor to remain independent\, which is the only way to\nsecure real freed om in programming\, experimentation\, risk-taking and the\npromotion of yo ung\, upcoming artists. If you can think of another place without\na centr al programming\, where last-minute concerts can be planned any moment\,\nw here there is no backstage and artists and audience are constantly minglin g and\nhanging out at the bar\, where mysterious creative outbursts can be presented\nthat are often labeled 'too risky' elsewhere\, and that still guarantees high\nquality by unleashing the best of The Netherlands' music scene in this creative\nplayground – you get a free membership!\n\nWould y ou rather just visit this concert without becoming a member? You're more\n than welcome! Buy your ticket(s) below. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/michael-gieler-and-lauretta-bloomer GEO:52.3699078;4.9032848 LOCATION:Splendor - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116\, 1011 LX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,concert,music,nieuwmarkt/lastage,orchestra,pia no X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Violist Michael Gieler and pianist Lauretta Bloomer have been performing together since 1986. Their long-standing mus ical friendship has brought them to concert halls across Europe — includin g Splendor, where they now return with a rich and varied programme of Germ an music for viola.

The programme features works by three composers who each gave the viola a distinctive voice. Johann Sebastian Bach — who p layed the viola himself — wrote his Gamba Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029< /em> with a depth and texture that translates beautifully to the viola. Ro bert Schumann’s Märchenbilder, composed specifically for viola an d piano, are among the most poetic and intimate works in the Romantic cham ber music repertoire. And Paul Hindemith’s Der Schwanendreher is perhaps the viola concerto of the 20th century — bold, witty, and original ly written for viola and orchestra, here performed in a powerful arrangeme nt for piano.

Programme:
J.S. Bach: Sonata f or Gamba in G minor, BWV 1029
R. Schumann: Märchenbilder
P. Hindemit h: Der Schwanendreher (concerto)

Michael Gieler, viola
Lauretta Bloomer, piano

Member concert
Splendor can only be the independent and free hub that it is, thanks to the members who support us. We pay them back with ou r specialty: music. Every year, all Splendor musicians play one concert th at's free for this crucial group to whom Splendor owes its everyday existe nce. Combined with many other events, this means that our members have fre e entrance to over 50 concerts a year for €9,99 p/m (and €4,99 p/m for min ima and students!) – and receive a discount for all other concerts. Pretty good deal, right?

The members enable Splendor to remain in dependent, which is the only way to secure real freedom in programming, ex perimentation, risk-taking and the promotion of young, upcoming artists. I f you can think of another place without a central programming, where last -minute concerts can be planned any moment, where there is no backstage an d artists and audience are constantly mingling and hanging out at the bar, where mysterious creative outbursts can be presented that are often label ed 'too risky' elsewhere, and that still guarantees high quality by unleas hing the best of The Netherlands' music scene in this creative playground – you get a free membership!

Would you rather just visit th is concert without becoming a member? You're more than welcome! Buy your t icket(s) below.

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