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The Beurs van Berlage was founded in 1903 as the “Palazzo Pubblico”—a space for the people of Amsterdam and culture. On May 9, 2021, during the Evening Concert broadcast on NPO Radio 4, top musicians performed in the striking Great Hall, and the Musical Instrument Fund spoke with them and other involved individuals.

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9 May 2021 by Lennart van der Sman

Live from the Beurs van Berlage

The concert program:

Lidy Blijdorp (cello)
Tobias Borsboom (piano)
Interview with Lidy and Manon Veenendaal of the Musical Instrument Fund

Zoltán Kodály - Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8 (1915) - Movement II
Jules Massenet - Meditation (from the opera Thaïs, 1894)
Edvard Grieg - Cello Sonata, Op. 36 (1883) – Movement I
Gabriel Fauré – Papillon, Op. 77
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus (1940)

Nikola Meeuwsen (piano)
Interview with Nikola and Frank Bonarius, piano technician

Robert Schumann - Toccata, Op. 7 in C major
Robert Schumann - Piano Sonata, Op. 11 in F-sharp minor

Dudok Quartet
Judith van Driel (violin), Marleen Wester (violin), Marie-Louise de Jong (viola), David Faber (cello)
Interview with Marie-Louise and Hubert de Launay, violin maker

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 15 (arr. David Faber)
Johannes Brahms - String Quartet No. 3
Traditional - Tavaszi Szél (arr. Judith van Driel)
György Ligeti - Balada si joc (arr. David Faber)
Kalman Balogh - Sánta Ördög (arr. Judith van Driel)

Wing

For this broadcast, a grand piano from the collection of the Musical Instrument Fund has been set up in the Beurs van Berlage. It is a Steinway & Sons B-211 from 1981 that was recently donated. Piano technician Frank Bonarius (Andriessen Vleugels) has specially prepared the instrument for this broadcast, and it will soon be delivered to its new owner.