Dear friends and music lovers,
Our CD release concert was a huge success! We had a packed hall, delicious food and sold lots of CDs. We’ve received so many positive and enthusiastic reactions in the weeks since then, including two reviews: one in the Dutch newspaper the Gelderlander and the other in Opus Klassiek, a Dutch online classical music website, both of which we’d love to share with you (they’re both in Dutch).
https://www.gelderlander.nl/luister-mee/the-hague-string-trio-laat-luisteraars-in-trance-achter~a43480ff/
https://www.opusklassiek.nl/cd-recensies/cd-aw/krasa01.htm
We’ve also had no shortage of media attention:
In the week of February 25th we could be heard every evening in the radio programme Passaggio on NPO radio 4. Our CD After the Darkness was chosen to be the programme’s CD of the week. You can listen back to the fragments of all five days here!
https://www.nporadio4.nl/zoeken?q=after+the+darkness
And tomorrow, Sunday, 24 March you can here us in the radio programme Spiegelzaal which is broadcast live from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam at 10.00 am on NPO radio 4.
https://www.nporadio4.nl/spiegelzaal/uitzendingen/650692:2019-03-24-spiegelzaal
Or you can watch us on the television at the same time! Two weeks ago we recorded for the VPRO’s programme Vrije Geluiden which will be broadcast tomorrow at 10.30 am on NPO 1. The repeat will be shown a week later on Saturday morning, 30 March at 09:00.
https://www.vpro.nl/vrije-geluiden/lees/gids/2018-2019/30.html
On Saturday, 6 April we will perform music by Schubert, Weinberg and Beethoven in de Ridderzaal of Slot Haamstede as part of the Nationaal Muziekinstrumentenfonds Chamber Music Festival in cooperation with Natuurmonumenten, (the Dutch National Trust). There will be a slide show about the castle starting at 7.30 p.m. followed by our concert at 8 p.m.
https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/slot-haamstede/agenda/hague-string-trio-slot-haamstede#2019-04-06T19:30
On Sunday, 14 April we will give a coffee concert at 12.00 p.m. in the Doopsgezinde church in Harlingen where we will be playing string trios by Beethoven, Schubert, Krása, Kattenburg and Weinberg.
https://www.koffieconcerten-harlingen.nl/#binnenkort
Finally, we’d like to let you know about an extra concert we have been to organise with the extra funds from our incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign.
It will take place on Sunday, 19 May at 3.00 p.m. in the Uilenburgersjoel, a beautiful, old synagogue in Amsterdam. More information will follow next month.
https://www.uilenburgersjoel.nl/productie/the-hague-string-trio/
Here is a summary of our upcoming concerts in March and April, all of which can also be found on our website.
Sunday, 24 March 10.00 - 10.50 a.m. radio programme Spiegelzaal, NPO radio 4.
Sunday, 24 March 10.30 - 11.20 a.m. TV programme VPRO Vrije Geluiden, NPO 1.
Sunday, 24 March 3.30 p.m. concert Het Jagthuis in Nederhorst den Berg.
Wednesday, 27 March 8.00 p.m. Bollenstreek Library, Oegstgeest: Book presentation Het uiterste der zee by Pauline Broekema with music performed live from the CD After the Darkness.
Sunday, 31 March 3.00 p.m. concert Remonstrantse Church in Waddinxveen.
Saturday, 6 April 8.00 p.m. concert Ridderzaal in Slot Haamstede.
Sunday, 14 April 12.00 p.m. concert Doopsgezinde church in Harlingen.
We hope to see you at one of our concerts!
Best wishes,
The Hague String Trio
Justyna Briefjes, Julia Dinerstein en Miriam Kirby
https://www.thehaguestringtrio.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheHagueStringTrio