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Review: Pizzetti’s Messa di Requiem
20.05.2008With the Residentie Orkest, Swedish Radio Choir, Nederlands Kamerkoor and Peter Dijkstra on 16 May 2008 in The Hague.
“Peter Dijkstra, the young Dutch musician, artistic director of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich since 2005, is one of the most talented choral conductors around today. Furthermore he was in the company of two of his top ensembles: the Nederlands Kamerkoor, of which he is principal guest conductor, and the Swedish Radio Choir, where he’s also been in charge since last year” [...]
”Dijkstra is at his best when given the chance to mould vocal lines. He understands the art of correct balance. He has the ability to get choirs to coalesce into a homogeneous whole. And he knows how to preserve clarity and transparency even in the fuller passages.” [...]
Winand van de Kamp in the Haagsche Courant of 19 May 2008
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