The ninth release in RCO Live’s Horizon series contains four world premieres (co-)commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Joey Roukens’s Boundless and Richard Rijnvos’s Amérique du Nord were both commissioned for concerts celebrating the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, the first being a reflection on Bernstein’s character, the second an exhilarating roadtrip through Bernstein’s fatherland the United States of America. In Peter Eötvös’s Multiversum various orchestral groups, organ and Hammond organ are dancers in a cosmic ballet of separate universes. Apart from being an important addition to the very small repertoire for orchestra and solo piccolo, Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Solastalgia is a passionate call to care for the earth’s environment.

‘… brilliantly orchestrated kaleidoscopic music…’ – Het Parool (Amérique du Nord)

‘Roukens’ composition was magnificent’ – Volkskrant

‘During this concert, the piccolo brought the greatest wealth’ – Trouw (Solastalgia)

‘“Multiversum” of enchanting beauty’ – NRC

Recorded live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 8 and 9 February 2017 (Roukens); 19 and 20 October 2017 (Eötvös); 2 and 3 February 2017 (Rijnvos); 6 and 7 December 2017 (Tüür)