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"Lockdown Archives": a unique retrospective
Starting on 1 July, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will be making its streaming programme since June 2020 available free of charge for one month under the name "Lockdown Archives". According to the press office of the orchestra, the works performed by the orchestra between June 2020 and June 2021 can be accessed individually at concertgebouworkest.nl/en/watch-listen.
Since the first lockdown in the spring of 2020, the Concertgebouworkest has streamed over eighty compositions in more than forty productions - including thirty-four orchestral programmes – on its website and social media channels. The orchestral players performed at a distance of over one and a half metres from one another and usually in an otherwise empty hall, but with an impressive line-up of leading conductors and invariably with great enthusiasm and inspired ensemble playing. There were also a great many chamber music productions. All the streams together generated some 700,000 views worldwide.
Throughout July, the orchestra is making the recordings available free of charge. The "Lockdown Archives" offers a stunning musical retrospective of a historic period thanks to the camera and sound crew and technicians, as well as the many private individuals and sponsors whose generous support makes the orchestra’s free streams possible.
Photo by Simon van Boxtel
Since the first lockdown in the spring of 2020, the Concertgebouworkest has streamed over eighty compositions in more than forty productions - including thirty-four orchestral programmes – on its website and social media channels. The orchestral players performed at a distance of over one and a half metres from one another and usually in an otherwise empty hall, but with an impressive line-up of leading conductors and invariably with great enthusiasm and inspired ensemble playing. There were also a great many chamber music productions. All the streams together generated some 700,000 views worldwide.
Throughout July, the orchestra is making the recordings available free of charge. The "Lockdown Archives" offers a stunning musical retrospective of a historic period thanks to the camera and sound crew and technicians, as well as the many private individuals and sponsors whose generous support makes the orchestra’s free streams possible.
Photo by Simon van Boxtel
