On Monday 12 December 2022 we started rehearsing for our second project of this academic year: Rumpelstilstkin – A Musical Story! This project was all about musical storytelling and was thus also perfect for an audience of all ages. The programme was built around Arie van Hoek‘s composition Repelsteeltje (Dutch for Rumpelstiltskin). For this project we collaborated with John Hawinkels, a Dutch children’s book author. John narrated the story, whilst the orchestra supported it with music.
Both of our concerts took place on Sunday 19 March 2023. The concerts were very well attended, as they were both sold out! The programme was as follows:
- Camille Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture of ‘Die Entführung aus dem Serail’
- Arie van Hoek – Rumpelstiltskin (narrated by John Hawinkels)