Prélude à une nuit Américaine in Liverpool

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Erina Yashima, will play Mathilde Wantenaar's Prélude à une nuit Américane on Thursday 3 April in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. The piece will be performed alongside Shostakovich's Piano Concerto no 1, with Anna Tsybuleva as soloist, and Dvořák Symphony No.9.

In 2021, the Prélude was recorded by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra:

Prèlude à une Nuit Américaine in Vienna

Tonight the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by their new chief conductor Markus Poschner, will play Mathilde Wantenaar's Prèlude à une Nuit Américaine in the Konzerhaus in Vienna. The orchestra will also play Prokofiev's third piano concerto and Richard Strauss' Aus Italien.

Last year, on the occasion of the premiere of Wantenaar's Accordion Concerto by the same orchestra, Markus Poschner gave an interview about her work:

NJO tours with Accordion Concerto

As part of their winter tour, the National Youth Orchestra, consisting of the Netherlands’ best conservatory students, and soloist Vincent van Amsterdam will play Mathilde Wantenaar’s Accordion Concerto throughout the Netherlands. The orchestra, conducted by Otto Tausk, will play six concerts:

18 January, Theater Orpheus, Apeldoorn

19 January, De Doelen, Rotterdam

22 January, Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, Nijmegen

23 January, Concertzaal Amare, Den Haag

24 January, Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht

25 January, Parkstad Limburg Theater, Heerlen

Tickets are available here.

The concerto was recorded in March 2024 by Vincent van Amsterdam and Residentie Orkest The Hague: