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Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Ray Chen

Devil Strings
  • Thu 19 Mar ’26
    20:15
    de Doelen
    Grote Zaal
    sale starts Thu 3 Apr ’25 14:00

  • €3 or €1,5 service costs excluded per per ticket. Read more about the service charge here.

Giuseppe Tartini and Pietro Locatelli are considered the founders of modern violin virtuosity. Locatelli’s Concerto Grosso in C combines elegance with sparkling solos for the orchestra, while Tartini’s famous Devil’s Trill Sonata was inspired by a dream in which the devil himself played the violin. 

The program opens with Bartók’s Divertimento for string orchestra, a dynamic work infused with folk music influences. Finally, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, together with Ray Chen, will perform Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires in an arrangement by Leonid Desyatnikov, in which Vivaldi’s earlier composition subtly resonates.

concert themes and series:

programme

Amsterdam Sinfonietta | Candida Thompson violin & artistic direction | Ray Chen violin

credits

Bartók Divertimento for strings | Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor, ‘Devil's Trill’ (arr. Kreisler) | Locatelli Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.1, No. 11 | Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aire