Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest en Kian Soltani - From the new world

The musical rollercoasters of Roukens and Gulda

Roukens is lagging behind due to health problems and only says about his new piece: it will be 'a quickly cheerful motoric piece of about twelve minutes'. Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) was a unique phenomenon as a pianist: his love for Mozart and Beethoven was as great as his passion for jazz. We hear that flawlessly in the Cello Concerto that he wrote for his great friend Heinrich Schiff. A virtuoso ride on a rollercoaster from big band jazz to Tyrolean yodel.