The Age of Greed ORBI

About ORBI

Tonight's musicians are all household names in the Dutch music world. United, they call themselves ORBI, or 'The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments'. In their quest for a creative approach to music and a penchant for alternative music genres, they perform The Age of Greed: a concert in which they play rock and metal songs just as easily as music by Wagner or Mahler.

From a Mahler symphony to Radiohead and Muse

In both rock and metal styles as well as late Romantic music, there is a penchant for epic and existential questions. In this program, ORBI combines this historical drama with the concerns of the present. The musicians continuously challenge one another, for example by mimicking virtuoso guitar solos with a bassoon or double bass. From a Mahler symphony to Radiohead and Muse: this chamber rock band smashes straight through all musical boundaries.

'All four form a fantastic rhythm section, playing their solo parts with a vengeance.'

★★★★ – NRC