Conductor

For 15 years, the paths of Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort and Casco Phil have been intimately entwined. In addition to a musical partnership, a close friendship developed since 2008 thanks to Ludwig van Beethoven. To celebrate that shared path, we will pull out all the stops in 2023 and make the composer the guest of honour at the birthday party. Throughout the year, he will be at the centre of our collaborations. We perform his Seventh Symphony and his Coriolan Overture with Michiel Delanghe as guest conductor and Liebrecht then joins us for his Third Pianoconcerto. A formidable work that draws you right in from the very first notes, thanks to the lightning-fast effort with which the soloist immediately kicks off. Like a rocket, the piano soars into the sky, only to land again, gurgling and full of vibrating ornamentation, passing the baton to the orchestra.

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Beethoven complete

Stadsschouwburg Leuven

Sint-Pieter-en-Paulkerk

Manège Tienen

Can one ever have enough of Ludwig van Beethoven? For Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, in any case, the answer is no. During Kursaal Classics, an event that is fast becoming a fixture in our spring calendar, Vanbeckevoort will join Casco Phil in the casino in Ostend to perform Beethoven’s fiendishly difficult and imposing Emperor Concerto. This piece was written at the time when the army of Napoleon Bonaparte was approaching the border, and is thus a perfect companion piece to Beethoven’s equally war-thirsty Seventh Symphony. A work that Richard Wagner dubbed the ‘apotheosis of the dance itself’, but which is a fixture in the canon above all due to its magestic alegretto. This will be our second time this season working together with Michiel Delanghe who, despite all the fighting, will get us home safely with a triumphant ‘allegro con brio’.

Kursaal Classics

Kursaal Oostende

The young dancers from Junior Ballet Antwerp will put on their glass pointe shoes for this musical fairy tale set to music by Sergei Prokofiev.

In 2023, for the first time Casco Phil will collaborate with Antwerp’s leading ballet school that trains young dancers from 17 – 21 years old. With their top-level artistic projects, Junior Ballet Antwerp prepares these elite talents to go on to higher education dance training. Our ensemble will bring to life the Russian composer’s incredibly rich, symphonic score in a setting for chamber orchestra. However, this smaller line-up does not mean the sound of the orchestra will be less colourful! Our outstanding musicians working under the expert guidance of conductor Michiel Delanghe will ensure that not one single drop of expressiveness gets lost.

Michiel Delanghe

Conductor

Events

Past events

Oct 5 - Dec 1, 2023

Beethoven complete · Casco Phil

Apr 23, 2023

Kursaal Classics · Casco Phil

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Coriolan Overture by Beethoven

Casco Phil

Conductor in Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven

Casco Phil

Conductor in Piano Concerto No. 2 by Beethoven

Casco Phil

Conductor in Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) by Beethoven

Casco Phil

Conductor in Cinderella by Prokofiev

Casco Phil

Conductor in Trumpet Concerto by Arutiunian

Casco Phil

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