2005 - Janine Jansen – violin & friends
2004 - Vesselina Kasarova – mezzo-soprano & Charles Spencer – piano
Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova was the highlight of this 23rd edition of the traditional Prinsengrachtconcert. Accompanied by pianist Charles Spencer she stole the hearts of the around 20.000 spectators with her characteristic vocal suppleness combined with her even characteristic deep timbre. She performed the aria “Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio” (from Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito”), two Bulgarian folksongs and “L’amou est un oiseau rebelle” from “Carmen”.
2003 - Gil Shaham – violin & Orli Shaham – piano
2002 - Juan Diego Florez – tenor
2001 - Arcadi Volodos – piano
This year it was the world famous Arcadi Volodos, renowned for his unbelievable technique, who pleased the audience with his performance.
2000 - Leila Josefowicz – violin & the gypsy ensemble Roby Lakatos (2 programmes)
1999 – piano duo Katia and Marielle Lebèque
Music:
"Prelude à la nuit" from "Rapsodie espagnole" by Maurice Ravel;
"Malaquena" from "Rapsodie espagnole" by Ravel;
"Habanera" from "Rapsodie espagnole" by Ravel;
"Feria" from "Rapsodie espagnole" by Ravel;
"En bateau" from "Petite suite" by Claude Debussy;
"Cortège" from "Petite suite" by Debussy;
"Menuet" from "Petite suite" by Debussy;
"Ballet" from "Petite suite" by Debussy;
"Maria" from "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein;
"Jet song" from "West Side Story" by Bernstein;
"One hand, one heart" from "West Side Story" by Bernstein;
"I feel pretty" from "West Side Story" by Bernstein;
"Tomorrow"(?) from "West Side Story" by Bernstein;
"America" from "West Side Story" by Bernstein.
1998 - Argentinian tenor José Cura, pianist Giulio Laguzzi, and the Groot Omroepkoor conducted by Martin Wright with pianist Ben Martin Weijand.
Music:
R. Leoncavallo, Eerste acte, scene 1 from: Pagliacci;
U. Giordana "Improviso" from: Andrea Chenier;
p. Mascagni, a casa amici en Drinklied from Cavallerie Rusticana;
G. Puccini, "Recondita amonia" from: Tosca;
U. Giordano , "Come un bel di di Maggio", from Andrea Chénier.
1997 - Joshua Bell – violin, Sharon Kam- Clarinet, Quirine Viersen – cello & Itamar Golan - Piano
Music:
Preludium en Allegro van Fritz Kreisler
Requiebros van Gaspar Cassadó
Polonaise brilliante in C, opus 3 van Frédéric Chopin
Nicht Schnell uit 3 Romanzen van Robert Schumann
Il Carnevale di Venezia van Alamiro Giampieri
Mélodie uit Souvenir d'un lieu cher, opus 42 van Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovsky
Polonaise de concert nr. 1, opus 4 van Henryk Wieniawski
En natuurlijk "Aan de Amsterdamse Grachten"
1996 - Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Luca Canonici (tenor), David Harper (piano) en Het Groot Omroepkoor conducted by Martin Wright.
Music:
Nelly Miricioiu: "Coro e Cavatina" from Tancredi (Rossini);
Luca Canonici: "Una furtiva lagrima" uit 'l Elisir d'amore (Donizetti);
Nelly Miricioiu en Luca Canonici: "O soave fanciulla" from La Bohème (Puccini);
Nelly Miricioiu: "O nube che lieve" and "Nella pace" from Maria Stuarda (Donizetti); Het Groot Omroepkoor and Percossa
Percussion: "Vedi, le fosche notturne spoglie (Gipsy quier)" from Il Trovatore (Verdi);
"Anch'io vorrei dormir cosi" from 'l Arlesiana (Cilea);
Nelly Miricioiu: "Ernani involami" from Ernani (Verdi);
Nelly Miricioiu en Luca Canonici: "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La Traviata (Verdi).
1995 - Anato Ugorski – piano
1994 - Maxim Vengerov – violin & Itamar Golan – piano
1993 - Cheryl Studer – soprano & Octavio Arevalo – tenor
1992 - Shura Cherkassky – piano (2 programmes)
1991 - Andrei Gavrilov – piano
1990 - Silvia Marcovici – violin, Han de Vries – oboe & Pascal Rogé – piano
1989 - Eva Lind – soprano; Luca Canonici – tenor, Mariana Cioromila – mezzo-soprano and Harry Peeters – baritone
1988 - Shlomo Mintz – violin & Paul Ostrovsky – piano
1987 - Jaap van Zweden – violin & Ronald Brautigam – piano
1986 - Sabine Meyer - clarinet; Heinrich Schiff - cello & Garrick Ohlsson – piano
1985 - Gühler and Süher Pekinel – piano
1984 - Ivry Gitlis - violin & Daniël Wayenberg – piano
