“I was commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to orchestrate a song by Rachmaninoff called Spring Waters. In 2017 this version had its premiere in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with Eva-Maria Westbroek singing, accompanied by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons. I made this orchestration last February (2017) and it took me about a week to do it. The song is fairly short (2 minutes), but it has a rapid tempo and a lot of notes. It was especially difficult to keep the balance between the voice and the orchestra.”

– Theo Verbey