Publications
26 Nov 2012
Gig review: Brodsky Quartet, Royal Conservatoire, Glasgow
David Kettle, from The Scotsman
"Verbey’s Spring Rain was immediately likeable and its sudden dramatic eruptions played well to the Brodskys’ love of the theatrical... "
19 Nov 2012
The Brodsky Quartet show their true musical colors at Utrecht’s Vredenburg
Kristen Huebner, from Bachtrack
"After reeling from the effects of the Shostakovich and a brief intermission mid-concert, the quartet took the stage once more to present the (their)…
07 Jun 2012
Introdans in Friedrichshafen
Katharina von Glasenapp, from Swäbische Kultur
The music of the Dutchman Theo Verbey evokes yearning, being sometimes full of dark energy, sometimes fatefully haunting.
10 Apr 2012
Amsterdam Sinfonietta: Debussy, Mussorgsky, Weinberg and Shostakovich
Renée Reitsma, from Bachtrack
"Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death is a work that has been orchestrated many times by great names including Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov and…
19 Mar 2011
Berg Lyric Suite decrypted – Audi, Amsterdam Sinfonietta Barbican
Anne Ozorio, from Classical Iconoclast
This wasn't just another concert. It was Liebestod, a truly unique exploration of Berg's Lyric Suite. Berg's piece is a compelling work, whose…
21 Feb 2011
Dutch Master Triumphs on the Rhine
Marieluise Jeitschko, translated by K. Schönberg, from Tanznetz
"Regina van Berkel is one of the most outstanding Dutch choreographers. For her superb theatrical choreography, with the seemingly contradictory…
06 Apr 2009
Dishes From a Recipe for Eye and Ear
Allan Kozinn, from New York Times
"...Theo Verbey’s “Man Ray — La Retour à la Raison” begins with repeating figures in the manner of 1970s Minimalism and morphs gracefully into a…
22 Jan 2009
Dazzling Works: Contemporary music from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Patric Standford, from Record Box
"Theo Verbeij's LIED for trombone and orchestra seems, in fact, to be a succession of four 'songs' in which the soloist Jörgen van Rijen, the…
16 Sep 2005
Berg/Verbey Sonata op. 1
Joachem Valkenburg, from NRC Handelsblad
"Theo Verbey's orchestration of Alban Berg's Sonato for piano Op.1 from 1984 sounded Mahleresque in its ability to carry one away. The beauty of…
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