The members of the Brussels orchestra very much wanted to play Franz Liszt's symphonic poem Les Préludes and Claude Debussy's La Mer, explains Bruocsella's conductor, Jan Steenbrugge. To turn it into a full concert programme, these pieces will be accompanied by a clarinet concerto by Carl Maria von Weber and Ottorino Respighi's only work for cello and orchestra, Adagio con variazioni.

The soloist for the Weber concerto will be clarinettist Alain Baudhuin and for Respighi's Adagio the cellist Benjamin Glorieux.

Steenbrugge, 31, studied the violin and conducting at the Boston Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and has been conducting the mostly amateur Bruocsella Symphony Orchestra since 2002. He considers himself extremely lucky to be able to practice every week with a full orchestra. "Because the level is so high, it gives me the opportunity to build a very good repertoire," he says.

This summer's concert will allow him to add to that repertoire 19th- and early 20th-century works by composers from Hungary, Germany, Italy and France.

Steenbrugge (pictured) was born in Ghent and now lives there with his violinist wife and two children. Asked whether he doesn't sometimes get the urge to play in the orchestra instead, he says: "I like both, but the thrill of beating down the final chord of a masterpiece beats playing that chord hands down!"

21 June, 20.00
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Veeweydestraat 24, Brussels
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