Lady Macbeth

The score itself is a masterful work. The textures and the tones offered rich and electrifying moments. Under the baton of superb Koen Kessel, Salem’s score is intensely punctuated with electronic and classical tones. It is the foundation of the ballet, upon which Pickett masterfully shapes her work.

The kitchen scene with rhythmically rattling pots and pans is an original group scene. It also blends seamlessly with the ominous composition of British film, television and dance composer Peter Salem, known for award-winning music for series such as Call the Midwife.

Koen Kessels, the new conductor of Het Balletorkest, lets the bass of string instruments growl like unleashed ghost appearances and drives a variation of threatening percussion from all the cracks of the orchestra box towards the stage. Moreover, all that vibrates in a harness of electronic audio tracks. Musically you feel and hear an exciting cocktail of lust for power and remorse.