Met Concert of Hope the EO wanted to show a hopeful and positive musical sound in a corona time that sometimes seems hopeless for many people. Singer Maan performed a special version of ‘Ze Huilt Maar Ze Lacht’ and Roel van Velzen played ‘Somebody To Love’ for the Netherlands. In addition to the performances, which were accompanied by the Metropole Orchestra, hopeful stories from all over the country were also told in which music was central.
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Sanne Hans, who has been in the charts for weeks with her version of ‘Door de wind’ by Stef Bos, once again touched the viewer at home. Sanne said before the performance that she did not realize that her performance would be such a success. The recordings of Dear Singers are a while ago. “I realized a bit that it was a special moment”, she told Bert van Leeuwen live, who discussed the program together. “Everything exploded afterwards and I thought: it’s one night. But it won’t stop.” According to Sanne, she receives hundreds of messages every day from people who dial the number. “It’s great that you can support someone.”
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Now that the Netherlands is in a shared lockdown and the situation does not seem to improve for the time being, the concert came at the right time, according to Bert van Leeuwen. So he told it earlier ANP. “At the moment it certainly doesn’t hurt to cheer people up. You notice that everyone is a bit fed up. At the first lockdown you noticed that people were like: shoulders under and through. Now with the second wave you feel that people do think: here we go again. “
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