More than 600,000 viewers Prinsengrachtconcert – Parool.nl

24-08-14 8:53 pm – Source: Reuters / buzze

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Boats are lined up during the annual Prinsengracht. © anp

average 637,000 people Saturday through television meegenoten of the Prinsengracht. More than an hour broadcast full of classical music on the Amsterdam canal, attracting far fewer viewers than in 2013, when looked at as many as 919,000 people, a historically high number.

In Amsterdam played the Georgian star violinist Lisa Batiashvili (35) and her French husband and oboist François Leleux for a jam-packed Prinsengracht. It was Saturday the 33rd edition of the free outdoor concert, which attracts

thousands of spectators every year since it began in 1981. AVRO sent the gig in the softly lit moat for the 30th time out, with the presenter Frits Sissinghurst.

As for the ratings scored the news at 20:00 (1.741 million viewers) is best, followed by Hollands Got Talent (1,625,000 viewers) and summaries of the league (1.568 million viewers).