Pianist Thomas Beijer will be playing very special music by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček in the Empty Concertgebouw Sessions! The Empty Concertgebouw Sessions are made possible by Van Lanschot Kempen. PROGRAM: Leoš Janáček: In the Mists 📺 Join the Empty Concertgebouw Sessions on February 4 at 8:30 pm on facebook, youtube and www.concertgebouw.nl source
Mahler’s Second Symphony is a call to a new life, a different life. A better life, that has nothing to do with this earthly life. The composer asks himself – and us – the question: ‘Why do we live, why do we die?’ He rehearses the last judgement and rewrites the ending. Mahler scholar Morten […]
Musical poetry by the Polish composer Karlowicz in the Concertgebouw Sessions by countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński and pianist Michal Biel. Filmed in the glass hallway around our Recital Hall. The Concertgebouw Sessions is a series in which musicians play a short piece of music in special places in The Concertgebouw. Subscribe to this YouTube channel […]
Blaka Rowsu, a piece that is in the hearts of all Surinamese. A unifying piece sung by everyone for everyone you love. Beautifully performed by countertenor Arturo den Hartog and pianist Daan Boertien in the Concertgebouw Sessions. “Take me into your heart. Whatever happens I will remember you in the depths of my heart.” CREDITS: […]
In six songs, inspired by old Chinese poetry, Mahler travels through life. And in the last glorious ‘Abschied’ his hero returns tot he place where his journey began. He is united with nature. ‘And not for the first time, I didn’t want a Mahler piece to end. I was singing “ewig, ewig”. And if I […]