About this concert
The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s grand Annual Gala begins with a reception at 7.30 p.m. After the gala concert, all are welcome in the foyers of the Concertgebouw to mix and mingle, meet the musicians and enjoy the afterparty until midnight.
Dress code: black tie.
Klaus Mäkelä has a deep connection with Jean Sibelius, who single-handedly put Finland on the classical music map. When he was young, Sibelius had wanted to become a violinist. Although that dream failed to materialise, it did result in a violin concerto that leaves no listener unmoved. Lisa Batiashvili has been one of our most popular guest soloists for the last twenty-five years, and for good reason! Be there when she throws herself into Sibelius’s enigmatic Violin Concerto.
Beethoven’s irresistibly rhythmic Symphony No. 7 emanates an unprecedented vitality. The premiere in 1813 was one of the greatest successes of Beethoven’s career. The audience immediately called for the second movement to be played again, a movement which would soon take on a life of its own and can still be heard in films and television series. Even 200 years after his death, Beethoven is everywhere. We just can’t get enough!
Lisa Batiashvili has been one of our most popular guest soloists for the last twenty-five years, and for good reason.
