Essentials introduces you to Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Nathalie Stutzmann.
About this concert
The Essentials series introduces you to the masterpieces you will be happy to know, performed by the world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra and complete with a lively introduction by the incomparable Thomas Vanderveken. At Essentials we welcome a new generation of music lovers, and the concerts typically have a pleasant informal atmosphere.
Essentials starts at 9 p.m. with an imaginative introduction to the programme (in Dutch).
The unique French singer and conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann, makes her conducting debut with us, introducing to you Brahms’ Fourth Symphony. With his Fourth Symphony, Brahms’s compositional mastery reached unprecedented heights. Brahms himself claimed the work reflected the tragedy of human existence. But that doesn’t mean it’s all doom and gloom – the symphony also abounds in spry, lively moments. At the time, one critic compared the work to ‘a dark well; the longer we look into it, the more brightly the stars shine back’.
With his Fourth Symphony, Brahms’s compositional mastery reached unprecedented heights.
