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Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians in the Recital Hall

The chamber music concerts in the Close-up Series let you marvel up close at the artistry of musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

For many years now, musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra have been performing their own programmes in the Recital Hall of the Concertgebouw as part of the chamber music Close­up Series. These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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Close-up

The chamber music concerts in the Close-up Series let you marvel up close at the artistry of musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

For many years now, musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra have been performing their own programmes in the Recital Hall of the Concertgebouw as part of the chamber music Close­up Series. These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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Close-up Series with 6 concerts

  • Grade 1+ €228.00
  • Grade 1 €228.00
  • Grade 2 €228.00
  • Grade 3 €228.00

Close-up 1 Series with 3 concerts

  • Grade 1+ €120.00
  • Grade 1 €120.00
  • Grade 2 €120.00
  • Grade 3 €120.00

Close-up 2 Series with 3 concerts

  • Grade 1+ €120.00
  • Grade 1 €120.00
  • Grade 2 €120.00
  • Grade 3 €120.00

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  • image: Jan-Kees Steenman
    image: Jan-Kees Steenman

    Close-Up: Liviu Prunaru ‘Crescendo’

    Portrait concert: Liviu Prunaru with musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Enescu

      From 'Impressions d'Enfance': Ménétrier

    • Sergej Prokofjev

      From Sonata for 2 violina: Andante cantabile

    • Antonín Dvorák

      From Terzetto: Tema con variazioni

    • Bedrich Smetana

      Allegro vivo apassionato from String Quartet no. 1 'From My Life'

    • Johannes Brahms

      Movement from String Quintet No. 2

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      String Sextet 'Souvenir de Florence'

    • Liviu Prunaru

      1st concertmaster

    • Valentina Svyatlovskaya

      first violin

    • Santa Vizine

      1st solo viola

    • Sophia Reuter

      viola

    • Gregor Horsch

      1st solo cello

    • Joris van den Berg

      associate solo cello

  • image: Peter Tollenaar
    image: Peter Tollenaar

    Close-Up: Michael Gieler

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Andro Biswane

      Commission, world premiere

    • Arnold Schönberg

      String Quartet No. 2

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvorák

      String Quintet No. 3

    • Marleen Asberg

      first violin

    • Andro Biswane

      guitar

    • Ursula Schoch

      2nd concertmaster

    • Jane Piper

      second violin

    • Michael Gieler

      solo viola

    • Saeko Oguma

      associate solo viola

    • Joris van den Berg

      associate solo cello

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Close-Up: The Art of the Fugue

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

    • Nicoline Alt

      oboe

    • Maria Victoria Muñoz Zaragozá

      oboe - academy 2022/2023

    • Gustavo Núñez

      principal bassoon

    • Justin Cherry

      bassoon - academy 2023/2024

    • Nienke van Rijn

      first violin

    • Caspar Horsch

      second violin

    • Roland Krämer

      viola

    • Maartje-Maria den Herder

      cello

    • Georgina Poad

      double bass

  • image: Milagro Elstak
    image: Milagro Elstak

    Close-Up: Seven Last Words

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Joseph Haydn

      Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers (Chorv.)

    • Florian de Backere

      speaker

    • Arndt Auhagen

      second violin

    • Eke van Spiegel

      second violin

    • Edith van Moergastel

      viola

    • Boris Nedialkov

      cello

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Close-Up: Roaring Twenties

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Kurt Weill

      Vijf delen uit de 'Dreigroschenoper'

    • Kurt Weill

      Frauentanz

    • Erwin Schulhoff

      Bassnachtigal

    • Erwin Schulhoff

      Three pieces for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and cello

    • -- interval --

    • Hanns Eisler

      Scherzo

    • Hanns Eisler

      Palmström

    • Hanns Eisler

      Duo voor viool en cello

    • Hanns Eisler

      Divertimento voor blaaskwintet

    • Paul Hindemith

      Kleine Kammermusik

    • Laetitia Gerards

      soprano

    • Mariya Semotyuk-Schlaffke

      flute

    • Alexander Krimer

      oboe

    • Hein Wiedijk

      clarinet

    • Simon Van Holen

      contra bassoon

    • Laurens Woudenberg

      principal horn

    • Ursula Schoch

      2nd concertmaster

    • Vilém Kijonka

      viola

    • Benedikt Enzler

      2nd associate solo cello

  • image: Milagro Elstak
    image: Milagro Elstak

    Close-Up: Tutti in Threes

    Tutti wind players from the Concertgebouw Orchestra play in various formations

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Anton Reicha

      Suite nr.1 voor 2 hoorns & fagot, op. 93 nr. 1

    • Francis Poulenc

      Trio, voor hobo, fagot en piano

    • -- interval --

    • Michaïl Glinka

      Trio Pathétique in d kl. t.

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Blaaskwintet voor 3 hoorns, hobo & fagot H.19

    • Miriam Pastor Burgos

      cor anglais

    • Arno Piters

      E-flat clarinet

    • Helma van den Brink

      bassoon

    • José Sogorb Jover

      horn

    • Jaap van der Vliet

      horn

    • Fons Verspaandonk

      horn

    • Jeroen Bal

      piano

  • image: Jan-Kees Steenman
    image: Jan-Kees Steenman

    Close-Up: Liviu Prunaru ‘Crescendo’

    Portrait concert: Liviu Prunaru with musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Enescu

      From 'Impressions d'Enfance': Ménétrier

    • Sergej Prokofjev

      From Sonata for 2 violina: Andante cantabile

    • Antonín Dvorák

      From Terzetto: Tema con variazioni

    • Bedrich Smetana

      Allegro vivo apassionato from String Quartet no. 1 'From My Life'

    • Johannes Brahms

      Movement from String Quintet No. 2

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      String Sextet 'Souvenir de Florence'

    • Liviu Prunaru

      1st concertmaster

    • Valentina Svyatlovskaya

      first violin

    • Santa Vizine

      1st solo viola

    • Sophia Reuter

      viola

    • Gregor Horsch

      1st solo cello

    • Joris van den Berg

      associate solo cello

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Close-Up: The Art of the Fugue

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

    • Nicoline Alt

      oboe

    • Maria Victoria Muñoz Zaragozá

      oboe - academy 2022/2023

    • Gustavo Núñez

      principal bassoon

    • Justin Cherry

      bassoon - academy 2023/2024

    • Nienke van Rijn

      first violin

    • Caspar Horsch

      second violin

    • Roland Krämer

      viola

    • Maartje-Maria den Herder

      cello

    • Georgina Poad

      double bass

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Close-Up: Roaring Twenties

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Kurt Weill

      Vijf delen uit de 'Dreigroschenoper'

    • Kurt Weill

      Frauentanz

    • Erwin Schulhoff

      Bassnachtigal

    • Erwin Schulhoff

      Three pieces for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and cello

    • -- interval --

    • Hanns Eisler

      Scherzo

    • Hanns Eisler

      Palmström

    • Hanns Eisler

      Duo voor viool en cello

    • Hanns Eisler

      Divertimento voor blaaskwintet

    • Paul Hindemith

      Kleine Kammermusik

    • Laetitia Gerards

      soprano

    • Mariya Semotyuk-Schlaffke

      flute

    • Alexander Krimer

      oboe

    • Hein Wiedijk

      clarinet

    • Simon Van Holen

      contra bassoon

    • Laurens Woudenberg

      principal horn

    • Ursula Schoch

      2nd concertmaster

    • Vilém Kijonka

      viola

    • Benedikt Enzler

      2nd associate solo cello

  • image: Peter Tollenaar
    image: Peter Tollenaar

    Close-Up: Michael Gieler

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Andro Biswane

      Commission, world premiere

    • Arnold Schönberg

      String Quartet No. 2

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvorák

      String Quintet No. 3

    • Marleen Asberg

      first violin

    • Andro Biswane

      guitar

    • Ursula Schoch

      2nd concertmaster

    • Jane Piper

      second violin

    • Michael Gieler

      solo viola

    • Saeko Oguma

      associate solo viola

    • Joris van den Berg

      associate solo cello

  • image: Milagro Elstak
    image: Milagro Elstak

    Close-Up: Seven Last Words

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Joseph Haydn

      Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers (Chorv.)

    • Florian de Backere

      speaker

    • Arndt Auhagen

      second violin

    • Eke van Spiegel

      second violin

    • Edith van Moergastel

      viola

    • Boris Nedialkov

      cello

  • image: Milagro Elstak
    image: Milagro Elstak

    Close-Up: Tutti in Threes

    Tutti wind players from the Concertgebouw Orchestra play in various formations

    Recital Hall - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Anton Reicha

      Suite nr.1 voor 2 hoorns & fagot, op. 93 nr. 1

    • Francis Poulenc

      Trio, voor hobo, fagot en piano

    • -- interval --

    • Michaïl Glinka

      Trio Pathétique in d kl. t.

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Blaaskwintet voor 3 hoorns, hobo & fagot H.19

    • Miriam Pastor Burgos

      cor anglais

    • Arno Piters

      E-flat clarinet

    • Helma van den Brink

      bassoon

    • José Sogorb Jover

      horn

    • Jaap van der Vliet

      horn

    • Fons Verspaandonk

      horn

    • Jeroen Bal

      piano