Amsterdam 750
Muziek city Amsterdam - from Sweelinck to Tsoupaki
Come and celebrate Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary with us! Music from Amsterdam is being performed at the Concertgebouw on the organ and by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Choir and soloists, all under the direction of Bas Wiegers.
With Louis Andriessen we will board the Ship of Fools and enter the hellish City of Dis.
Concert programme
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Jeff Hamburg
new work for choir (world premiere)
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Music from ‘Cantiones sacrae’ for organ
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Rudolf Escher
Songs of Love and Eternity
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Louis Andriessen
'Un beau baiser' for choir a cappella
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Calliope Tsoupaki
nieuw werk (commission, world premiere)
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Louis Andriessen
The City of Dis, or: The Ship of Fools
Performers
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Bas Wiegers
conductor
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Katrien Baerts
soprano
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Maxim Februari
spoken voice
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Netherlands Radio Choir
choir
About this concert
Amsterdam has been harbouring outside influences for 750 years. The more diverse the mix, the stronger the city’s character. As a city of music, Amsterdam is made up of many voices. Around 1600, people would come from far and wide to visit the composer and city organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Since 1888, the Concertgebouw and the Concertgebouw Orchestra have served as international ambassadors of the city – and of the Netherlands.
In the twentieth century, the composer and inspiring teacher Louis Andriessen was for years a magnet for young musicians from all over the world. Many of them would go on to further enrich musical life here, such as Jeff Hamburg and the former Composer Laureate of the Netherlands Calliope Tsoupaki. Brand-new works by both have been programmed on this Saturday Matinee concert. With Andriessen, who passed away in 2021, we will board the Ship of Fools and enter the hellish City of Dis, a city of water and fire.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
Amsterdam has been harbouring outside influences for 750 years. The more diverse the mix, the stronger the city’s character. As a city of music, Amsterdam is made up of many voices. Around 1600, people would come from far and wide to visit the composer and city organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Since 1888, the Concertgebouw and the Concertgebouw Orchestra have served as international ambassadors of the city – and of the Netherlands.
In the twentieth century, the composer and inspiring teacher Louis Andriessen was for years a magnet for young musicians from all over the world. Many of them would go on to further enrich musical life here, such as Jeff Hamburg and the former Composer Laureate of the Netherlands Calliope Tsoupaki. Brand-new works by both have been programmed on this Saturday Matinee concert. With Andriessen, who passed away in 2021, we will board the Ship of Fools and enter the hellish City of Dis, a city of water and fire.