Dining
Ticket holders attending the concerts on 14, 15 and 16 March are invited to dine in the Concertgebouw’s Mirror Hall at 6.15 p.m, before the performance. Subscription holders will receive information on how to order dinners in August.
No other classical piece of music is as widely known as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, whose famous opening motif has truly taken on a life of its own. But even a work performed as often as the Fifth is never ‘finished’, in the sense that no two performances are ever the same, and every conductor adds personal nuances. This time, it’s the Austrian guest conductor Franz Welser-Möst, who led the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in an impressive Bruckner symphony last season.
Jörg Widmann, with whom Welser-Möst has collaborated several times before, is not only a renowned solo clarinettist, but also an innovative composer who views music history as a treasure trove of styles. Like his former teacher Wolfgang Rihm, he rules out no influences. Whenever ‘old friends’ pop up in Widmann’s work, they always result in unexpected, capricious twists. This makes his music constrictive at times, downright humorous at others, but always compelling. His Babylon Suite was commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Ticket holders attending the concerts on 14, 15 and 16 March are invited to dine in the Concertgebouw’s Mirror Hall at 6.15 p.m, before the performance. Subscription holders will receive information on how to order dinners in August.
Covent Garden charcuterie, apple fig chutney, vegetables pickles crostinis
Italian beef brassatto with gnocchi, seasonal vegetables, cherry tomatoes and parmesan
Lime crème brûlée with marinated red fruits
Coffee tea and sweet meats
If you have questions concerning your diet, please call +31(0)6-57495890.