Iván Fischer conducts

All 17 composers immortalised on the Main Hall balconies

Iván Fischer (image: Akos Stiller)

The musical history of the Concertgebouw and the orchestra comes to life when Iván Fischer conducts works by all seventeen composers whose names adorn the balconies.

A unique programme full of new discoveries.

Concert programme

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance

  • Béla Bartók

    Concerto for Orchestra: Intermezzo interrotto

  • Julius Röntgen

    Symphonietta humoristica

  • Richard Strauss

    Ich wollt ein Sträusslein binden

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse Profane for string orchestra and harp

  • Cornelis Dopper

    Symphony no. 7 "Zuiderzee": Humoreske

  • Alphons Diepenbrock

    Cinq mélodies: Clair de Lune

  • César Franck

    Psyché: Les jardins d'Eros

  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine

  • -- interval --

  • Anton Bruckner

    Scherzo from Symphony in d minor 'gilt nicht':

  • Bernard Zweers

    2nd movement Gijsbrecht from Aemstel suite

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker: Trépak, Russina Dance

  • Johan Wagenaar

    Allegro marciale from 'Sinfonietta'

  • Max Reger

    Mariä Wiegenlied

  • Maurice Ravel

    La flûte enchantée from 'Shéhérazade'

  • Willem Pijper

    Movements from 'Six symphonic epigrams'

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo à la russe

Performers

About this concert

Which composers’ names are immortalised on the cartouches (or name plaques) on the balconies of the Main Hall? The selection of composers – exclusively white men – says a lot about the Zeitgeist of 100 years ago. Amsterdam music history comes to life when Iván Fischer conducts works by all seventeen of these composers. ‘This programme is a time machine’, says the conductor.

Well-known melodies are heard alongside unknown gems. Soprano Anna Prohaska will be singing songs by Richard Strauss, Diepenbrock, Reger and Ravel. The instrumental works on the programme include Debussy’s Danse profane, with a leading role for principal harpist Anneleen Schuitemaker, and Mahler’s ‘Blumine’, and the Trepak from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. It’s a unique programme full of historical connections with The Concertgebouw and the orchestra.

See the complete list of works on the programme.

Dates and tickets

About this concert

Which composers’ names are immortalised on the cartouches (or name plaques) on the balconies of the Main Hall? The selection of composers – exclusively white men – says a lot about the Zeitgeist of 100 years ago. Amsterdam music history comes to life when Iván Fischer conducts works by all seventeen of these composers. ‘This programme is a time machine’, says the conductor.

Well-known melodies are heard alongside unknown gems. Soprano Anna Prohaska will be singing songs by Richard Strauss, Diepenbrock, Reger and Ravel. The instrumental works on the programme include Debussy’s Danse profane, with a leading role for principal harpist Anneleen Schuitemaker, and Mahler’s ‘Blumine’, and the Trepak from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. It’s a unique programme full of historical connections with The Concertgebouw and the orchestra.

See the complete list of works on the programme.

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