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The Variation

a colourful cross-section of symphonic repertoire

D series

D series

In eight concerts, the Concertgebouw Orchestra introduces you to a colourful cross-section of symphonic repertoire.

The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s D series offers a colourful cross-section of symphonic repertoire. This coming season, the series will have a glowing start with Mahler’s ‘big, friendly, giant’, his Third Symphony, under the baton of by artistic partner Klaus Mäkelä. Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder, conducted here by Riccardo Chailly, is equally rich in brilliant details while using an even larger group of musicians. The orchestra last played the compelling cantata one hundred years ago, with the composer himself conducting. This season marks the 150th anniversary of Schönberg’s birth. The orchestra will then be considerably pared down for the eighteenth-century works of Handel and Rameau, led by Emmanuelle Haïm.

In addition, this series offers listeners the comforting embrace of Brahms’ Requiem performed by John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir. The music of Dutch composers Theo Loevendie and Leo Smit is paired with the exotic sounds of Ravel. In fact, that French orchestral wizard also provided the colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, which will be conducted by Klaus Mäkelä. And finally, don’t miss the opportunity to become better acquainted with Bruckner’s Third and Fifth Symphonies!

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The Variation

In eight concerts, the Concertgebouw Orchestra introduces you to a colourful cross-section of symphonic repertoire.

The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s D series offers a colourful cross-section of symphonic repertoire. This coming season, the series will have a glowing start with Mahler’s ‘big, friendly, giant’, his Third Symphony, under the baton of by artistic partner Klaus Mäkelä. Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder, conducted here by Riccardo Chailly, is equally rich in brilliant details while using an even larger group of musicians. The orchestra last played the compelling cantata one hundred years ago, with the composer himself conducting. This season marks the 150th anniversary of Schönberg’s birth. The orchestra will then be considerably pared down for the eighteenth-century works of Handel and Rameau, led by Emmanuelle Haïm.

In addition, this series offers listeners the comforting embrace of Brahms’ Requiem performed by John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir. The music of Dutch composers Theo Loevendie and Leo Smit is paired with the exotic sounds of Ravel. In fact, that French orchestral wizard also provided the colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, which will be conducted by Klaus Mäkelä. And finally, don’t miss the opportunity to become better acquainted with Bruckner’s Third and Fifth Symphonies!

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D Series with 8 concerts

D series
  • Grade 1+ €800.00
  • Grade 1 €600.00
  • Grade 2 €460.00
  • Grade 3 €332.00

D1 Series with 4 concerts

D series
  • Grade 1+ €424.00
  • Grade 1 €318.00
  • Grade 2 €244.00
  • Grade 3 €176.00

D2 Series with 4 concerts

D series
  • Grade 1+ €424.00
  • Grade 1 €318.00
  • Grade 2 €244.00
  • Grade 3 €176.00

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  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee
    Sold out

    Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony

    Gustav Mahler’s great vision for orchestra, choirs and soloists

    Sold out

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Gustav Mahler

      Symphony No. 3

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Jennifer Johnston

      alto

    • Laurens Symfonisch

      choir

    • Netherlands National Children's Choir

      choir

  • Theo Loevendie - image: Jorne Tielemans
    Theo Loevendie - image: Jorne Tielemans

    Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Ravel and music by Dutch composers

    Amsterdam, jazz, fairy-tales and the call of the East

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Leo Smit

      Silhouetten

    • Maurice Ravel

      Shéhérazade

    • -- interval --

    • Theo Loevendie

      Six Turkish Folk Poems (world premiere new orchestration)

    • Maurice Ravel

      Mother Goose

    • Bas Wiegers

      conductor

    • Polly Leech

      mezzo soprano

  • image: Milagro Elstak
    image: Milagro Elstak

    Iván Fischer and Bruckner’s third and Bach

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Suite No. 4 (Overture), BWV 1069

    • -- interval --

    • Anton Bruckner

      Symphony No. 3

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

  • image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest

    Paintings at Mäkelä’s Exhibition

    Klaus Mäkelä leads picturesque music from a variety of countries

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Hawar Tawfiq

      M.C. Escher’s Imagination (commission)

    • Manuel de Falla

      Noches en los jardines de España

    • -- interval --

    • Modest Mussorgsky

      Pictures at an Exhibition

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Javier Perianes

      piano

  • Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest

    Riccardo Chailly conducts Gurre-lieder

    Schönberg’s monumental cantata for symphony orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Arnold Schönberg

      Gurre-Lieder

    • Riccardo Chailly

      conductor emeritus, chief conductor 1988-2004

    • Robert Holl

      baritone

    • Camilla Nylund

      soprano

    • Ekaterina Semenchuk

      mezzo soprano

    • Andreas Schager

      tenor

    • Norbert Ernst

      tenor

    • Wolfgang Koch

      bass

    • Netherlands Radio Choir

      choir

    • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      choir

    • Laurens Symfonisch

      choir

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Ein deutsches Requiem

    John Eliot Gardiner conducts Brahms’ comforting masterpiece

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Heinrich Schütz

      Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Psalm 84)

    • Heinrich Schütz

      Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben

    • Johann Christoph Bach Bach

      Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt

    • Johannes Brahms

      Ein deutsches Requiem

    • John Eliot Gardiner

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

    • Christian Gerhaher

      baritone

    • Monteverdi Choir

      choir

  • image: Marianne Rosenstiehl
    image: Marianne Rosenstiehl

    Handel and Rameau

    Royal dance music conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Frideric Handel

      Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 1, HWV 319

    • George Frideric Handel

      Suite No. 3 from 'Water Music', HWV 350

    • Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Suite from 'Dardanus'

    • -- interval --

    • George Frideric Handel

      Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99

    • Emmanuelle Haïm

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

  • image: Marco Borggreve
    image: Marco Borggreve

    Klaus Mäkelä and Bruckner’s Fifth

    Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 5

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Anton Bruckner

      Symfonie nr. 5 in Bes gr.t.

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee
    Sold out

    Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony

    Gustav Mahler’s great vision for orchestra, choirs and soloists

    Sold out

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Gustav Mahler

      Symphony No. 3

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Jennifer Johnston

      alto

    • Laurens Symfonisch

      choir

    • Netherlands National Children's Choir

      choir

  • image: Milagro Elstak
    image: Milagro Elstak

    Iván Fischer and Bruckner’s third and Bach

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Suite No. 4 (Overture), BWV 1069

    • -- interval --

    • Anton Bruckner

      Symphony No. 3

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

  • Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest

    Riccardo Chailly conducts Gurre-lieder

    Schönberg’s monumental cantata for symphony orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Arnold Schönberg

      Gurre-Lieder

    • Riccardo Chailly

      conductor emeritus, chief conductor 1988-2004

    • Robert Holl

      baritone

    • Camilla Nylund

      soprano

    • Ekaterina Semenchuk

      mezzo soprano

    • Andreas Schager

      tenor

    • Norbert Ernst

      tenor

    • Wolfgang Koch

      bass

    • Netherlands Radio Choir

      choir

    • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      choir

    • Laurens Symfonisch

      choir

  • image: Marianne Rosenstiehl
    image: Marianne Rosenstiehl

    Handel and Rameau

    Royal dance music conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Frideric Handel

      Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 1, HWV 319

    • George Frideric Handel

      Suite No. 3 from 'Water Music', HWV 350

    • Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Suite from 'Dardanus'

    • -- interval --

    • George Frideric Handel

      Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99

    • Emmanuelle Haïm

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

  • Theo Loevendie - image: Jorne Tielemans
    Theo Loevendie - image: Jorne Tielemans

    Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Ravel and music by Dutch composers

    Amsterdam, jazz, fairy-tales and the call of the East

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Leo Smit

      Silhouetten

    • Maurice Ravel

      Shéhérazade

    • -- interval --

    • Theo Loevendie

      Six Turkish Folk Poems (world premiere new orchestration)

    • Maurice Ravel

      Mother Goose

    • Bas Wiegers

      conductor

    • Polly Leech

      mezzo soprano

  • image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest

    Paintings at Mäkelä’s Exhibition

    Klaus Mäkelä leads picturesque music from a variety of countries

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Hawar Tawfiq

      M.C. Escher’s Imagination (commission)

    • Manuel de Falla

      Noches en los jardines de España

    • -- interval --

    • Modest Mussorgsky

      Pictures at an Exhibition

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Javier Perianes

      piano

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Ein deutsches Requiem

    John Eliot Gardiner conducts Brahms’ comforting masterpiece

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Heinrich Schütz

      Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Psalm 84)

    • Heinrich Schütz

      Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben

    • Johann Christoph Bach Bach

      Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt

    • Johannes Brahms

      Ein deutsches Requiem

    • John Eliot Gardiner

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

    • Christian Gerhaher

      baritone

    • Monteverdi Choir

      choir

  • image: Marco Borggreve
    image: Marco Borggreve

    Klaus Mäkelä and Bruckner’s Fifth

    Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 5

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Anton Bruckner

      Symfonie nr. 5 in Bes gr.t.

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner