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The matinee series

the most beautiful Sunday afternoons

Z Series

Z Series

The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Matinee Series lets you experience the most beautiful Sunday afternoons. You’ll hear well-loved classics and symphonic surprises – all performed by conductors and soloists of world renown.

The Z series puts your Sunday afternoons to good use! The series consists of eight unforgettable concerts. There is much to enjoy for lovers of vocal-symphonic repertoire. Including Mahler's all-encompassing Third Symphony conducted by our future chief conductor, Klaus Mäkelä, Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder conducted by Riccardo Chailly or Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir. Dutch soprano Lenneke Ruiten will make her Concertgebouw Orchestra debut with that programme, and she’ll return just one month later to sing a beautiful concert aria by Handel conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.

Of course, there will be plenty of instrumental music, as well. Who could resist an evening of enchanting sounds conducted by our honorary guest conductor, Iván Fischer? Or Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique under the direction of Fabio Luisi, Schubert's Sixth Symphony with Santtu-Matias Rouvali or Tchaikovsky's Fourth with Jaap van Zweden?

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The matinee series

The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Matinee Series lets you experience the most beautiful Sunday afternoons. You’ll hear well-loved classics and symphonic surprises – all performed by conductors and soloists of world renown.

The Z series puts your Sunday afternoons to good use! The series consists of eight unforgettable concerts. There is much to enjoy for lovers of vocal-symphonic repertoire. Including Mahler's all-encompassing Third Symphony conducted by our future chief conductor, Klaus Mäkelä, Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder conducted by Riccardo Chailly or Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir. Dutch soprano Lenneke Ruiten will make her Concertgebouw Orchestra debut with that programme, and she’ll return just one month later to sing a beautiful concert aria by Handel conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.

Of course, there will be plenty of instrumental music, as well. Who could resist an evening of enchanting sounds conducted by our honorary guest conductor, Iván Fischer? Or Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique under the direction of Fabio Luisi, Schubert's Sixth Symphony with Santtu-Matias Rouvali or Tchaikovsky's Fourth with Jaap van Zweden?

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Z Series with 8 concerts

Z Series
  • Grade 1+ €800.00
  • Grade 1 €600.00
  • Grade 2 €460.00
  • Grade 3 €332.00

Z1 Series with 4 concerts

Z Series
  • Grade 1+ €424.00
  • Grade 1 €318.00
  • Grade 2 €244.00
  • Grade 3 €176.00

Z2 Series with 4 concerts

Z Series
  • Grade 1+ €424.00
  • Grade 1 €318.00
  • Grade 2 €244.00
  • Grade 3 €176.00

Z1+ Series with 6 concerts

Z Series
  • Grade 1+ €618.00
  • Grade 1 €465.00
  • Grade 2 €354.00
  • Grade 3 €258.00

Z2+ Series with 6 concerts

Z Series
  • Grade 1+ €618.00
  • Grade 1 €465.00
  • Grade 2 €354.00
  • Grade 3 €258.00

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  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony

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

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Gustav Mahler (en)

      Symphony No. 3

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Jennifer Johnston

      alto

    • Laurens Symfonisch (women)

      choir

    • Nationaal Kinderkoor

      choir

  • Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak
    Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak

    Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Debussy and Ravel

    Iván Fischer conducts fairylike music by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Satie and Ravel

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Overture 'A midsummer night's dream'

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Claude Debussy (en)

      Printemps, suite symphonique

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gymnopédie No. 3

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gnossienne nr. 3

    • Maurice Ravel (en)

      Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • James Ehnes

      violin

  • image: Jorne Tielemans
    image: Jorne Tielemans

    Dvořák's New World Symphony

    Fabio Luisi conducts Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony and Bizet’s Symphony in C

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Georges Bizet (en)

      Symphony in C

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvorák (en)

      Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’

    • Fabio Luisi

      conductor

  • Repetitie door het Concertgebouworkest van Oedipus Rex van Igor Stravinsky onder leiding van debuterend dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    Repetitie door het Concertgebouworkest van Oedipus Rex van Igor Stravinsky onder leiding van debuterend dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest

    Rouvali conducts Schubert’s Sixth

    Seong-Jin Cho plays Chopin, Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Farrenc and Schubert

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Louise Farrenc (en)

      Overture No. 2

    • Frédéric Chopin (en)

      Piano Concerto No. 1

    • -- interval --

    • Franz Schubert (en)

      Symphony No. 6

    • Santtu-Matias Rouvali

      conductor

    • seong-jin cho

      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 (en)

      Gurre-Lieder

    • Riccardo Chailly

      conductor emeritus, chief conductor 1988-2004

    • Andreas Schager

      tenor

    • Camilla Nylund

      soprano

    • Ekaterina Gubanova

      mezzo soprano

    • Wolfgang Koch

      bass

    • Norbert Ernst

      tenor

    • Robert Holl

      baritone

    • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      choir

    • Netherlands Radio Choir

      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 (en)

      Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Psalm 84)

    • Heinrich Schütz (en)

      Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben

    • Johann Christian Bach (en)

      Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt

    • Johannes Brahms (en)

      Ein deutsches Requiem

    • John Eliot Gardiner

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

    • Christian Gerhaher

      baritone

    • Monteverdi Choir

      choir

  • image: Marianne Rosenstiehl
    image: Marianne Rosenstiehl

    Händel and Rameau

    Royal dance music conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 1, HWV 319

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

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

    • Jean-Philippe Rameau (en)

      Suite from 'Dardanus'

    • -- interval --

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99

    • Emmanuelle Haïm

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Tchaikovsky with Jaap van Zweden

    Antoine Tamestit performs Gubaidulina’s Viola Concerto

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Sofia Goebaidoelina (en)

      Viola Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (en)

      Symphony No. 4

    • Jaap van Zweden

      conductor

    • Antoine Tamestit

      viola

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony

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

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Gustav Mahler (en)

      Symphony No. 3

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Jennifer Johnston

      alto

    • Laurens Symfonisch (women)

      choir

    • Nationaal Kinderkoor

      choir

  • image: Jorne Tielemans
    image: Jorne Tielemans

    Dvořák's New World Symphony

    Fabio Luisi conducts Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony and Bizet’s Symphony in C

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Georges Bizet (en)

      Symphony in C

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvorák (en)

      Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’

    • Fabio Luisi

      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 (en)

      Gurre-Lieder

    • Riccardo Chailly

      conductor emeritus, chief conductor 1988-2004

    • Andreas Schager

      tenor

    • Camilla Nylund

      soprano

    • Ekaterina Gubanova

      mezzo soprano

    • Wolfgang Koch

      bass

    • Norbert Ernst

      tenor

    • Robert Holl

      baritone

    • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      choir

    • Netherlands Radio Choir

      choir

    • Laurens Symfonisch

      choir

  • image: Marianne Rosenstiehl
    image: Marianne Rosenstiehl

    Händel and Rameau

    Royal dance music conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 1, HWV 319

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

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

    • Jean-Philippe Rameau (en)

      Suite from 'Dardanus'

    • -- interval --

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99

    • Emmanuelle Haïm

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

  • Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak
    Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak

    Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Debussy and Ravel

    Iván Fischer conducts fairylike music by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Satie and Ravel

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Overture 'A midsummer night's dream'

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Claude Debussy (en)

      Printemps, suite symphonique

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gymnopédie No. 3

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gnossienne nr. 3

    • Maurice Ravel (en)

      Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • James Ehnes

      violin

  • Repetitie door het Concertgebouworkest van Oedipus Rex van Igor Stravinsky onder leiding van debuterend dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    Repetitie door het Concertgebouworkest van Oedipus Rex van Igor Stravinsky onder leiding van debuterend dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest

    Rouvali conducts Schubert’s Sixth

    Seong-Jin Cho plays Chopin, Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Farrenc and Schubert

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Louise Farrenc (en)

      Overture No. 2

    • Frédéric Chopin (en)

      Piano Concerto No. 1

    • -- interval --

    • Franz Schubert (en)

      Symphony No. 6

    • Santtu-Matias Rouvali

      conductor

    • seong-jin cho

      piano

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Ein Deutsches Requiem

    John Eliot Gardiner conducts Brahms’ comforting masterpiece

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Heinrich Schütz (en)

      Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Psalm 84)

    • Heinrich Schütz (en)

      Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben

    • Johann Christian Bach (en)

      Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt

    • Johannes Brahms (en)

      Ein deutsches Requiem

    • John Eliot Gardiner

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

    • Christian Gerhaher

      baritone

    • Monteverdi Choir

      choir

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Tchaikovsky with Jaap van Zweden

    Antoine Tamestit performs Gubaidulina’s Viola Concerto

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Sofia Goebaidoelina (en)

      Viola Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (en)

      Symphony No. 4

    • Jaap van Zweden

      conductor

    • Antoine Tamestit

      viola

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony

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

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Gustav Mahler (en)

      Symphony No. 3

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Jennifer Johnston

      alto

    • Laurens Symfonisch (women)

      choir

    • Nationaal Kinderkoor

      choir

  • Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak
    Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak

    Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Debussy and Ravel

    Iván Fischer conducts fairylike music by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Satie and Ravel

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Overture 'A midsummer night's dream'

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Claude Debussy (en)

      Printemps, suite symphonique

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gymnopédie No. 3

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gnossienne nr. 3

    • Maurice Ravel (en)

      Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • James Ehnes

      violin

  • image: Jorne Tielemans
    image: Jorne Tielemans

    Dvořák's New World Symphony

    Fabio Luisi conducts Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony and Bizet’s Symphony in C

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Georges Bizet (en)

      Symphony in C

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvorák (en)

      Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’

    • Fabio Luisi

      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 (en)

      Gurre-Lieder

    • Riccardo Chailly

      conductor emeritus, chief conductor 1988-2004

    • Andreas Schager

      tenor

    • Camilla Nylund

      soprano

    • Ekaterina Gubanova

      mezzo soprano

    • Wolfgang Koch

      bass

    • Norbert Ernst

      tenor

    • Robert Holl

      baritone

    • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      choir

    • Netherlands Radio Choir

      choir

    • Laurens Symfonisch

      choir

  • image: Marianne Rosenstiehl
    image: Marianne Rosenstiehl

    Händel and Rameau

    Royal dance music conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 1, HWV 319

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

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

    • Jean-Philippe Rameau (en)

      Suite from 'Dardanus'

    • -- interval --

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99

    • Emmanuelle Haïm

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Tchaikovsky with Jaap van Zweden

    Antoine Tamestit performs Gubaidulina’s Viola Concerto

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Sofia Goebaidoelina (en)

      Viola Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (en)

      Symphony No. 4

    • Jaap van Zweden

      conductor

    • Antoine Tamestit

      viola

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony

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

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Gustav Mahler (en)

      Symphony No. 3

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      conductor, artistic partner

    • Jennifer Johnston

      alto

    • Laurens Symfonisch (women)

      choir

    • Nationaal Kinderkoor

      choir

  • Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak
    Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v. Iván Fischer image: Milagro Elstak

    Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Debussy and Ravel

    Iván Fischer conducts fairylike music by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Satie and Ravel

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Overture 'A midsummer night's dream'

    • Felix Mendelssohn (en)

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Claude Debussy (en)

      Printemps, suite symphonique

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gymnopédie No. 3

    • Erik Satie (en)

      Gnossienne nr. 3

    • Maurice Ravel (en)

      Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • James Ehnes

      violin

  • Repetitie door het Concertgebouworkest van Oedipus Rex van Igor Stravinsky onder leiding van debuterend dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    Repetitie door het Concertgebouworkest van Oedipus Rex van Igor Stravinsky onder leiding van debuterend dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Dirigent Santtu-Matias Rouvali. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest

    Rouvali conducts Schubert’s Sixth

    Seong-Jin Cho plays Chopin, Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Farrenc and Schubert

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Louise Farrenc (en)

      Overture No. 2

    • Frédéric Chopin (en)

      Piano Concerto No. 1

    • -- interval --

    • Franz Schubert (en)

      Symphony No. 6

    • Santtu-Matias Rouvali

      conductor

    • seong-jin cho

      piano

  • image: Eduardus Lee
    image: Eduardus Lee

    Ein Deutsches Requiem

    John Eliot Gardiner conducts Brahms’ comforting masterpiece

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Heinrich Schütz (en)

      Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Psalm 84)

    • Heinrich Schütz (en)

      Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben

    • Johann Christian Bach (en)

      Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt

    • Johannes Brahms (en)

      Ein deutsches Requiem

    • John Eliot Gardiner

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

    • Christian Gerhaher

      baritone

    • Monteverdi Choir

      choir

  • image: Marianne Rosenstiehl
    image: Marianne Rosenstiehl

    Händel and Rameau

    Royal dance music conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 1, HWV 319

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

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

    • Jean-Philippe Rameau (en)

      Suite from 'Dardanus'

    • -- interval --

    • George Frideric Handel (en)

      Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99

    • Emmanuelle Haïm

      conductor

    • Lenneke Ruiten

      soprano

  • image: Mladen Pikulic
    image: Mladen Pikulic

    Tchaikovsky with Jaap van Zweden

    Antoine Tamestit performs Gubaidulina’s Viola Concerto

    Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    • Sofia Goebaidoelina (en)

      Viola Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (en)

      Symphony No. 4

    • Jaap van Zweden

      conductor

    • Antoine Tamestit

      viola