Vocal Music

Concert de midi et demi avec Anastasia OCHANINA, Olha KREPS et Rémi GENIET

Concert de midi et demi avec Fachu LUO et Shengxin CHENG

Atelier en famille - Boléro - En rythme

Boléro - En rythme

Everyone is invited to keep up the tempo with this concert that's as rich as it is unbridled! A joyful introduction to rhythm and movement thanks to musicians from the Orchestre de Paris, the Youth Choir and body percussion.

Kristiina Poska conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!

Moving Eastman

Experience a new dance and sonic performance that takes inspiration from the intersectional life of the Black American composer Julius Eastman.

The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: St Matthew Passion

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!

CHRISTIANE KARG, MALCOLM MARTINEAU & HELMUT MOOSHAMMER

Mignon, Ophelia, and Mary, Queen of Scots—these three towering figures of literature and history provide the inspiration for an evening of words and music created by Christiane Karg, Malcolm Martineau, and actor Helmut Mooshammer. In addition to Goethe settings by Beethoven, Schubert, Wolf, Duparc, and Josephine Lange and Ophelia songs by Brahms, Strauss, Chausson, and Wolfgang Rihm, the program also includes Robert Schumann’s Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, the composer’s final vocal cycle written in 1852.

On tour with Petr Popelka

Linie 2: Radiomusiken

La Voix humaine

As usual—yet always exceptional—Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan embodies music through both voice and gesture. Here, she performs with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, with whom she shares strong artistic ties.

Fado ao Centro

The musical ensemble Fado ao centro presents its audience with urban and emotional fado from the Portuguese university city of Coimbra – a city with its very special fado tradition. The male line-up shines with its differently tuned guitars, which radiate warm tone colours and penetrate deep into the hearts of the listeners. But the passion for their music is best described by the members of Fado ao centro themselves: »We carry our genuine love for fado deep in our souls and want to share this with other people – whether with other musicians, local fans or visitors who may never have heard of Coimbra Fado.« Fado is mainly associated with the Portuguese capital Lisbon. However, the university city of Coimbra has its very own fado tradition. The most decisive difference is the exclusively male line-up with guitars in different settings.

Anna El-Khashem. Keval Shah Was blüht denn da?

Anna El-Khashem, who declared her ambition to be an opera singer as early as kindergarten, launched an impressive career, joining the Saint Petersburg Conservatory at 17 and the Bavarian State Opera's studio three years later. In 2018, she won the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg and recently debuted there as Zerlina. Her Heidelberg debut features romantic flower songs and Russian art songs.

Motette

St Matthew Passion

Every year, for more than a century, we have been performing one of Bach’s most popular works: the St Matthew Passion. This year, the prominent German conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann is leading our ensemble.Bach’s masterly music keeps moving us“Betrayal, condemnation and death, but above all – love. Although the words of the St Matthew Passion are age-old, the story and the message are still relevant today. And every year, Bach’s masterly music moves us once again. Bach’s masterpiece is in good hands with Rademann. In every St Matthew Passion he performs, this real Bach man – founder of the Dresdner Kammerchor, artistic director of the Bachakademie Stuttgart and regular name at the international music festival Bachfest – seeks out a new contemporary approach, always keeping a careful eye on the monumental character of the work. For decades, he has been one of the most successful choral conductors in Germany. Plenty of reason, therefore, to invite Rademann as the guest conductor for our traditional Passion concerts.

Wigglesworth conducts Debussy and Berg

Poetry unlocks the imagination, as Ryan Wigglesworth and soprano Sophie Bevan plunge into the wild, wondrous sonic universe of Claude Debussy and Alban Berg.

Linie 2: Radiomusiken

The 1920s marked the beginning of radio broadcasting in Germany. The "Linie 2" program highlights this era of technological and musical innovation from nearly a century ago. Prominent composers created music for the radio without strict genre boundaries. Pavel Haas's "Radio Overture" and Hanns Eisler's piano song capture the significance of radio in different contexts. Works by Braunfels and Toch, commissioned by predecessors of WDR and SWR, also showcase the stylistic diversity of this period.

Rolando Villazón. Xavier de Maistre Serenata Latina

One is a multi-talent - tenor, presenter, director, author, and tireless ambassador of music. The other is a connoisseur of subtle tones. Both are top stars. Their intimate duo program combines arrangements of traditional folk music from Villazón's South American homeland and songs by composers from there. Villazón's expressive voice and de Maistre's brilliant harp playing make this extraordinary evening full of temperament and melancholy.

St Matthew Passion

Every year, for more than a century, we have been performing one of Bach’s most popular works: the St Matthew Passion. This year, the prominent German conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann is leading our ensemble.Bach’s masterly music keeps moving us“Betrayal, condemnation and death, but above all – love. Although the words of the St Matthew Passion are age-old, the story and the message are still relevant today. And every year, Bach’s masterly music moves us once again. Bach’s masterpiece is in good hands with Rademann. In every St Matthew Passion he performs, this real Bach man – founder of the Dresdner Kammerchor, artistic director of the Bachakademie Stuttgart and regular name at the international music festival Bachfest – seeks out a new contemporary approach, always keeping a careful eye on the monumental character of the work. For decades, he has been one of the most successful choral conductors in Germany. Plenty of reason, therefore, to invite Rademann as the guest conductor for our traditional Passion concerts.

Motette

Freiheit, Gleichheit, Menschlichkeit

Michael Spyres. Il Pomo d’Oro Tenore assoluto

Michael Spyres's golden voice effortlessly produces exquisite high notes, explores rich depths, and utilizes the countless timbres of his three-octave range in a spectacular baroque bravura program. His virtuosity rivals that of the castrati, celebrating lyrical moments and showcasing forgotten masters like Gaetano Latilla and Antonio Mazzoni. Il Pomo d’Oro joins Spyres on this fiery vocal journey, contributing instrumental gems. An artist talk with Spyres and Anselm Cybinski follows at the festival center.

Nai Barghouti, flute

Two musical hearts beat in the chest of Palestinian singer Nai Barghouti: one for the Arabic music of her homeland and one for jazz – her music is a unique combination of both genres. Not least because Barghouti has developed her own singing technique for this symbiosis, which her fans affectionately call »Naistrumentation«. Barghouti uses her voice as an instrument, very similar to »scat singing« in jazz, which instead of words improvises individual syllables into virtuoso melodies. Together with her band, a quartet comprising the Arabian box zither qanun, drums, bass guitar and piano, she transfers the jazzy influences very organically to the Arabian repertoire of her homeland. Nai Barghouti grew up in Palestinian Ramallah. At aged 14, she started studying singing and flute at the Edward Said National Conservatory in Jerusalem. In 2013, she went to the USA, where she discovered her passion for jazz, which she was to take to Amsterdam two years later. There, she studied jazz singing at the Amsterdam Conservatoire. Her exceptional talent and musical sense did not stay undetected for long: in 2019, she was a finalist in the Aga Khan Music Awards in Lisbon and, in 2020, Barghouti won the Concertgebouw Young Talent Award, which opened doors for her in Europe too.

Fauré!

The King's Singers and Orchestra "Disney"

In October 1923, Walt and Roy Disney founded a small cartoon studio in Hollywood—what would later become the Walt Disney Company, a global film and media giant. For their centennial, the WDR Funkhausorchester and the King's Singers revive enchanting Disney musical moments that captivate all ages.

The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: St Matthew Passion

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!

Chor des Bach-Vereins Köln

Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel, both born in 1685, created captivating vocal works at the age of 22. These works, including "Christ lag in Todesbanden," "Gloria," and "Dixit Dominus," composed in 1707, showcase their mastery of dramatic and vivid musical interpretations.

The King's Singers and Orchestra "Disney"

In October 1923, Walt and Roy Disney founded a small cartoon studio in Hollywood—what would later become the Walt Disney Company, a global film and media giant. For their centennial, the WDR Funkhausorchester and the King's Singers revive enchanting Disney musical moments that captivate all ages.

Dvořák: Stabat mater & Te Deum

The two works on this evening mark the beginning and climax of Antonín Dvořák’s success for good reason: After its premiere in Prague in 1880, the »Stabat mater« laid the foundation for Dvořák’s international career. In London in 1883, the audience was so enthusiastic that Dvořák was invited the following year to personally conduct a performance at the Royal Albert Hall with 800 singers, a large orchestra and an audience of 12,000. The magnificent success marked Dvořák’s international breakthrough. Almost ten years later, the »Te Deum« was premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York. Dvořák, known for his Bohemian, native national colour, was commissioned to help the Americans in their search for their own national musical style. During his time in the USA, Dvořák composed his most famous works today, such as the Ninth Symphony »From the New World« and the Cello Concerto.

Franziskus

NDR Vokalensemble / Heide Müller

Slovenian conductor Martina Batič has had to cancel her guest appearance with the NDR Vokalensemble for health reasons. Heide Müller will now conduct the concert in her place.