Concertgebouw Orchestra: Polyphonic Amsterdam

Date & Time

Fri, Mar 7, 2025, 20:15

Venue

Het Concertgebouw, Main Hall (Amsterdam)

Amsterdam has been harbouring outside influences for 750 years. The more diverse the mix, the stronger the city’s character. Amsterdam is a city of many voices, a polyphony that is echoed in its music. Bas Wiegers leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Choir and soloists in a unique programme of many voices. Tania Kross sings songs from several cultures, and evokes the rich culture of the Antilles in arias from Randal Corsen’s Katibu di shon, the first opera in... Read full text

Keywords: Vocal Music

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Musicians

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Groot Omroepkoor
Bas Wiegers	Conductor
Katrien Baerts	Soprano
Tania Kross	Mezzo-Soprano
Anneke Brassinga	Presentation

Program

Notturno	Verbey
Fantasie (orch. T.A. Beijer)	Vervuurt
Suite	Corsen
Another Day (Commissioned by the Concertgebouw Orchestra)	Tsoupaki
The City of Dis	L. Andriessen

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