Wind quintet

Wind Quintet

Kulturnatt Stockholm – Wind Quintet

Meet top-level young musicians in an intimate concert where both audience and performers share the stage of the Main Hall at Konserthuset Stockholm. With the lights dimmed, this atmospheric event offers a close-up experience of live classical music – either seated on stage (subject to availability) or in the stalls. To be this close to the music is truly special!The musicians are students of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s International Orchestra Academy – an advanced, international training programme for exceptionally gifted young musicians. Under the guidance of Royal Stockholm Philharmonic section leaders and the School of Music in Piteå, the students receive intensive training in orchestral, chamber and individual performance.They also present themselves in a series of public chamber concerts – like this one, featuring music by the Czech composer Antonín Dvorák. The programme includes his String Quartet No. 12, performed here in an arrangement for wind quintet. This work is often referred to as “The American”, as it was composed during a summer break from his post at the National Conservatory in New York. Dvorák spent the holiday in the town of Spillville, Iowa, home to a large Czech community.More on RSPO Orchestra Academy ***Please noteBags larger than A4 (approx. 30x20 cm) may not be brought into Konserthuset during Kulturnatt Stockholm.

Quintessence Saxophone Quintet

The Quintessence Saxophone Quintet inspires with its unique virtuosity and exceptional sound. For over 30 years, the ensemble’s energetic playing and unmistakable stage presence have brought it worldwide success in both classical music and jazz. Now it presents its new work »a cinematic suite«, which brings to life classic film scores by composers such as John Williams and Ennio Morricone in new, unique arrangements. With musicians Uli Lettermann, Jonas Buschsieweke, Thorsten Floth, Roland Danyi and Anatole Gomersall, the quintet offers an unforgettable concert experience that more than deserves the name.

CHAMBER CONCERT: Brass Quintet

Featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Kevin McKee, Leonard Bernstein and others.From our brass quintet’s music cabinet! Compositions for brass chamber ensemble were a rarity in Bach and Handel's day. It was not until the late 19th century that the brass band emerged, becoming particularly popular in America. This new trend meant that the previously neglected brass players were finally able to shine in works written especially for them. Our quintet has unearthed a range of exciting arrangements and breathtaking originals for this entertaining chamber concert – featuring roses without thorns, trees that fall in love, and horses made of steel!

Chamber concert: Piano quintet

This programme is inspired by a world of romantic feelings: Brahms had been tinkering with the composition of a quintet since 1862 – at a time when he was continually fragile due to failures and said despondently: »When you go on 30 and feel weak like I do, you like to lock yourself up and look at the walls in your sadness«. Nevertheless, he became self-confident, exercised, learned Latin and felt, »I'm growing!« Moreover, the Hamburg-born composer moved to his adopted home of Vienna, where he lived near the Prater and could drink his wine »where Beethoven used to drink it«. In 1864, he finally finished the piano quintet, about which his soulmate Clara Schumann raved: »I feel after the work as if I had read a great tragic story.« The remarkable composition captivates with a plethora of original thoughts that are artfully developed – it is also filled with a profound seriousness in long parts. Elgar‘s moving piano quintet also bears witness to a similar state of mind: it was composed in 1918/19 at a time when his life was overshadowed by worries, illnesses, fears and the loss of loved ones in the wake of the horrors of war. Despite his great fame in London, the highly sensitive composer retreated to the countryside to find a break from the world's noise – to which he soon had nothing more to say in music: he wrote only a few works, such as the piano quintet. Even though it sounds at times belligerently agitated, a gloomy mood and a sheer overwhelming nostalgia spreads again and again as a witness to his broken soul – after all, he noted at the time: »Everything comforting and hopeful in my life is irretrievably over«.

Chamber concert: String quintet

Attention: Change of programme and line-up

Close-up: wind section

Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform their own programmes in the Recital Hall as part of the Close-up chamber music series. Each of these concerts is unique and performed only once as part of the series. It’s the very best way to experience the individual qualities of the orchestral musicians! These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Ensemble Tamuz: Schubert's String Quintet

The Sunday Morning Concert brings you wonderful and much-loved compositions, performed by top musicians from the Netherlands and abroad. Enjoy the most beautiful music in the morning! You can make your Sunday complete by enjoying a delicious post-concert lunch in restaurant LIER.The Royal Concertgebouw is one of the best concert halls in the world, famous for its exceptional acoustics and varied programme. Attend a concert and have an experience you will never forget. Come and enjoy inspiring music in the beautiful surroundings of the Main Hall or the intimate Recital Hall.

Netherlands Wind Ensemble & Bart Moeyaert: Paradise (Dutch spoken)

For lovers of chamber music the Recital Hall is the venue of choice. You can hear the musicians breathe and you can practically touch them. This hall is also cherished by musicians for its beautiful acoustics and direct contact with the audience. In the Recital Hall you can hear the best musicians of our time. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Recital Hall for yourself!