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1st organ concert: Adriaan Hoek & Amelie Held

»Passion is the soul of music after all«. Josef Gabriel Rheinberger recognised this, and our concert starts with one of hie pieces – initially with the up-and-coming Dutch composer Adriaan Hoek, who has been the new city organist of Rotterdam since 2022 and who will play with our First Concertmaster here! Rheinberger captured romantic feelings in the unique soundscape of violin and organ in his Overture from 1887. Likewise a bravura piece for this rare combination is the »Capriccio« by Lebanese-French composer Naji Hakim, written in 2005. Originally composed by Reger in 1899, the sonata appears more like an individual suite. For the second part of this concert, we welcome Karlsruhe-born organist Amelie Held. She also performs together with a colleague from Bamberg, our horn player Swantje Vesper. As a 16-year-old in 1891, Charles Ives gave an organ recital in New York for the American Independence Day, he improvised on the patriotic song »America« and wrote it down shortly afterwards. Jan Koetsier’s atmospheric choral fantasy is based on a comforting church hymn that also refers to sighs of the soul. With a machine-like momentum, the wild Toccata op. 11 takes us into Prokofiev’s world of the year 1912. Camille Saint-Saëns began his career as an organist, which inspired him to write wonderful works such as the Andante for horn and organ. Then, for the virtuoso finale, the spectacular piece »Pageant« by the American Leo Sowerby, who died in 1968 – in which performers may give their heart and soul to whirling around on the keys and pedals.

Free Lunchtime Concert: Netherlands Youth String Orchestra

For many years now, Lunchtime Concerts have been held in the Main Hall and the Recital Hall. The concerts range from public rehearsals by the Concertgebouworkest, to chamber music performances by young up-and-coming artists.For Lunchtime Concerts you will require a free ticket, which you can buy online. Doors to the concert hall open about 30 minutes before the Lunchtime Concert starts.We offer a broad range of music: the majority of concerts include classical music, but you can sometimes hear more modern repertoire. The concert programme is announced one week in advance on our website. The concerts last thirty minutes and are free of charge. Visitors are advised that these concerts are suitable for children from six years old.

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