NDR Family Concert

NDR Family Concert

What does a gondola driver sound like, how do ghosts dance and where does the moody trout splash? The NDR Vokalensemble has rummaged through its treasure chest and invites you to »sing stories«.

NDR Family Concert

Where is the waltz at home? Exactly, in Vienna. It was there that the North German composer Johannes Brahms was inspired and became an enthusiastic waltz pianist. But wouldn’t »singing waltzes« be even more beautiful, he thought. Of course, and so he composed the entertaining »Liebeslieder-Walzer«. Singing and dancing along is definitely encouraged!

NDR Family Concert

»This is a waltz, a waltz, a waltz by Johannes Brahms!« is the opening line of the concert. And the concert continues with lots of music that makes it impossible to sit still for all the spinning, hide-and-seek and singing along.

NDR Family Concert

The composer Johannes Brahms is on holiday at Lake Starnberg. He takes a room in an inn, hires the rickety piano so that no one else will disturb him with their tinkling, and plays a melody that he can’t get out of his head. He plays it again and again, changes it – and then he’s right in the middle of composing. And there they are: the variations on the beautiful »Chorale St Antoni« – a real catchy tune.

NDR Family Concert

The composers Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach were true all-rounders and geniuses. In this concert, the audience is cordially invited to discover lively, varied and colourful flute concertos by these three Baroque masters, including Bach’s world-famous Badinerie.

NDR Family Concert

Liudmila Minnibaeva (violinist in the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) and Tinatin Gambashidze perform a colourful journey through music history for the »Dance into May«. Whether it’s a quadrille, waltz, polka, mazurka or minuet – there’s plenty of room for cheerful dancing on the stage in the Rolf Liebermann Studio.

Mischpoke / Family Concert

A wildly dancing violin and a clarinet that can laugh and cry. A lively, sauntering piano and a bass that sometimes sounds like a train pulling up. With their inimitable mix of klezmer, jazz, tango, world music and classical music, the Hamburg band Mischpoke invites young and old to experience handmade music together, to clap, sing, dance and listen. Whether small or large stages, primary or secondary school, international festivals or the Berlin Philharmonie: Mischpoke meets every audience with sincerity and a twinkle in their eye. Their energetic and highly virtuosic playing creates a collective energy that sets hearts and hips vibrating every time.

Family concert

Family Concert

To this day, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" is one of Richard Strauss' best-known works, not least because Strauss uses the boldness of his orchestral treatment to create a musical depiction of Eulenspiegel's pranks that is as drastic as it is memorable and does not even shy away from the - apparent - end of the prankster on the gallows. Lorenzo Viotti, who not only conducts Strauss' tone poem in this family concert but also explains it himself, returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin with this Strauss programme, where he made his successful debut in 2023 with Mahler's First Symphony.

Children's Concert: Sax Family (5+, Dutch spoken)

What does a house sound like? Or a wheel? What do you hear when you are in love? Or in the seventh heaven? The Concertgebouw’s Children’s Concerts take children aged 4 to 12 on a wonderful journey of discovery into the world of music, instruments and musicians. Breathtaking music and stories that challenge children to listen, to look, to sing and to participate. They learn about the most beautiful sounds and modern and ancient masterworks from near and far in a playful manner. Please note: narration during these concerts will be in Dutch.