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Rhapsody in Blue

Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 19:00
hr-Bigband, Alain Altinoglu (Conductor), Alain Altinoglu (Piano)
Good kids play violin in the orchestra, cool kids play sax in the big band - isn't that how it always is in school? Of course, that's a cliché. But the big band and symphony orchestra are two different worlds. Here, however, both come together for Gershwin's eternal classics, along with Alain Altinoglu on the piano. Gershwin, the man who supplied American music with the sophistication of the classical orchestra format and the slightly brash sound of a jazzy, fresh wind section, and hits like "Rhapsody in Blue," in which chief conductor Alain Altinoglu can show that he also cuts a dazzling figure at the keyboard. If, however, something honks during the orchestral piece "An American in Paris," it's not the hr-Bigband's fault. No, Gershwin himself wrote car horns into his score. The good kids play violin, everyone else wants to play the horn in the hr Symphony Orchestra.
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Free Lunchtime Concert: Piano Festival Naarden

Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 12:30
Magdalene Ho (Piano)
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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WDR Happy Hour – Barber

Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 19:00
WDR Sinfonieorchester (Ensemble), Roderick Cox (Conductor), Jan Malte Andresen (Presentation), Jan Malte Andresen (WDR 2)
Der Durchbruch kam für den Dirigenten Roderick Cox 2018 mit dem »Sir Georg Solti Award«. Die Aufmerksamkeit nutzte er aber nicht nur als Sprungbrett für weltweite Gastdirigate, sondern auch, um ein Förderprojekt für junge farbige Musikerinnen und Musiker ins Leben zu rufen. In Köln baut der Maestro-Shootingstar eine musikalische Brücke zwischen seiner amerikanischen Heimat und Europa. Sein Landsmann Samuel Barber schrieb seine erste Sinfonie voller Begeisterung über seinen Rom-Aufenthalt in den 1930er-Jahren, die der junge Komponist als ungetrübte Schaffensphase erlebte. Sie steht als sinfonische Entdeckung neben Jean Sibelius‘ populärer »Fünfter«.