The immortal Requiem by Duruflé

Date & Time

Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 14:15

Venue

Het Concertgebouw, Main Hall (Amsterdam)

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall... Read full text

Keywords: Vocal Music

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Musicians

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
National Radio Choir
Nationaal Jongenskoor
Stephan Zilias	Conductor
Benjamin Goodson	Choral conductor
Josef Špaček	Violin
Jasmin White	Mezzo-Soprano
Samuel Hasselhorn	Bariton
Leo van Doeselaar	Organ

Program

Tallis	Why fum'th in fight
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Respighi	Concerto gregoriano, P 135
Duruflé	Requiem

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