Groot Omroepkoor in the Concertgebouw (2015) (Photo: Hans van der Woerd)

Amsterdam: 750 years

Programme

Lecture by Maxim February
Jeff Hamburg Mokum
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck from Cantiones sacrae: Selection
Rudolf Escher Songs of love and eternity
Louis Andriessen from George Sand: Un beau baiser
Recitation by Anneke Brassinga
Calliope Tsoupaki Another day (world premiere)
Louis Andriessen The City of Dis

The NTR Saturday Matinee puts Amsterdam in the spotlight as it celebrates 750 years of the city.

Music by Amsterdam residents

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Groot Omroepkoor perform commissioned works by former composer of the nation Calliope Tsoupaki and Jeff Hamburg. With songs by Renaissance composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Rudolf Escher from the last century, the program spans four centuries of music by Amsterdam natives. Louis Andriessen is of course also on hand, with "Un beau baiser," a song from the opera George Sand wrote for theater group Baal, and "The City of Dis" from La Commedia. In Dante's The Divine Comedy, Dis is a city in the depths of hell, a city of violators, usurers and blasphemers.

750 years of magical creativity

Calliope Tsoupaki wants her composition to express her love of music, which brought her to Amsterdam. Jeff Hamburg hooks into the city's Jewish history, expressing 750 years of magical creativity.

Date:

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Time:

2:15 pm

Pause:

Yes, including break

Location:

The Royal Concertgebouw

Amsterdam

Large Hall

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