On Sunday 23 March, the Concertgebouw Orchestra will play a brand new Children’s Concert in collaboration with music theatre group Släpstick in the Great Hall of The Concertgebouw. Commander_n00b is a concert and a game in one, with an adventurous selection of musical pieces.
In Commander_n00b, the five members of Släpstick are the n00bs (beginners) who have to complete a game. Fortunately, they are helped by the audience, and the orchestra led by debutant conductor Yu Lu.
In Commander_n00b, the audience finally knows more than the people on stage…. But really! In this real-life game, five n00bs play a game from start to finish. With the indispensable help of the audience as well as the Concertgebouw Orchestra (FTW!). The orchestra directs, moves along, reacts and decides with the most fantastic music. Minecraft with Monteverdi, Fortnite with Rachmaninoff, The Sims with Stravinsky; every combo is new, but right. This is how worlds come together, experiences merge and we all reach the final level together. ->GG and WP!
In Commander_n00b, children are playfully introduced to music from a span of more than 400 years. In addition to works by Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Stravinsky, you will hear, for instance, Moresca from Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, a movement from Copland’s Rodeo, the exciting commissioned work Chase by Dutch composer Joey Roukens, and music the orchestra has never played before: Dancing to an Orange Drummer by Vanessa Lann and a new song by Släpstick members Rogier Bosman and Willem van Baarsen.
Commander_n00b will be performed as a Children’s Concert on Sunday 23 March at 1pm and at 3.30pm. Tickets can be ordered from the Concertgebouw Orchestra website.
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