Pyramus and Thisbe for guitar

Discover the magic of Canto Ostinato, an iconic composition by Simeon ten Holt that is loved worldwide and still makes a deep impression on musicians and listeners. At first hearing the work seems traditional, but the freedom of choice it offers makes each performance unique.

Marsyas by Alphons Diepenbrock, the Dutch classicist turned composer, is a fine rarity. Diepenbrock stayed true to classically Greek themes, as in his incidental music about a faun who challenges the gods to a musical duel. Performed here is the Entr’acte, nicknamed ‘Zwerftochten door het woud’ (Wandering Through the Forest).

Max Knigge selects Preludes and Images by Debussy and arranged them for the special combination of saxophone and string quartet. These will be complemented by Interludes composed by himself using the different line-ups and timbres offered by the octet.

When Bryce Dessner’s latest Piano Concerto is performed by star pianist Alice Sara Ott, something special is about to happen. Dessner, an American composer from Paris, has won Grammy Awards for his ‘classical’ compositions and as a guitarist with his rock band The National.

3 Preludes for 2 Pianos Poetry, lyricism and melody are the central idea in the concert for two pianos with Efi Papathomaidi and Yiannis Michailidis.

Birdsong: nature’s most elusive song has inspired musicians for centuries. Tonight, Utrecht-based ensemble Insomnio revisits two brilliant 21st-century pieces in which birdsong plays the leading role. The highlight is Vanapriya, beloved forest by Korean Seung-Won Oh, a work Insomnio premiered at the Muziekgebouw in 2020.

Marsyas by Alphons Diepenbrock, the Dutch classicist turned composer, is a fine rarity. Diepenbrock stayed true to classically Greek themes, as in his incidental music about a faun who challenges the gods to a musical duel. Performed here is the Entr’acte, nicknamed ‘Zwerftochten door het woud’ (Wandering Through the Forest).

When Bryce Dessner’s latest Piano Concerto is performed by star pianist Alice Sara Ott, something special is about to happen. Dessner, an American composer from Paris, has won Grammy Awards for his ‘classical’ compositions and as a guitarist with his rock band The National.

A new piece by Geoff Hannan that satirises the television news cycle  

Marsyas by Alphons Diepenbrock, the Dutch classicist turned composer, is a fine rarity. Diepenbrock stayed true to classically Greek themes, as in his incidental music about a faun who challenges the gods to a musical duel. Performed here is the Entr’acte, nicknamed ‘Zwerftochten door het woud’ (Wandering Through the Forest).

When Bryce Dessner’s latest Piano Concerto is performed by star pianist Alice Sara Ott, something special is about to happen. Dessner, an American composer from Paris, has won Grammy Awards for his ‘classical’ compositions and as a guitarist with his rock band The National.

For Insomnio, the sound of birds has been a source of inspiration for years for programs that result in surprising concerts with new and existing works every time. They present these concerts under the title ‘God’s own musicians’, freely based on the statement by Olivier Messiaen.

Ensemble SCALA performs Arnold Marinissen’s ‘Rapprochement. In Rewind-Forward, SCALA explores a wide range of repertoire, seamlessly moving between different styles.

Max Knigge selects Preludes and Images by Debussy and arranged them for the special combination of saxophone and string quartet. These will be complemented by Interludes composed by himself using the different line-ups and timbres offered by the octet.

Marsyas by Alphons Diepenbrock, the Dutch classicist turned composer, is a fine rarity. Diepenbrock stayed true to classically Greek themes, as in his incidental music about a faun who challenges the gods to a musical duel. Performed here is the Entr’acte, nicknamed ‘Zwerftochten door het woud’ (Wandering Through the Forest).

Marsyas by Alphons Diepenbrock, the Dutch classicist turned composer, is a fine rarity. Diepenbrock stayed true to classically Greek themes, as in his incidental music about a faun who challenges the gods to a musical duel. Performed here is the Entr’acte, nicknamed ‘Zwerftochten door het woud’ (Wandering Through the Forest).

Marsyas by Alphons Diepenbrock, the Dutch classicist turned composer, is a fine rarity. Diepenbrock stayed true to classically Greek themes, as in his incidental music about a faun who challenges the gods to a musical duel. Performed here is the Entr’acte, nicknamed ‘Zwerftochten door het woud’ (Wandering Through the Forest).

‘In Transit’ by Joey Roukens is on the program of young musicians of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Academy, talent development project of the orchestra.

As a trio they will now play a program of about an hour with music by composers such as Louis Andriessen, Leonard Bernstein, Klaus Kuiper, Olivier Messiaen and Domenico Scarlatti.

Fyodor Lednev conducts the world premiere of a new work by Valery Voronov. Program Valery Voronov (b. 1970) “Season of the phantasmal peace” (2024, world premiere) I. “Attraction” II. “Circles” III.

Old Dutch Holidays stands for an evening of old Dutch nostalgia. With a visual presentation of Dutch old masters such as Melchior d’Hondecoeter, Frans Hals and Rembrandt, the passionate string orchestra Ciconia Consort, conducted by Dick van Gasteren, plays a special Painting Exhibition by Mussorgsky.

Old Dutch Holidays stands for an evening of old Dutch nostalgia. With a visual presentation of Dutch old masters such as Melchior d’Hondecoeter, Frans Hals and Rembrandt, the passionate string orchestra Ciconia Consort, conducted by Dick van Gasteren, plays a special Painting Exhibition by Mussorgsky.

‘A song for Isidora’ by Calliope Tsoupaki on the solo program by violinist Julija Hartig at the Winteravonden aan de Amstel festival.  It is not surprising that Julija Hartig is described as ‘a curious violinist with courage’.

In Cultuurpodium Dorpskerk Huizum, Wiebe Kaspers and Johannes Hibma, each on a grand piano, will (again) give a performance of the ‘Canto Ostinato’, the well-known composition by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt (1923 – 2012).

Piano works by Maxim Shalygin and Svyatoslav Lunyov at the festival Winteravonden aan de Amstel.  In the Etudes program you will be introduced to much more than just virtuoso etudes. You hear studies about time, about softness, about brutality, but always about beauty.