RFO with Karina Canellakis - Photo: Eduardus Lee

Christmas concert by Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Miah Persson and Håkan Hardenberger

Programme

Rodion Shchedrin Quadrille from the opera Not only love
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso
Sergei Rachmaninov Canon
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Amidst the busy ball
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky No, only those who knew the yearning
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Why
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lullaby
Anton Arenski Chamber Symphony

A Christmas concert by Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Håkan Hardenberger plays Telemann's Trumpet Concerto, soprano Miah Persson sings Bach and Swedish Christmas carols. Furthermore Beethoven's Heiliger Dankgesang,among others.

Winter concert with Amsterdam Sinfonietta

A winter concert by Amsterdam Sinfonietta is the start of your festive Christmas month. The concert includes the Heiliger Dankgesang from Beethoven's String Quartet in A, op. 132. Beethoven had been very ill shortly before his writing process, and even feared death. The quartet is his 'thanksgiving' for his recovery. A heartfelt journey from darkness to light. Handel's song Eternal Source of Light Divine is also full of sparkling notes.

Persson, Hardenberger and Thompson

Sweden's Håkan Hardenberger plays the solo in a masterpiece from the Baroque era. In his Trumpet Concerto in D , Telemann is strongly influenced by vocal music. His trumpet sings clearly but always warmly along with the string orchestra. Also from Sweden is soprano Miah Persson. She sings Bach's festive cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, in which Hardenberger also plays a starring role. She will also perform three traditional Swedish Christmas carols. Amsterdam Sinfonietta is conducted by Candida Thompson.

Date:

Sunday 6 December 2020

Time:

10:30 am

Intermission:

Location:

The Royal Concertgebouw

Amsterdam

Large Hall