Opening Night
Festive free open-air concert in Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Celebrate the opening of the new season with the Concertgebouw Orchestra! This year, the orchestra is giving its annual free open-air concert in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, with sor and conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Opening Night 2024 promises to be a thrilling performance full of rhythm and energy.
Concert programme
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Anna Meredith
Nautilus (Dutch premiere)
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Richard Strauss
Walzerfolge No. 2 from ‘Der Rosenkavalier'
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Camille Saint-Saëns
Danse macabre
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Joey Roukens
Temptation (Bad Trip Tango) from ‘Dorian Suite’
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Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 2
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sor
Voor mij
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sor
Yuh (Symphony in D Minor)
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sor
Zo zijn
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Igor Stravinsky
Infernal Dance, Berceuse and Finale from ‘The Firebird’
Performers
About this concert
Join us at the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s free open-air concert! It promises to be a thrilling performance full of rhythm and energy, featuring music by such well-known composers as Strauss and Stravinsky, exciting new sounds by Anna Meredith and Joey Roukens, and with a special guest role for the well-known Dutch musician sor.
Making the rounds through the city - After performances on Dam Square, in Westerpark and at the NDSM Wharf, the Concertgebouw Orchestra now takes to Nelson Mandela Park in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, where it has been organising the Bijlmer Klassiek cross-over series with the Bijlmer Parktheater since 2022. Thus, the orchestra’s Opening Night makes the rounds through the city.
Open stage and pre-concert programme - The Concertgebouw Orchestra will organise an open stage for local performers during the afternoon before the concert. And at 7 p.m. there will be a special programme before the main concert, featuring the Leerorkest Zuidoost (‘Learning Orchestra’) performing with former musicians of Concertgebouworkest Young and some Concertgebouw Orchestra members. The whole event is freely accessible, and food trucks will serve tasty food and nice drinks.
Television: The concert will be televised the following evening at 10.15 p.m. on NPO 2.
The Concertgebouw Orchestra's Opening Night is made possible by the support of Global Partners ING, Unilever, and Booking.com, whose shared aim is to make classical music accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
Join us at the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s free open-air concert! It promises to be a thrilling performance full of rhythm and energy, featuring music by such well-known composers as Strauss and Stravinsky, exciting new sounds by Anna Meredith and Joey Roukens, and with a special guest role for the well-known Dutch musician sor.
Making the rounds through the city - After performances on Dam Square, in Westerpark and at the NDSM Wharf, the Concertgebouw Orchestra now takes to Nelson Mandela Park in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, where it has been organising the Bijlmer Klassiek cross-over series with the Bijlmer Parktheater since 2022. Thus, the orchestra’s Opening Night makes the rounds through the city.
Open stage and pre-concert programme - The Concertgebouw Orchestra will organise an open stage for local performers during the afternoon before the concert. And at 7 p.m. there will be a special programme before the main concert, featuring the Leerorkest Zuidoost (‘Learning Orchestra’) performing with former musicians of Concertgebouworkest Young and some Concertgebouw Orchestra members. The whole event is freely accessible, and food trucks will serve tasty food and nice drinks.
Television: The concert will be televised the following evening at 10.15 p.m. on NPO 2.
The Concertgebouw Orchestra's Opening Night is made possible by the support of Global Partners ING, Unilever, and Booking.com, whose shared aim is to make classical music accessible to as wide an audience as possible.