Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Opening Night in Westerpark Amsterdam

After the success of Opening Night 2021 on Dam Square, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s season opener will again be taking place at a public space in Amsterdam: the Westerpark. The open air concert can be attended for free on Friday 9 September at 8.30 p.m., and everyone is welcome. Maria Fiselier will present the television registration from Westerpark. AVROTROS will broadcast the concert on Dutch public television and radio; live on NPO Radio 4 and, from 10.15 p.m., on TV channel NPO2.

 

On this festive concert conducted by Alain Altinoglu, two soloists will be sharing the stage: the Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst, artist in residence with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. After an energetic kick-off with John Adams’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Ravel’s sultry, jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G is blending seamlessly with a sun-drenched mosaic of dances for clarinet and orchestra. The concert closes with the warm-blooded Latin sounds of Bernstein’s ever popular West Side Story.

 

Concert programme:

Short ride in a fast machine

Piano concert in G

Dance Mosaic

Symphonic dances from 'West Side Story'

 

Alain Altinoglu - conductor

Víkingur Ólafsson - piano

Martin Fröst - clarinet

 

The Opening Night of the Concertgebouw Orchestra is made possible thanks to the support of its Global Partners ING and Unilever, with the ambition of making classical music accessible to the widest possible audience.