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B series Thursday

B series Thursday

In Series B, you will hear the very best that symphonic music has to offer. It is our largest and oldest series—since 1901, music lovers have each year enjoyed an extensive selection from the orchestral repertoire, performed under the baton of world-renowned conductors.

Questions? Look for answers to frequently asked questions here or contact our customer service: +31(0)20 305 1015 (mon-fri 09:30 am-12:30 pm and from 25 March to 11 April until 3:30 pm) or klantenservice@concertgebouworkest.nl.

The great symphonic repertoire

In Series B, you will hear the very best that symphonic music has to offer. It is our largest and oldest series—since 1901, music lovers have each year enjoyed an extensive selection from the orchestral repertoire, performed under the baton of world-renowned conductors.

Questions? Look for answers to frequently asked questions here or contact our customer service: +31(0)20 305 1015 (mon-fri 09:30 am-12:30 pm and from 25 March to 11 April until 3:30 pm) or klantenservice@concertgebouworkest.nl.

Choose one of these options

your selection

B Series Thursday with 12 concerts

B series Thursday
  • Section 1+ €1,618.00
  • Section 1 €1,199.00
  • Section 2 €889.00
  • Section 3 €579.00

B Series Thursday 1 with 6 concerts

B series Thursday
  • Section 1+ €823.00
  • Section 1 €611.00
  • Section 2 €454.00
  • Section 3 €296.00

B Series Thursday 2 with 6 concerts

B series Thursday
  • Section 1+ €795.00
  • Section 1 €589.00
  • Section 2 €435.00
  • Section 3 €283.00

You choose the following concerts

  • Klaus Mäkelä - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Klaus Mäkelä conducts Stravinsky's 'Sacre'

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Saint-Saëns' ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto

    • Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

      Archora (Dutch premiere)

    • Camille Saint-Saëns

      Pianoconcert nr. 5, ‘Egyptian’

    • -- interval --

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      chief conductor designate

    • Jean-Yves Thibaudet

      piano

  • Barbara Hannigan - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings

    Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, Haydn, Vivier, Khayam

    • Golfam Khayam

      I am not a tale to be told

    • Joseph Haydn

      Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’

    • -- interval --

    • Claude Vivier

      Orion

    • Richard Strauss

      Death and Transfiguration

    • Barbara Hannigan

      conductor, soprano

  • Klaus Mäkelä - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Richard Strauss according to Klaus Mäkelä

    Don Juan, music from Der Rosenkavalier and Andrew Norman’s Play

    • Andrew Norman

      Play

    • -- interval --

    • Richard Strauss

      Don Juan

    • Richard Strauss

      Suite from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      chief conductor designate

  • Iván Fischer photo: Sebastien Grebille

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Iván Fischer conducts Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto featuring Vesko Eschkenazy, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    • Franz Schubert

      Overture “Die Zauberharfe” (The Magic Harp), D644

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      music from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • Vesko Eschkenazy

      1st concertmaster

    • Mirella Hagen

      soprano

    • Olivia Vermeulen

      mezzo-soprano

    • Nationaal Vrouwen Jeugdkoor

      choir

  • Yucham Lim - photo: Ralph Lauer

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Yunchan Lim performs Schumann's Piano Concerto

    Jakub Hrůša conducts Dvořák and Suk

    • Robert Schumann

      Pianoconcert

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvořák

      The Wild Dove

    • Josef Suk

      Prague

    • Jakub Hrůša

      conductor

    • Yunchan Lim

      piano

  • Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider - photo: Renske Vrolijk

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin

    Antonio Pappano leads Beethoven and Elgar

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Edward Elgar

      Symphony No. 1

    • Antonio Pappano

      conductor

    • Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

      violin

  • Klaus Mäkelä - photo: Marco Borggreve

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Klaus Mäkelä conducts Bruckner

    Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 8

    • Anton Bruckner

      Symphony No. 8

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      chief conductor designate

  • Rafael Payare - photo: Antoine Saito

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Rafael Payare conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10

    and works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Frank Martin

    • Sofia Gubaidulina

      Fairytale Poem

    • Frank Martin

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Dmitri Shostakovich

      Symphony No. 10

    • Rafael Payare

      conductor

  • Riccardo Chailly - photo: Eduardus Lee

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Riccardo Chailly conducts Prokofiev

    Prokofiev's cantata Alexander Nevsky and the Fourth Symphony

    • Sergei Prokofiev

      Symfonie nr. 4 (version 1947)

    • -- interval --

    • Sergei Prokofiev

      Alexander Nevsky (cantata)

    • Riccardo Chailly

      conductor emeritus, chief conductor 1988-2004

    • Ekaterina Semenchuk

      mezzo-soprano

    • Netherlands Radio Choir

      choir

  • Elim Chan - photo: Eduardus Lee image: All rights reserved Eduardus Lee

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto featuring Yefim Bronfman

    Elim Chan conducts Elgar’s Enigma Variations

    • Noriko Koide

      Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (Dutch premiere))

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’

    • -- interval --

    • Edward Elgar

      Variations on an Original Theme, ‘Enigma’

    • Elim Chan

      conductor

    • Yefim Bronfman

      piano

  • Augustin Hadelich - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Augustin Hadelich plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

    Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Brahms’ Symphony No. 4

    • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Johannes Brahms

      Symphony No. 4

    • Nathalie Stutzmann

      conductor

    • Augustin Hadelich

      violin

  • Fabio Luisi - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Fabio Luisi conducts Beethoven

    Barber's Violin Concerto featuring James Ehnes and Copland's Quiet City

    • Aaron Copland

      Quiet City

    • Samuel Barber

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symfonie No. 8

    • Fabio Luisi

      conductor

    • James Ehnes

      violin

  • Klaus Mäkelä - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Klaus Mäkelä conducts Stravinsky's 'Sacre'

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Saint-Saëns' ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto

    • Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

      Archora (Dutch premiere)

    • Camille Saint-Saëns

      Pianoconcert nr. 5, ‘Egyptian’

    • -- interval --

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      chief conductor designate

    • Jean-Yves Thibaudet

      piano

  • Klaus Mäkelä - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Richard Strauss according to Klaus Mäkelä

    Don Juan, music from Der Rosenkavalier and Andrew Norman’s Play

    • Andrew Norman

      Play

    • -- interval --

    • Richard Strauss

      Don Juan

    • Richard Strauss

      Suite from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      chief conductor designate

  • Yucham Lim - photo: Ralph Lauer

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Yunchan Lim performs Schumann's Piano Concerto

    Jakub Hrůša conducts Dvořák and Suk

    • Robert Schumann

      Pianoconcert

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvořák

      The Wild Dove

    • Josef Suk

      Prague

    • Jakub Hrůša

      conductor

    • Yunchan Lim

      piano

  • Rafael Payare - photo: Antoine Saito

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Rafael Payare conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10

    and works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Frank Martin

    • Sofia Gubaidulina

      Fairytale Poem

    • Frank Martin

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Dmitri Shostakovich

      Symphony No. 10

    • Rafael Payare

      conductor

  • Riccardo Chailly - photo: Eduardus Lee

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Riccardo Chailly conducts Prokofiev

    Prokofiev's cantata Alexander Nevsky and the Fourth Symphony

    • Sergei Prokofiev

      Symfonie nr. 4 (version 1947)

    • -- interval --

    • Sergei Prokofiev

      Alexander Nevsky (cantata)

    • Riccardo Chailly

      conductor emeritus, chief conductor 1988-2004

    • Ekaterina Semenchuk

      mezzo-soprano

    • Netherlands Radio Choir

      choir

  • Augustin Hadelich - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Augustin Hadelich plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

    Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Brahms’ Symphony No. 4

    • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Johannes Brahms

      Symphony No. 4

    • Nathalie Stutzmann

      conductor

    • Augustin Hadelich

      violin

  • Barbara Hannigan - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings

    Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, Haydn, Vivier, Khayam

    • Golfam Khayam

      I am not a tale to be told

    • Joseph Haydn

      Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’

    • -- interval --

    • Claude Vivier

      Orion

    • Richard Strauss

      Death and Transfiguration

    • Barbara Hannigan

      conductor, soprano

  • Iván Fischer photo: Sebastien Grebille

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Iván Fischer conducts Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto featuring Vesko Eschkenazy, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    • Franz Schubert

      Overture “Die Zauberharfe” (The Magic Harp), D644

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      music from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • Vesko Eschkenazy

      1st concertmaster

    • Mirella Hagen

      soprano

    • Olivia Vermeulen

      mezzo-soprano

    • Nationaal Vrouwen Jeugdkoor

      choir

  • Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider - photo: Renske Vrolijk

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin

    Antonio Pappano leads Beethoven and Elgar

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Edward Elgar

      Symphony No. 1

    • Antonio Pappano

      conductor

    • Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

      violin

  • Klaus Mäkelä - photo: Marco Borggreve

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Klaus Mäkelä conducts Bruckner

    Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 8

    • Anton Bruckner

      Symphony No. 8

    • Klaus Mäkelä

      chief conductor designate

  • Elim Chan - photo: Eduardus Lee image: All rights reserved Eduardus Lee

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto featuring Yefim Bronfman

    Elim Chan conducts Elgar’s Enigma Variations

    • Noriko Koide

      Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (Dutch premiere))

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’

    • -- interval --

    • Edward Elgar

      Variations on an Original Theme, ‘Enigma’

    • Elim Chan

      conductor

    • Yefim Bronfman

      piano

  • Fabio Luisi - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Fabio Luisi conducts Beethoven

    Barber's Violin Concerto featuring James Ehnes and Copland's Quiet City

    • Aaron Copland

      Quiet City

    • Samuel Barber

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symfonie No. 8

    • Fabio Luisi

      conductor

    • James Ehnes

      violin