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B series Wednesday

B series Wednesday

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 Wednesday with 12 concerts

B series Wednesday
  • Section 1+ €1,462.00
  • Section 1 €1,086.00
  • Section 2 €806.00
  • Section 3 €526.00

B Series Wednesday 1 with 6 concerts

B series Wednesday
  • Section 1+ €731.00
  • Section 1 €543.00
  • Section 2 €403.00
  • Section 3 €263.00

B Series Wednesday 2 with 6 concerts

B series Wednesday
  • Section 1+ €731.00
  • Section 1 €543.00
  • Section 2 €403.00
  • Section 3 €263.00

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

  • Lucie Horsch - photo: Kaupo Kikkas

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Wennäkoski

    Brand new recorder concerto featuring Lucie Horsch

    • Edvard Grieg

      Suite No. 1 from ‘Peer Gynt’

    • Lotta Wennäkoski

      recorder concerto (commissioned, world premiere)

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

      Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'

    • Maxim Emelyanychev

      conductor

    • Lucie Horsch

      recorder

  • 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

    • National Women's Youth Choir

      choir

  • Jaap van Zweden - image: Eduardus Lee

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Jaap van Zweden conducts Wagner, Respighi

    Leonidas Kavakos performs Korngold’s Violin Concerto

    • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Richard Wagner

      Prelude and Isoldens Liebestod from ‘Tristan und Isolde’

    • Ottorino Respighi

      Pini di Roma

    • Jaap van Zweden

      conductor

    • Leonidas Kavakos

      violin

  • 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

    • Frank Peter Zimmermann

      violin

  • 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

  • Iván Fischer - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Iván Fischer leads Dvořák, Smetana and Bernstein

    Violinist Guy Braunstein performs The Beatles

    • Leonard Bernstein

      Three Dance Episodes from 'On the Town'

    • The Beatles/Guy Braunstein

      Abbey Road Concerto (orch. Ljova)

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvořák

      from "Moravian Duets" (orch. Iván Fischer)

    • Bedrich Smetana

      Vltava (The Moldau) and other episodes from ‘Má vlast’ (My Fatherland)

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • Mirella Hagen

      soprano

    • Olivia Vermeulen

      mezzo-soprano

    • Guy Braunstein

      violin

  • 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

  • Sol Gabetta - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Sol Gabetta plays Martinů’s Cello Concerto No. 1

    Santtu-Mattias Rouvali conducts Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and Stravinsky

    • Antonín Dvořák

      In Nature’s Realm

    • Bohuslav Martinu

      Cello concerto No. 1

    • -- interval --

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Jeu de cartes

    • Maurice Ravel

      Suite No. 2 from ‘Daphnis et Chloé'

    • Santtu-Matias Rouvali

      conductor

    • Sol Gabetta

      cello

  • 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

  • Jaap van Zweden - image: Eduardus Lee

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Jaap van Zweden conducts Wagner, Respighi

    Leonidas Kavakos performs Korngold’s Violin Concerto

    • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Violin Concerto

    • -- interval --

    • Richard Wagner

      Prelude and Isoldens Liebestod from ‘Tristan und Isolde’

    • Ottorino Respighi

      Pini di Roma

    • Jaap van Zweden

      conductor

    • Leonidas Kavakos

      violin

  • 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

    • Frank Peter Zimmermann

      violin

  • Iván Fischer - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Iván Fischer leads Dvořák, Smetana and Bernstein

    Violinist Guy Braunstein performs The Beatles

    • Leonard Bernstein

      Three Dance Episodes from 'On the Town'

    • The Beatles/Guy Braunstein

      Abbey Road Concerto (orch. Ljova)

    • -- interval --

    • Antonín Dvořák

      from "Moravian Duets" (orch. Iván Fischer)

    • Bedrich Smetana

      Vltava (The Moldau) and other episodes from ‘Má vlast’ (My Fatherland)

    • Iván Fischer

      honorary guest conductor

    • Mirella Hagen

      soprano

    • Olivia Vermeulen

      mezzo-soprano

    • Guy Braunstein

      violin

  • 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

  • Lucie Horsch - photo: Kaupo Kikkas

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Wennäkoski

    Brand new recorder concerto featuring Lucie Horsch

    • Edvard Grieg

      Suite No. 1 from ‘Peer Gynt’

    • Lotta Wennäkoski

      recorder concerto (commissioned, world premiere)

    • -- interval --

    • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

      Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'

    • Maxim Emelyanychev

      conductor

    • Lucie Horsch

      recorder

  • 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

    • National Women's Youth Choir

      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

  • 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

  • Sol Gabetta - photo: Milagro Elstak

    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

    Sol Gabetta plays Martinů’s Cello Concerto No. 1

    Santtu-Mattias Rouvali conducts Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and Stravinsky

    • Antonín Dvořák

      In Nature’s Realm

    • Bohuslav Martinu

      Cello concerto No. 1

    • -- interval --

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Jeu de cartes

    • Maurice Ravel

      Suite No. 2 from ‘Daphnis et Chloé'

    • Santtu-Matias Rouvali

      conductor

    • Sol Gabetta

      cello