Close-up: Amsterdam 750

16 Sep 2025 20:15

Venue:
Concertgebouw Recital Hall
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Presenter:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conductor:
Aurel Dawidiuk

Artists:
Mariya Semotyuk-Schlaffke
(flute)
Hein Wiedijk
(clarinet)
Mirelys Morgan
(first violin)
Sjaan Oomen
(second violin)
Yoko Kanamaru
(viola)
Chris van Balen
(cello)
Ramon van Engelenhoven
(piano)
Mark Braafhart
(percussion)

Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians perform chamber music in the Recital Hall focusing on Amsterdam’s musical past, from Sweelinck to Bosmans and Diepenbrock, including Theo Verbey’s Chaconne for string trio. From the early Baroque music of the ‘Orpheus of Amsterdam’, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, to the contemporary idiom of Theo Loevendie, who for many years has lived just behind the Concertgebouw.

Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform their own programmes in the Recital Hall as part of the Close-up chamber music series. Each of these concerts is unique and performed only once as part of the series. It’s the very best way to experience the individual qualities of the orchestral musicians! These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Program

  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (arr. Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer)
    Fantasia Chromatica
  • Dirk Schäfer
    Adagio Patetico from ‘Piano quintet’
  • Henriëtte Bosmans
    Trois impressions
  • Alphons Diepenbrock
    Berceuse
  • Marius Flothuis
    Aubade
  • Theo Verbey
    Chaconne
  • Theo Loevendie
    Back Bay Bicinium

Compositions