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Event Masterpieces Unboxed: dissecting Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Presenter Anne-Maartje Lemereis unpacks the inner workings of the score in English before the ensemble plays the full piece.

11 September 2026
Event Bach op Vrijdag pairs baroque motets with Piazzolla tangos
PA'dam and the Nicolaas Consort weave vocal pieces together with spoken stories highlighting unlikely musical kinships.

11 September 2026
Event Patsy Kroonenberg on stage in Ze is er nog
Archival recordings from radio show Kunststof shape this solo production built around interviews by the maker's late mother.

11 September 2026
Event Concertgebouworkest Essentials takes on Debussy’s maritime suites
Alan Gilbert leads orchestral works by Debussy and Britten, preceded by a brief stage introduction.

11 September 2026
Event Classical Highlights pairs opera duets with piano accompaniment
English-language commentary threads between nineteenth-century vocal works sung by a visiting soprano and tenor.

11 September 2026
Event Helsinki Baroque Orchestra plays Bach harpsichord concertos
Period instruments take the stage for an hour of keyboard concertos composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.

11 September 2026
Event Bach op Vrijdag: Bach & Brahms – Friends-editie
Amateur vocalists join professional ensemble PA'dam and Nicolaas Consort inside the historic church, interspersed with spoken historical notes.

11 September 2026
Event An accessible late-evening introduction to Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto
Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven under Vladimir Jurowski after a spoken presentation designed to introduce symphonic music to newer listeners.

11 September 2026
Event Cellist Camille Thomas plays Classical Highlights with commentary
A seventy-five-minute recital of familiar melodies by Saint-Saëns, Brahms, and Aznavour, introduced in English from the stage.

11 September 2026
Event Amelio Trio premiere Helena Winkelman in the Kleine Zaal
The touring German piano trio performs a continuous seventy-five-minute set centered on Helena Winkelman's commissioned new work.

11 September 2026
Event Baroque trio sonatas on period instruments with Ensemble Diderot
Four Parisian musicians bring historical violins and continuo together for an early evening of chamber repertoire.

11 September 2026
Event Flute masterworks by Jasmine Choi in the Classical Highlights series
Solo pieces like Debussy's Syrinx meet piano accompaniment and spoken context delivered entirely in English by host Camiel Jansen.

11 September 2026
Event Annual Herdenking Februaristaking by De Dokwerker
A public gathering at Jonas Daniël Meijerplein marks the 1941 general strike against Nazi persecution of Jewish residents.

11 September 2026
Event Bach op Vrijdag: Bach & Opera
Choral movements and operatic arias interspersed with spoken background stories about the composers, sung inside the historic church hall.

11 September 2026
Event Feminist satire in No Men Beyond This Point
Collective Blond & Cynisch present a satirical vision of society thrown into crisis when an extinct gender reappears.

11 September 2026
Event No Men Beyond This Point at Theater Bellevue
Feminist sci-fi theatre imagines an all-female utopia disrupted nearly two centuries in when a man suddenly appears.

11 September 2026
Event Barok op zondagmiddag: Shunske Sato en vrienden
Baroque and early classical pieces by Frederick the Great, Benda and Bach evoke eighteenth-century court music from Sanssouci Palace.

11 September 2026
Event Bach op Vrijdag: Bach & Vivaldi
Vocal ensemble PA'dam and Nicolaas Consort weave together Vivaldi's Gloria and Bach's Christmas Oratorio with background stories.

11 September 2026
Event Swedish violinist Ava Bahari in the Kleine Zaal
A seventy-five-minute recital without intermission, playing Poulenc, Mozart and Hillborg on a 1694 Stradivarius violin.

11 September 2026
Event Concertgebouworkest Essentials: Brahms’ Symfonie nr. 2
A seventy-five-minute orchestral programme designed for classical newcomers, opening with a spoken introduction from Thomas Vanderveken.

11 September 2026