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R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben

Concertgebouworkest Kerstmatinee: Klaus Mäkelä & Strauss' Ein Heldenleben

Concertgebouworkest Kerstmatinee: Klaus Mäkelä & Strauss' Ein Heldenleben

Musicians

  • Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Klaus Mäkelä conductor

Works

  • Chin

    subito con forza (Commissioned by the Concertgebouw Orchestra)

  • Wagner

    Siegfried-Idyll

  • R. Strauss

    Ein Heldenleben

The music fragments are from another concert. Visitors will hear a different performance in the concert to be ordered.
  • This concert has an intermission

About the concert

The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä will conduct the orchestra’s traditional Christmas Matinee. Besides Wagner’s Siegfried-Idyll and Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, they’ll play subito con forza by Unsuk Chin, which sparked the warm relationship between this orchestra and the conductor.

Christmas Matinee: Ein Heldenleben

The chief conductor has traditionally led the orchestra in the Christmas Matinee – and now its future chief conductor, Klaus Mäkelä, assumes that role, leading the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a programme based on the theme of love. Wagner surprised his wife Cosima with the Siegfried-Idyll on Christmas Day, 1870. Marital love also inspired Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, which he dedicated to the Concertgebouw Orchestra: the lifeblood of this autobiographical work is a lovely violin solo representing the hero’s life partner.

Klaus Mäkelä with Unsuk Chin

Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza is a declaration of love for the music of Beethoven. It was with this same work that Klaus Mäkelä opened the programme he conducted on his Concertgebouw Orchestra debut in September 2020, when sparks between maestro and orchestra first flew. The performance took place during the coronavirus pandemic in the presence of a small audience. Now it’s time to perform the work again and to share their mutual affection with the entire world, thanks to radio and television.

  • Genre

    Orchestra

  • Organizer

    Concertgebouworkest

  • Thanks to:

    ING, Unilever and Booking.com Global Partners Concertgebouw Orchestra

Tickets

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  • Drinks are included in the price of admission. When the price category 'Online sprint under 30' is available, you can order 1 ticket 4 hours before the start of a concert.

  • Prices do not include transaction fee: € 4,50 per order.