Wed, Dec 25 Concertgebouworkest Kerstmatinee: Klaus Mäkelä & Strauss' Ein Heldenleben
Time
Location
Main Hall
Price
from €29.00
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Concertgebouworkest Kerstmatinee: Klaus Mäkelä & Strauss' Ein Heldenleben
Concertgebouworkest Kerstmatinee: Klaus Mäkelä & Strauss' Ein Heldenleben
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.
Organizer
Concertgebouworkest
Genre
Orchestra
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.
Event information and tickets
Prices and ranks
| Category 1+ | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard | €174.00 | €129.00 | €99.00 | €69.00 | €29.00 |
- 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.
Program
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
