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Was live September 2022
An Outstanding Opening Night
Alain Altinoglu and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra launch into the 2022-2023 concert season with Bernstein and Adams.
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A Double Bill of Beethoven and Brahms
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos takes center-stage for a Brahms' Violin Concerto, followed by Beethoven's 'Pastorale' Symphony conducted by Daniel Harding.
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The Four Seasons - Vivaldi & Piazzolla
An exciting and unique mix of Italian Baroque and Argentine passion in the master of tango Astor Piazzolla’s own Four Seasons.
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Daniel Barenboim Performs Brahms
Conductor Mariss Jansons joins forces with Barenboim. The program features Brahms and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.
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Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique
A live recording of Haitink conducting a phenomenal performance at a concert from 1989.
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Wild and Stormy Nights
Nathalie Stutzmann transports you to a dusky, foreboding realm, where hope and light are at perpetual odd with fierce storms and undulating shadows.
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Spectral Reflections with Hannigan
Payare is joined by soprano Hannigan in a diverse program crested by a performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
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Blomstedt Explores Darkness and Light
A performance driven by a transformative energy where we explore Honegger's third as well as Brahms' fourth and final symphony.
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Revolution! Czech Phil Commemorates Freedom
Smetana's sweeping Ma Vlast (My Homeland) ushers commemoration of the Velvet Revolution in this impassioned performance.
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Järvi leads an alluring performance
Enjoy the majestic orchestra and conductor while they perform a fearless rendition of Bruckner's Symphony No. 6. Available to watch from February 18, 2023.
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Two Unfinished Symphonies
Schubert's lyrical 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony leads off this charismatic concert and concludes by featuring Anton Bruckner's sacred 9th.
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Mahler's Resurrection
A monumental performance echoing themes of beauty, rebirth, the brutality of death and the ethereality of the afterlife.
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