Name: Christmas Matinee with Klaus Mäkelä
Start: 2023-12-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Het Concertgebouw

Organization

Admin

Concertgebouworkest

Conductor

Klaus Mäkelä

Singer

Soprano

Chen Reiss

Soloist

Orchestra

Christmas Matinee with Klaus Mäkelä

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Het Concertgebouw

Public

Concert

The Hebrides, op. 26

Hero und Leander, Dramatic scene for Soprano and Orchestra, H262

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Infelice, Op. 94

Symphony No. 3

Samabedona Majumder

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Baritone

Contralto

Bass

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Christmas Matinee. This festive tradition has been a landmark of the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s season for almost fifty years. The Christmas Matinees conducted by Bernard Haitink and broadcast in dozens of countries during the 1970s and 80s have achieved legendary status. As one would expect, the Christmas Matinee has always been the exclusive domain of the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s chief conductor or – on rare occasions – a highly regarded guest. This year, on 25 December, Klaus Mäkelä, our artistic partner and future principal conductor, will take the lead for the second time, following his phenomenal substitute appearance two years ago during the pandemic. Then as now, Klaus Mäkelä proved his credentials as an excellent Beethoven conductor; this time, he will take on Beethoven’s Third Symphony, the ‘Eroica.’  

Felix Mendelssohn’s popular overture, The Hebrides, will also grace the programme, along with his rarely performed concert aria, Infélice. The superb soloist, Chen Reiss, will also sing Hero und Leander the ‘dramatic scene,’ by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, a composer whose music has started to posthumously emerge from the shadow of her famous brother, Felix. In fact, this will be the first time the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs one of her works; attention to her lush style of composition is therefore long overdue. ‘We wanted to form one composition using the works by Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn,’ says Klaus Mäkelä.

English

Christmas Matinee with Klaus Mäkelä by Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn, F., Beethoven, From (2023/2023), Conductor Klaus Mäkelä, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues