With Classics Live, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra brings a grand program full of recognition and emotion to the Ziggo Dome. From the very first note to the final applause, you will experience an evening of the most beloved classical hits. Music you recognize, music that moves you, and music that stays with you long after. Performed by one of the finest orchestras in the world, made up of 120 outstanding musicians. With Dominic Seldis as host, Classics Live becomes all the more captivating, for connoisseurs and newcomers alike. In his own accessible way, the energetic double bassist takes you through the stories behind the music the orchestra performs.
The program features some of the great highlights of classical music, with a magnificent finale in the form of Beethoven's complete Ninth Symphony, a monument in the history of music. Its world-famous finale with chorus and soloists is a vision of unity and equality, a message that has brought people together all over the world for two centuries. When the chorus begins to sing "Alle Menschen werden Brüder," that vision becomes reality in the Ziggo Dome. Everyone who wishes to can sing along! Thousands of voices come together in an unprecedented moment of energy, connection, and pure musical power. Experience Classics Live with:
Mikhail Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Edvard Grieg - Morning Mood from Peer Gynt
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Parlow-Jansons)
Giuseppe Verdi - "Va, pensiero" from the opera Nabucco ("Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves")
Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor