Simply Quartet Foto: (c) Lukas Beck Simply Quartet: Rebecca meets Wynton
Amsterdam, Concertgebouw — Recital Hall
About the Event
Experience a captivating evening of chamber music at the iconic Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, featuring the harmonious compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Wynton Marsalis, and Rebecca Clarke. Performed by the acclaimed Simply Quartet, the program elegantly bridges eras and geographies with 'Rebecca meets Wynton,' where the music of Clarke and Marsalis beautifully merges with that of Grieg and Mozart. A quintessential Simply Quartet showcase!
Program
- Rebecca Clarke – Poem
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet in B‐flat major, KV 458 'Hunt'
- Wynton Marsalis – Creole Contradanzas (from String Quartet No. 1 — At the Octoroon Balls)
- Edvard Grieg – Strijkkwartet nr. 1 in g minor, op. 27
Artists
| String Quartet: | Simply Quartet |
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Concertgebouw
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam was built as a result of a public campaign aimed at financing a new Philharmonic hall. A grand Neoclassical concert hall topped with a symbolic Apollo´s lyre, it opened in 1888. In the late 20th century the Concertgebouw was renovated in order to improve the acoustics and add more space for visitors. The magnificent organ, after almost a century of service, was also restored and modernised. The Concertgebouw hosts around 600 concerts every year, ranging from big symphonic performances to jazz and pop concerts. Conveniently located at the beautiful Museumplein (Museum Square) with the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh museum right next to it, everyone will find something to their taste in one of the finest concert halls in the world!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Perhaps the most important composer of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer of the late 18th century. Born in 1756 in Salzburg, he showed prodigious musical talent from childhood. Beginning at five years of age, he composed more than 600 works, including concertos, symphonies, religious works and operas before his premature death at the age of 35. Hi influence over successive generations cannot be overestated - Ludwig van Beethoven wrote of Mozart "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years”. Despite the immense success of his compositions, and the acclaim he received across Europe, Mozart achieved little financial security and rwas buried in an unmarked grave in Vienna's St Marx Cemetery.
Address
Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein, 10, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Google Maps
