Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with Nikolaus Harnoncourt

The rare occasions that conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt has made the trip to Amsterdam have gone down in history as true cultural happenings and his next appearance at the Concertgebouw is sure to live to up all expectations.

Missa Solemnis

Harnoncourt conducts as The Netherlands Radio Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra perform what has come to be known as the 'Mount Everest of religious choral music'. Written in the same period as his Ninth Symphony and Diabelli Variations, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis is renowned for demanding the utmost of the vocalists.