Concertgebouworkest Essentials: Schuberts ‘Grote’ symfonie

Essentials

At Essentials you will get to know the masterpieces you must have heard, introduced in a stubborn way by the energetic presenter Thomas Vanderveken. The young Russian conductor Maxim Emelyanychev leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Schubert's Ninth , not called the 'Great' Symphony for nothing.

Schubert's Ninth

Schubert's boundless creative ambition led to a superlative symphony in the last, ultra-productive months of his short life. When Robert Schumann discovered the work in a drawer of his brother's after Schubert's death, he exulted at its 'heavenly height'. It is a great architectural marvel, building on Beethoven - whose Ninth is quoted - but also seeming to herald Bruckner.

Entrée Cafe

Afterwards, youth association Entrée organizes the freely accessible Entrée Café in the Spiegelzaal, with live music or a DJ in the background.