volume 2 - number 1 - may 2016
It was thanks to the generosity of a number of a few special Friends that the spectacular performance of Wagner’s opera Lohengrin was given at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in December 2015. The entire Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will be travelling to the US to give concerts in 2016, a tour made possible in part by Friends.
The RCO is off to the US The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is
positions. In his Theatrum bestiarum,
reality, please contact Henriette Henny by
New York on 29 and 30 November 2016
dramatic narrative in orchestral sound.
nl or by calling +31 (0)20 305 1010.
making appearances in Washington and thanks to its Global Friends, who were
given a sneak preview back in May when
an ensemble made up of members of the orchestra gave a chamber music concert
house composer Detlev Glanert conveys a
And with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, the orchestra takes listeners on an emotional journey full of ups and downs.
in New York.
Your support
The full orchestra will be juxtaposing
its 2016, 2018 and 2019 concerts in the US
familiar with lesser-known works in No-
vember under the direction of the popu-
lar guest conductor Semyon Bychkov. The programme features two very special com-
emailing h.henny@concertgebouworkest. We are organising special receptions for our Global Friends in connection with the concerts given on 29
and 30 November. Global Friends will be receiving an invitation.
The orchestra is currently preparing for – concerts which are possible only with your support. If you, too, would like to
help make the Royal Concertgebouw Or-
chestra’s appearances in 2018 and 2019 a
It gives us great pleasure to offer you, as a Global Friend of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, free top class seats.
Marijn Mijnders, Valentina Bernardone, Henk Rubingh, Sebastiaan van Halsema in New York, May 2016.
you can register via mail: h.henny@concertgebouworkest.nl