Brahms' Violin Concerto and Mozart's Jupiter Symphony

The Netherlands Philharmonic

The Netherlands Philharmonic is one of the most versatile cultural organisations in The Netherlands. The orchestra organises a diverse concert program in The Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam and is a welcome guest on foreign stages and festivals. The Netherlands Philharmonic brings classical music to life at the highest level and collaborates closely with international guest soloists and conductors. It takes great pleasure in welcoming and developing new musical talent. Lorenzo Viotti is the principal conductor of Dutch National Opera and the Netherlands Philharmonic.

Gordan Nikolić in spotlight

The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra lets its leader and violinist Gordan Nikolić shine in Brahms' Violin Concerto , one of the most beautiful ever written. Especially the slow movement, which the composer with a sense of understatement called a 'stupid adagio', has become immortal. Nikolić knows the work like no other. When he was concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra, he gave a memorable interpretation of it with that orchestra.

From Brahms' heavenly violin concerto to Mozart's divine symphony

The second work on the programme is Mozart's Symphony No. 41. He himself never heard it, but after his death it became his most famous symphony. And rightly so, because the sparkling music is rock solid. Just listen to the finale in which Mozart weaves no fewer than five melodies into a beautiful unity. No wonder the symphony was later named after the Greek supreme god Jupiter, a name that the work still bears with honour. Before these divine sounds, the concert begins on an earthly note with the beautiful Romanian dances , for which Bartók was inspired by Romanian folk music.