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Early Music in December 2026: concert agenda

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  1. Handel's Messiah with Maarten Engeltjes and PRJCT Amsterdam

    19:30-21:50The Concertgebouw

    What Bach's St Matthew Passion is to the Netherlands, Handel's Messiah is to England. Handel's immensely popular oratorio, brimming with musical imagination, is in the hands of PRJCT Amster…

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    Vlaams Radiokoor Spotify artist Vlaams Radiokoor Apple Music artist Lenneke Ruiten Spotify artist Lenneke Ruiten Apple Music artist Fabio Trümpy Spotify artist Edward Grint Spotify artist Edward Grint Apple Music artist Maarten Engeltjes Spotify artist Maarten Engeltjes Apple Music artist PRJCT Amsterdam Spotify artist PRJCT Amsterdam Apple Music artist Georg Friedrich Händel Spotify composer Georg Friedrich Händel: HWV 56 Messiah, HWV 56 Spotify search Georg Friedrich Händel: HWV 56 Messiah, HWV 56 Apple Music
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  2. Handel's Messiah with Maarten Engeltjes and PRJCT Amsterdam

    19:30-21:50The Concertgebouw

    What Bach's St Matthew Passion is to the Netherlands, Handel's Messiah is to England. Handel's immensely popular oratorio, brimming with musical imagination, is in the hands of PRJCT Amster…

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    Vlaams Radiokoor Spotify artist Vlaams Radiokoor Apple Music artist Lenneke Ruiten Spotify artist Lenneke Ruiten Apple Music artist Fabio Trümpy Spotify artist Edward Grint Spotify artist Edward Grint Apple Music artist Maarten Engeltjes Spotify artist Maarten Engeltjes Apple Music artist PRJCT Amsterdam Spotify artist PRJCT Amsterdam Apple Music artist Georg Friedrich Händel Spotify composer Georg Friedrich Händel: HWV 56 Messiah, HWV 56 Spotify search Georg Friedrich Händel: HWV 56 Messiah, HWV 56 Apple Music
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    Messiah, HWV 56 work Georg Friedrich Händel composer Vlaams Radiokoor artist Lenneke Ruiten artist

  3. Hadewych van Gent — Lunchtime concert Dutch Classical Talent

    12:30-13:30Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

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  4. Monteverdi's madrigals — Concerto Italiano + lecture Saskia Törnqvist

    20:15-22:00Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    ‘Songs’ on the cusp of the Renaissance and the Baroque

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    Claudio Monteverdi Spotify composer Claudio Monteverdi Apple Music composer George Crumb Spotify composer George Crumb Apple Music composer Claudio Monteverdi; George Crumb: Madrigals Book III Spotify search Claudio Monteverdi; George Crumb: Madrigals Book III Apple Music
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  5. Bachs Triosonates

    13:13Orgelpark

    Johann Sebastian Bach's Triosonates are seen as the most important works that the maestro composed for organ. Aart Bergwerff performs a selection of these sonatas on Orgelpark's Utopa Baroq…

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    Johann Sebastian Bach Spotify composer Johann Sebastian Bach Apple Music composer Johann Sebastian Bach: Selectie uit: Triosonates nr. 1 t/m 6 Spotify search Johann Sebastian Bach: Selectie uit: Triosonates nr. 1 t/m 6 Apple Music
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  6. Choral Concert: Schnittke and his Contemporaries

    14:15-16:25The Concertgebouw

    Schnittke's choral masterpiece and the singing cello talent Hadewych van Gent enchant with spiritual lamentations and soothing soundscapes.

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    Groot Omroepkoor Spotify artist Groot Omroepkoor Apple Music artist Benjamin Goodson Spotify artist Benjamin Goodson Apple Music artist Hadewych van Gent Spotify artist Hadewych van Gent Apple Music artist
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  7. Christmas with John Holiday and Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    20:15-22:35The Concertgebouw

    Countertenor John Holiday meets Amsterdam Sinfonietta: Baroque gems by Corelli and Vivaldi will be performed in the Main Hall alongside The After Party by composer in residence Carlos Simon…

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    Candida Thompson Spotify artist Candida Thompson Apple Music artist John Holiday Spotify artist John Holiday Apple Music artist Amsterdam Sinfonietta Spotify artist Amsterdam Sinfonietta Apple Music artist Johann Sebastian Bach Spotify composer Johann Sebastian Bach Apple Music composer Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV 1051 Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 6 B-Dur, BWV 1051 Spotify search Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV 1051 Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 6 B-Dur, BWV 1051 Apple Music Antonio Vivaldi Spotify composer Antonio Vivaldi Apple Music composer Antonio Vivaldi: RV 629 Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV 629 Spotify search Antonio Vivaldi: RV 629 Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV 629 Apple Music The After Party Spotify composer The After Party Apple Music composer The After Party: Lullaby Spotify search The After Party: Lullaby Apple Music Duke Ellington Spotify composer Duke Ellington Apple Music composer Duke Ellington; Embraceable You: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) Spotify search Duke Ellington; Embraceable You: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) Apple Music Bart Howard Spotify composer Bart Howard; Embraceable You: Fly Me to the Moon Spotify search Bart Howard; Embraceable You: Fly Me to the Moon Apple Music George Gershwin Spotify composer George Gershwin Apple Music composer Embraceable You; George Gershwin: Waltz: Allegretto, con grazia Spotify search Embraceable You; George Gershwin: Waltz: Allegretto, con grazia Apple Music
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    Johann Sebastian Bach composer Antonio Vivaldi composer It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) work Duke Ellington composer Fly Me to the Moon work Bart Howard composer Candida Thompson artist Amsterdam Sinfonietta artist

  8. John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Constellation Choir & Orchestra

    20:15-21:35The Concertgebouw

    This concert celebrates the timeless beauty of choral and instrumental works in which themes such as memory, longing and transcendence are interwoven. John Eliot Gardiner conducts his new T…

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    Sir John Eliot Gardiner Spotify artist Jolly Sheperd: Hodie Christus natus est, SwWv 163 Spotify search Jolly Sheperd: Hodie Christus natus est, SwWv 163 Apple Music Past Three Apple Music composer Past Three: O Clock Spotify search Past Three: O Clock Apple Music [traditional] Spotify composer [traditional] Apple Music composer Past Three; [traditional]: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Spotify search Past Three; [traditional]: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Apple Music A Spotless Rose: O magnum mysterium in G, IWB 96 Spotify search A Spotless Rose: O magnum mysterium in G, IWB 96 Apple Music Entre Le Boeuf: Guillô, pran ton tamborin Spotify search Entre Le Boeuf: Guillô, pran ton tamborin Apple Music Entre Le Boeuf: Psallite Spotify search Entre Le Boeuf: Psallite Apple Music Duarte Lôbo Spotify composer Duarte Lôbo Apple Music composer Duarte Lôbo; Entre Le Boeuf: Quem vidistis pastores?: Quem vidistis pastores? Spotify search Duarte Lôbo; Entre Le Boeuf: Quem vidistis pastores?: Quem vidistis pastores? Apple Music Entre Le Boeuf: In dulci jubilo Spotify search Entre Le Boeuf: In dulci jubilo Apple Music The Cradle Apple Music composer The Cradle: Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby, IWB 76 Spotify search The Cradle: Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby, IWB 76 Apple Music Once As I Remember: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein Spotify search Once As I Remember: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein Apple Music John Gardner Spotify composer John Gardner Apple Music composer John Gardner; Once As I Remember: Entry of the Three Kings Spotify search John Gardner; Once As I Remember: Entry of the Three Kings Apple Music Once As I Remember: King of All Kings Spotify search Once As I Remember: King of All Kings Apple Music Robert Armstrong Spotify composer Robert Armstrong Apple Music composer Once As I Remember; Robert Armstrong: Ring Out Ye Crystal Spheres Spotify search Once As I Remember; Robert Armstrong: Ring Out Ye Crystal Spheres Apple Music Once As I Remember: Gloria in excelsis Deo Spotify search Once As I Remember: Gloria in excelsis Deo Apple Music
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    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen work [traditional] composer Duarte Lôbo composer John Gardner composer Sir John Eliot Gardiner artist