Bach by Candlelight & Nieuwjaarsconcert - Westerkerk Amsterdam

December 30 - Ending the year with Bach - Laurens de Man | January 11 - New Year's Concert - Evan BogerdWinter Organ Festival - Westerkerk Amsterdam

De Duyschot also organizes around the New Year Another two wonderful concerts. Traditionally, we end the year with a 'End the year with Bach' concert. This concert on December 30 is provided by Dutch Music Prize winner Laurens de Man. The chandeliers with real candles are lit for a truly atmospheric concert!

On January 11, the new year will open with a cheerful and spectacular strong>new year's concert by Evan Bogerd. Evan is organist at the Westerkerk in Amsterdam and also a much sought-after organist at home and abroad. This evening promises to be a special organ evening with, among others, Dvořák's 9th Symphony 'From the New World'!< /p>

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December 30, 8:00 PM - Laurens de Man - Bach by Candlelight

Laurens de Man, brand new winner of the Dutch Music Prize, ends the year with Bach. In the candlelit Westerkerk, an ode to Bach can be heard on the masterful Duyschot organ.

Program (without break):

• Prelude in A minor, BWV 922
• Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
• Canonical Changes over the Day Weynacht-Lied “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her”, BWV 769 (“Stichfassung”)
• In dir ist Freude, BWV 615
• Pastorella in F, BWV 590
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• Concerto in G minor, BWV 975, after A. Vivaldi
• Das alte Jahr verleggen ist, BWV 614
• Praeludium & Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

January 11, 8:00 PM - Evan Bogerd - New Year's Concert

Evan Bogerd, organist of the Westerkerk, presents a cheerful and spectacular program to celebrate the new year. On the large monumental Duyschot organ he opens the new year as we ended the previous year, with Bach! The monumental dances of Jehan Alain, written just before the outbreak of the Second World War, are also heard. After the break, Dvořák's 9th Symphony 'From the New World' will be played on the Duyschot organ!

Evan Bogerd switches effortlessly between style periods. His art of improvisation is unprecedented and varied. He knows the organ of the Westerkerk inside and out. Come experience it!

Program:

J.S. Bach - Prelude and fugue D-Dur, BWV 532

Jehan Alain - Trois Dances (1937-1940)

• Joies
• Deuils (Danse funèbre for honoring a memory héroïque)
• Luttes

Improvisation

Pause

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' (1893)

• Adagio - Allegro molto
• Largo
• Scherzo: Molto vivace
• Final: Allegro con fuoco

Church opens: 7.30 pm

Tickets: €15,-, PIN only at the box office

Admission: until 16 years free

Break: drinks available, not included