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New Year’s concert with Ben van Oosten

Ben van Oosten regularly performs with great success in the most important organ centers around the world and has established his reputation as one of the leading international concert organists.

Date Saturday 4 January 2025
Time 19:30 hrs till 21:45 hrs
Price pre sale €19,50
at the door €25,-
till 16 yrs €12,50
friend €15,-
Tickets

The 45th edition of the traditional New Year’s Concert by Ben van Oosten.Ben van Oosten studied organ and piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and then in Paris. At the age of 11, Ben van Oosten received his first appointment as a church organist and four years later he made his debut as a concert organist in his hometown. He regularly performs with great success in the most important organ centers around the world and establishes his reputation as one of the leading international concert organists. Since 1990 Ben van Oosten has been organist of the Grote Kerk in The Hague and artistic director of the annual “International Organ Festival”.

Program

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Sinfonia in D gr.t.

uit Cantate “Wir danken dir, Gott” BWV 29
(orgelbew.: Marcel Dupré)

Sinfonia pastorale in G gr.t. (“Hirtenmusik”)
uit “Weihnachtsoratorium” BWV 248
(orgelbew.: Sigfrid Karg-Elert)

 

ALEXANDRE BOËLY
Vijf “Noëls”:

– Venez divin Messie
– Puer nobis nascitur
– Or, dites-nous Marie
– Je me suis levé par un matinet
– A minuit fut fait un réveil

 

MAX REGER
Phantasie über den Choral

“Wie schön leucht’ uns der Morgenstern”, op. 40/1


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LOUIS VIERNE
Symphonie nr. 1 in d kl.t., op. 14 (1899)

– Prélude
– Fugue
– Pastorale
– Allegro vivace
– Andante
– Final