Kleine zaal
-- Doors open 19:15
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Performers
Cappella Amsterdam
Berlage Saxophone Quartet
Jan Brokken - speaker
Daniel Reuss - conductor - Part of International Top Choirs
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A drink included
A drink is included in the ticket price for this concert
Cappella Amsterdam & Berlage Saxophone Quartet
De Rechtvaardigen met Jan Brokken
- Brass
- Koormuziek
- Literair
- Spreker
- Verdieping (lezing
Tickets
- Rang 1 €39,00
- Rang 2 €35,00
- Rang 3 €29,00
Together with Cappella Amsterdam, led by Daniel Reuss, we celebrate 80 years of freedom alongside the Berlage Saxophone Quartet and storyteller Jan Brokken.
With The Righteous, based on Jan Brokken’s book of the same name, they tell the story of Dutch consul and Philips executive Jan Zwartendijk, who risked his life for the freedom of others. At the start of World War II, Zwartendijk issued visas in Kaunas, Lithuania, for thousands of Jewish refugees. These visas for Curaçao allowed them to travel via the Trans-Siberian Express to Japan, escaping the horrors of the Holocaust. His brave actions saved countless lives.
The story also follows Leo Adler and his wife, Bella Hamburg, who, after a six-year journey, reached New York but continued to long for their homeland and native language.
Through Jan Brokken’s narration, interwoven with music for choir and saxophone quartet, this seamlessly composed concert shows how the courageous acts of one person can save thousands of lives.
Program
Vasks – The Fruit of Silence
Auerbach – 72 Angels (selection)
Vasks – Actus Caritatis
Sjostakovitsj – from Jewish Folk Poetry: Lullaby
Vigh – Seven Years and Three Weeks – The Flight of Leo and Bella Adler
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- Doors open 19:15
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Performers
Cappella Amsterdam
Berlage Saxophone Quartet
Jan Brokken - speaker
Daniel Reuss - conductor - Part of International Top Choirs
-
A drink included
A drink is included in the ticket price for this concert
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