Boat trip on the IJ.
With: Wendeline Dijkman, De Gebouwengids
In collaboration with Canal Company

Visiting three of the Gardens of Amsterdam-Noord by bike, where the Codarts Blazers Ensemble will play a concert in three parts.
With: Codarts Blazers Ensemble, conducted by Dick Verhoef

Three musicians and a priestess wander the island, searching for the oracle tree
With: Reineke Jonker, actress/vocals; Bastiaan Woltjer, trombone/composition; Rudi van Hest, clarinet/bass clarinet; Anneke Wensink, horn; Paul Knieriem, direction/script editing
The ferry leaves at 11.45 and 13.45
Departpure point: Zouthaven, Piet Heinkade 1 (near Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ).
Embarkation from 15 minutes before departure. The ferry leaves exactly on time.

During the trip to Vuurtoreneiland you can purchase sandwiches and drinks on deck.

In collaboration with IJveer and De Merwed

Visiting three of the Gardens of Amsterdam-Noord by bike, where the Codarts Blazers Ensemble will play a concert in three parts.
With: Codarts Blazers Ensemble conducted by Dick Verhoef

Daily lunchtime programme with soloists or ensembles from a different Dutch county.
Works of amongst others Poulenc, Taillefere and c.ph.e. Bach
With: Annemieke Hereijgers, flute; Ernst Paul Fuchs, piano
This concert is part of the Windkracht 12 series, a collaboration with Kunst & Cultuur Drenthe

Musicians of the Youtube Grachtenfestival Conservatory Competition 2010 play at the open air concert in the Vondelpark.
With: Musicians Youtube Grachtenfestival Conservatory Competition: RuneaS DUO: Simon Brew, saxophone; Andrey Nesterenko, piano; Marta Líebana Martínez, piano; Arthur Klaassens, oboe; Wenny Roeffen, flute

This year's festival theme UnderCurrent features in the boat trips on the IJ. Taken along by the currents of the river, we discover the East Harbour and the Eastern Docks. Do the currents cause the waters in these parts of the city to be so clean that you can swim in them? And which 'currents' or schools of architecture can we detect in this former port area?
With: Wendeline Dijkman, De Gebouwengids
In collaboration with Canal Company

A concert in tribute to the heroes of past and present who have not let themselves be shut up and have kept on making their own music.
With: EnsembleCaméléon:
Aisling Casey, oboe; Sonja van Beek, violin; Joost Keizer, viola; Floris Mijnders, cello; Wilmar de Visser, double bass

Visiting three of the Gardens of Amsterdam-Noord by bike, where the Codarts Blazers Ensemble will play a concert in three parts.
With: Codarts Blazers Ensemble conducted by Dick Verhoef

The Singel was dug round 1425 as a moat and was originally called Koningsgracht. The 390 houses at the Singel date from the 17th and 18th centuries and are comparable in their splendour with those on the Keizers- and Herengracht
With: Hans Tulleners, guide
maximum of 25 people

Avond van de Jonge Musicus finalist Triesschijn plays with his baroque ensemble in the futuristic surroundings of Arcam
With: Thomas Triesschijn, recorder; Arthur Rusanovsky, violin; Ilse te Wies, cello; Luba Podgayskaya, harpsichord

The stars of the future. Three winners of the Steinway Piano Competition at the Noorderparkkamer
With: Tejas Ziegler, Nicola Braam, Ghil Bae, piano

Daniël van der Hoeven, winner of the YPF Piano competition 2010, plays Bach, Rachmaninov and Ravel.
With: Daniël van der Hoeven, piano

Daily talk show in the festival café, where Hans Haffmans will interview musicians about their upcoming performance at the festival. With live song and music and a daily contribution from columnist Nander Cirkel.
With: Hans Haffmans, presentation; Sabine Wüthrich, soprano; Daniël Kramer, piano; Nander Cirkel, column

EarBites wordt van maandag t/m vrijdag live uitgezonden in het NPS-radioprogramma Viertakt Podium op Radio 4

The Lighthouse is one of Peter Maxwell Davies’ most successful opera's. The opera is based on the true story of three lighthouse keepers who due to violent storms are shut up in the lighthouse. The ship Hesperus leaves its home port of Stromness for a voyage to the Flannan Isles to relieve the lighthouse keepers. When the ship arrives however, the lighthouse is empty. The lamp is out, but in perfect working order. Breakfast sits untouched on the table. The beds have been vacated in a hurry. On a peg hangs one coat. The clock is not ticking ... Something is amiss.
There is no sign of life at the lighthouse and when a search party is organised the desperate calls are not answered. Slowly the horrific realisation dawns on the men that the lighthouse keepers have vanished into thin air.
Up to this day no one knows what really happened to the three lighthouse keepers of Eilan Mor on the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Were they washed away by the waves? Did they go mad in the claustrophobically small room of the lighthouse? Were they abducted by spies or even aliens? One thing is certain: it still is one of the most enduring mysteries of British nautical history.
With: Creative team:
Jonathan Berman, conductor; Timothy Nelson, direction / set design; Bas Berensen, lighting design; Michelle Cantwell, costumes; Patrick Josso, co-design
Resident Artists:
Sandy/Officer 1, Richard Rowe, tenor; Blazes/Officer 2, Kris Belligh, baritone; Arthur/Officer 3/Voice of Cards, John Molloy, bass; Aleg Tryfanenkau, repetiteur
Grachtenfestivalorkest:
Romana Goumare, flute/piccolo/alto flute; Michel Marang, clarinet/basa clarinet; Okke Westdorp, horn; Marc Kaptijn, trumpet; Koen Kaptijn, trombone; Ramon Lormans, percussion; Jeroen Bal, piano/celesta; Joseaugusto Meija, guitar/banjo; Hebe Mensinga, violin; Joël Waterman, viola; Evelien Prakke, cello; Matthew Midgley, double bass

In conjunction with the Nationale Reisopera

With his unusual ensemble of trumpet / vocals, two violins, cello, harp, piano and double bass, trumpet player and singer Eef van Breen creates a musical atmosphere that sets the senses on edge.
With: Eef van Breen Group: Eef van Breen, trumpet/vocals/composition; Walter Wolff, piano; Brice Soniano, double bass; Merel Junge, violin; Cecilia Bernardini, violin; Genéviève Verhage, cello; Eva Tebbe, harp
Dit concert wordt opgenomen door de Concertzender en uitgezonden op een later tijdstip

Four gentlemen raise their glasses and perform Schubert drinking songs at the Amstel Hotel
With: Jeroen de Vaal, tenor; Erik Slik, tenor; Wiard Witholt, baritone; Erks Jan Dekker, bass-baritone; Ernst Munneke, piano