The duo that won last year's Grachtenfestival prize and a concert in Saint Petersburg, are back this year with a whole new programme.
With: Erik Bosgraaf, recorder; Izhar Elias, guitar
This concert will be recorded by Concertzender and broadcast at a later date.

UnderCurrent, this year's festival theme, also features in the boat trips on the canals. Locks regulate the flow of the waters, a job that used to be done by windmills. But how bad was the stench in those times gone by, when the wind would not be blowing, so that the windmills would not be working and the waters would not be flowing? Has any canal ever been filled in by royal decree, because of the stench? During this boat trip De Gebouwengids Wendeline Dijkman talks about the beautiful ring of canals and the currents in the historical city centre.
With: Wendeline Dijkman, De Gebouwengids
In collaboration with Canal Company

This concert is part of the series 'Windkracht 12' in collaboration with Kunst & Cultuur Drenthe
With: Arthur Klaassens, oboe; Mengjie Han, piano
Dit concert maakt deel uit van de serie 'Windkracht 12', i.s.m. Kunst & Cultuur Drenthe

Following the currents of the IJ. The festival theme of UnderCurrent features in the boat trips on the river IJ, in the sense of the currents of the waters. We're being led along by the currents to the western part of the IJ, and the Western Islands. Which currents or schools of architecture can be found in the Western Docks, at the Silodam, the Western Islands and Overhoeks? Wendeline Dijkman, the Gebouwengids, explains all about these and other currents and trends at the banks of the IJ.
With: Wendeline Dijkman, De Gebouwengids

Daily at 13.00, a series of concerts at the Westerkerk with organist Jos van der Kooy and guests.
With: Jos van der Kooy, organ; Matthijs Koene, pan flute
In collaboration with the Duyschot Stichting Westerkerk

Violinist Rosanne Philippens, recipient of many prizes, teams up with two like-minded souls to play, amongst other pieces, Brahms' Horn Trio.
With: Rosanne Philippens, violin; Rob van de Laar, horn; Yuri van Nieuwkerk, piano
This concert will be recorded by Concertzender and broadcast at a later date.

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

Total concert package in the courtyard of the Pulitzer Hotel. Starting off with a drink, followed by music by the Bermuda reed trio and a barbecue tasting to finish the evening off
With: Bermuda Riettrio: Paloma de Beer, oboe; Bart de Kater, clarinet; Renée Knigge, bassoon
Dit concert wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door de Koninklijke Nederlandse Toonkunstenaars Vereniging

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

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

Four times lucky ... Two marimba's, four players, four raincoats, four buckets, one concert
With: Niels Meliefste, Anneloes Meier, Jeroen Geevers, José Garcia, percussion
With thanks to Stadsherstel Amsterdam N.V.

Subtext
'Subtext' is about different levels of communication. In Lukas Foss' mini opera Introductions and Goodbyes with a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, Mr McC receives nine guest at his party. As the last guests have arrived, and everybody has been introduced to one another, the first guests are leaving. Mr. McC is left alone again.
The song cycle rom Jewish Folk Poetry by Dmitri Shostakovich contains many undercurrents of protest against Stalinism. The musical Yiddish influences are often humorous with dark undertones.
Schönberg's canon serves as a linking device and offers words of hope.
Samuel Barber's A Hand of Bridge is also based on a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti. Two couples give us an insight in their inner world as they play their game of bridge. Their thoughts are many, none of them are about the card game. Bill dreams of a beautiful woman, named Cymbeline. Sally is absorbed by a hat with peacock feathers. Geraldine is troubled by her relationship with her dying mother. And David finds himself in the middle of a true midlife crisis. He fantasizes about power, sex, money and all the other things he does not have.
With: Quatre Bouches:
Bauwien van der Meer, soprano; Petra Ehrismann, alto; Gerben Houba, tenor; Michel Poels, baritone; Abigail Richards, piano