Program Booklet

Sinterklaas Concert: Klaas & Krum

Saturday , November 22
11:00 hour until approximately 12:00 noon

A mysterious package, exciting adventure and vibrant music

Schedule

10:30 a.m. - doors open, fringe programming and coffee & lemonade
11:00 a.m. - Concert
12:00 p.m. - End of concert

What are you going to listen to?

A party, presents and cake ... sounds fun, right? Well, not for Klaas. He thinks birthdays are stupid: boring presents, dirty cake and annoying visitors. Until suddenly a mysterious uncle shows up with ... a mysterious package. Don't open it! it says. But then again, how long can you keep that up?

Together with his best friend Krum, Klaas embarks on a wacky adventure filled with strange animals, stubborn horses and dangerous candy. The Residentie Orkest plays the soundtrack to this adventure, with music that can hum like a bear, prance like a paard or whisper like the wind. Together with actors Amy van der Weerden and Jacob de Groot, Oorkaan provides a clever mix of drama, humor and music. With sharp dialogues, unexpected turns and a good dose of mischief, they put the entire orchestra and the audience on edge.

But the biggest question remains: who gets to open the package? And ... is there actually anything in it?

Well-known classical works

The concert features many classical works by great composers. Do you know how to recognize them? If you listen carefully you can discover the following pieces:

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Haffner Serenade: Menuetto

  • Béla Bartók - Concert for Orchestra

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Gran Partita

  • Gustav Mahler - Totenfeier

  • Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

  • Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra

This performance was developed by Oorkaan i.c.w. the Residentie Orkest.

Practice the songs from the show ahead of time so you can sing along at the top of your voice!

Programme

Leonard Evers conductor and arranger
Caecilia
Thunnissen directing
Amy van der Weerden
text
Amy van der Weerden and Jacob de Groot
actors
Maartje Prins
scenography
Charlie van Oudenallen
assistant scenography
Maaike-Merel van Baarzel
advice repertoire selection and education

Music will be heard, among others, from:
Mozart Menuetto from Serenade No. 7 'Haffner'
Bartók Giuoco delle coppie from Concert for Orchestra
Mozart Adagio from Gran Partita
Mahler Begin from Totenfeier / Symphony No. 2
Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
R. Strauss Einleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang from 'Also sprach Zarathustra'

And of course several St. Nicholas songs!

Help The Hague get music!

Support us and help reach and connect all residents of The Hague with our music.

Did you like Oorkaan's performance with the Residentie Orkest ? Then visit the performance next Sunday 23 November ZOEMMM (free) on the Tribunetrap in Amareor Kantjil en de Tijger in the Koninklijke Schouwburg by Oorkaan.
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