Music for Breakfast: Party Like it’s 1799
Breakfast concert on a Sunday morning.
In his younger years – before he had his wild hair and his piercing gaze – Beethoven wrote his sunniest work. Take the Serenade from 1801: party music based on a Mozartian recipe, which immediately became a huge hit. More than a century later, Jean Françaix was also inspired by the wig era. His Trio a cordes dances as if it were 1799, peppered with jazzy rhythms and blue notes. In between these two party animals, Arnold Bax provides a moment of tranquility with his sublime Elegiac Trio.
Programme & performers
Beethoven
Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D, op. 25
Arnold Bax
Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp
Jean Françaix
Trio à cordes
What is Music for Breakfast?
Start your day in leisurely fashion, enjoy a delicious breakfast and lovely music. An hour of pure gold for you and for each other on Sunday morning. Treat yourself to a musical breakfast put together by musicians of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: After you have enjoyed a delicious Sunday morning breakfast, they will lull you with calming Sunday morning music, as well as wake you with espresso shots of new music. Music for Breakfast – it promises to be an hour of pure magic!
♪ Included in the ticket price is a small breakfast: coffee/tea, juice, a croissant, fresh fruit, and a rotating breakfast item.
♪ The doors open at 9:15 am. Breakfast will be cleared away at 10:15 am.
♪ The concert begins at 10:30 am and lasts about an hour.
Location: Dudok aan de Maas
As part of Rotterdam's Cruise Terminal, Dudok Aan De Maas is the rightful grandstand on the river Maas. It's enormous Glass facade in its iconic round shape gives us a unique view of Rotterdam's skyline. This is the place where the busy city life meets a nice coming together on a special location.
Chamber music at its best
The performance was beautiful, the presentation added extra listening pleasure: I enjoyed it from start to finish!
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