Leo van Doeselaar plays the Concertgebouw organ : Main Hall

Robeco SummerNights brings you the chance to enjoy a night out at the legendary Royal Concertgebouw and experience the unparalleled power of classical music. Experience its exceptional acoustics as you savour the sounds of Leo Van Doeselaar play a spectacular recital at the Maarschalkerweerd organ.

Leo van Doeselaar

House organist at The Royal Concertgebouw, Leo van Doeslaar is an award- winning Dutch organist and conductor. He performs one of the most impressive summer concerts every year. Doeslaar, who won the Grammy for his organ solo with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, has also been awarded the Prix d’Excellance in the organ.

Toccata

This year, the theme for Doeselaar’s annual summer concert is the toccata- a virtuoso fantasy work with no fixed form and can be written for a variety of instruments. More than a hundred years after it underwent its highest development, the toccata culminated in the work of Jonathan Bach and has now come to be known as the ‘Bach toccata’ for the organ.

Maarsschaalkerweerd Organ: Leo van Doeselaar

JS Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564

Beethoven: Adagio in F WOO 33/1

Mendelssohn: Fifth Symphony in D, op. 107 (Edit. W. Best)

De Klerk: Passacaglia in C

De Klerk: Toccata in b

Widor: Allegro cantabile (from “Fifth symphony”, 42, No. 1)

Widor: Adagio (from “Fifth symphony”, 42, No. 1)

Widor: Toccata (from “Fifth symphony”, 42, No. 1)

• There is no intermission in this concert

• Drinks are included in the ticket price