The Christmas Matinee
25 December 2008

The Christmas Matinee is an outstanding milestone in the history of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s television recordings. It all started in 1975 when Bernard Haitink conducted the first televised Christmas Matinee with Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Choé on the program.
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How to become ‘World’s Greatest Symphony Orchestra’

By Rob Overman

What brings a symphony orchestra to the number 1 position of the “World’s Best Orchestra” list of the world renowned Gramophone Magazine? Of course, no one would be surprised about the first three orchestras on Gramophone’s list since the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra have toughed it out in the top three for many years now.
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120 Year Jubilee Concert – Beethoven Piano Concert No. 3

In celebration of the Gramophone Magazine election of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as the ‘best symphony orchestra in the world’, MonteVerdi.TV will broadcast Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring soloist Mitsuko Uchida, from the RCO’s recent "120 Years Jubilee Concert".
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RCO Live

MonteVerdi offers visitors to the RCO mini-site a FREE download of Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. The download is in MP3 format and in high quality (320 kbps).
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The Christmas Matinee
25 December 2008, 3pm CET

The Christmas Matinee is an outstanding milestone in the history of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s television recordings. It all started in 1975 when Bernard Haitink conducted the first televised Christmas Matinee with Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Choé on the program.
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