Concertzender Newsletter

Editorial

The Concertzender in 2025: a musical party on every day of the year.

A new year, a new beginning: we wish you a relaxing and, above all, musical new year. One thing is certain, you can indulge yourself with lots of wonderful music at the Concertzender.

Enjoy old gems, listen to live concerts or broaden your musical experience with the help of our music experts. Make good use of 'My Concertzender' to immediately tune into your favourite programmes.

In 2025 you will discover what our new programme makers have in store for Crosslinks and World Music, can swing further with World of Jazz and can immerse yourselves in northern musical atmospheres with a weekly dose of Northern Lights.

In the first article you will find all our programmes for 2025 in a handy overview. We are ready and wish you a lot of listening pleasure in the coming year.

Theme: General

The Concertzender: from successful anniversary to a new musical year

In 2024 we celebrated our 40th anniversary, a year with many highlights. Not only did we broadcast many special anniversary concerts, but we also won the 'Zilveren Reissmicrofoon' award and launched a whole new channel: World of Jazz.

jubileumfilmpje What is the secret behind the success of the Concertzender? Watch our video, which provides an overview of the history of the station and all that the Concertzender now offers its listeners. The video was compiled by Julian de Keijzer.

Below you will find a handy overview of our programmes for 2025, so you don't need to miss a single broadcast with your favorite music!

View or download the broadcast schedule as PDF. If you prefer to view or download the schedule as an image, it's also available as PNG image.

On demand

Theme: Early | Cultural Interfaces

Concertzender remembers Marijke Ferguson (1927-2024)

Last November, music pioneer and former programme maker Marijke Ferguson passed away.

She was a household name in the world of early music and continued to produce radio programmes for the Concertzender until late in her life, including Radio Music-Essay and Antiqua versus Nova.

In memory of her, we have repeated her anniversary programme Ears pricked from 2016 on New Year's Day. We then celebrated her 50th anniversary as a presenter and radio maker with a live program in the Amsterdam Public Library. You can listen to a short Radio Music Essay from Marijke on the theme of 50 years of making radio, including interviews with and live performances by, among others, former members of Studio Laren, the early music ensemble she founded.

Listen: Ears pricked, broadcast Wednesday 1 January 2025.

photo: Marijke Ferguson during the recording of Ears pricked on 11 December 2016
photographer: Co Broerse

Monday January 6th

Theme: Crosslinks

Meet our brand-new coordinator

From January 1, Stefan Koopmanschap will succeed the highly esteemed Hessel Veldman as the new coordinator for the Crosslinks programs at the Concertzender. We would like to introduce him to you.

Stefan Koopmanschap Stefan describes himself musically as a child of the '90s, but nevertheless cannot be pigeonholed. His love of music started with alternative guitar music together with house and techno. He always pushed the boundaries: “I didn't have to be so well-behaved.” His taste in music later shifted to the more unknown: industrial, noise, (dark) ambient, IDM and much more.

“I have been a regular listener to Bob Rusche's X-Rated program for a long time. After Bob went from Kink FM to the Concertzender, I started listening to more and more programmes there. I realise that I have big shoes to fill as the new coordinator, but I will do my best to ensure that the Crosslinks programmes can continue to deliver enjoyable and stimulating music for years to come.”

Every Sunday evening you can listen to various crosslinks programmes. In January these programmes include an episode of Dr. Klangendum with Phil Harrison in a sound-art documentary titled 'Bristol sound system art punk'.

Listen: Dr. Klangendum, Monday 6 January at 00:00 - 01:00 CET.

Theme: World of Jazz

World of Jazz becomes a multimedia platform

Almost all jazz writers in the Netherlands have come together on the World of Jazz platform and now provide, with a simple mouse click, access to a world of concert and CD reviews, interviews, photography and much more for all Jazz and World music enthousiasts in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Although Jazzism Magazine is no longer being printed, you can still find Jazzism, together with JazzNu, Jazzflits, JazzRadar, Jazzenzo, DraaiOmJeOren, WrittenInMusic, MixedWorldMusic and the NederlandsJazzArchief side by side in the 'Jazz in the media' slider. A great initiative, made possible by BiMpro, the Professional Association of Improvising Musicians.

Since its start in April, WorldOfJazz.nl has been the platform where you can listen to a wide range of jazz and world music programmes and soon you will also be able to watch videos. You can listen to recordings of concerts from Dutch jazz venues or click through to one of the above platforms, all of which provide their own view of our rich jazz and world music landscape.

Follow WorldofJazz.nl on Facebook and Instagram!

Tuesday January 7th

Theme: Contemporary

Enjoy Northern Lights every week in 2025

From January 7, 2025, we will broadcast our Northern Lights programme weekly on Tuesday evenings. Northern Lights is a programme with contemporary music from Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

This is necessary because want to give enough our attention to all the exceptional music that is coming out of those countries. The entire spectrum of classical and crossover is covered as well as a lot of jazz, because the jazz scene is alive and kicking over there.

In the first episode of the New Year we listen to new music by Norwegian tuba player Daniel Herskedal and further explore the work of Danish composer Herman Koppel.

Listen: Northern Lights, Tuesday 7 January 22:00 - 23:00 CET.

photo: Daniel Herskedal
photographer: Knut Aaserud

On demand

Theme: Jazz | World of Jazz

The Great American Songbook: compositions by Hoagy Carmichael

In part 1 of The Great American Songbook, which was broadcast on Saturday November 23, we discovered the music of American composer and songwriter Hoagland Howard Carmichael.

Hoagy Carmichael also played the piano and was an actor. He has produced a lot of music, with Stardust being one of his best-known works. You can listen to the first episode via this link.

Part 2 of this series of programmes follows on Saturday 25 January. Around that date more information about the programme will be available on WorldofJazz.nl.

Podcast (on demand)

Theme: Classical

Podcast series about pianist Noël Lee

In December we commemorated the work of a great pianist: Noël Lee, in honour of the centenary of his birth. Reason enough for Evert Jan Nagtegaal and Hans Meerman to have created a podcast series.

The series consists of five consecutive episodes, each of which highlights a different aspect of Noël Lee. There is attention to both his work as an ensemble player and to his own compositions. We also discuss his important work as a song pianist and of course as a solo pianist.

Concertzender Podcasts Noël Lee – five episodes, starting from 25 December 2024:

Listen to all episodes
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Sunday January 26th

Theme: Early

Discounts for Händel in the Concertgebouw with Sarah Connolly

On Sunday January 26 in the afternoon, there will be a one-off concert in the Concertgebouw with arias from a number of Handel's operas. The most beautiful arias, from Ariodante, Giulio Cesare and Rinaldo, among others, are performed by none other than mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, a living legend as well as a 'Dame'.

Sarah Connolly She performs arias such as Lascia ch'io pianga, Va Tacito and Scherza Infida and is accompanied by the Baroque ensemble Il Gardellino led by harpsichordist Korneel Bernolet.

As a reader of the Concertzender newsletter, you can attend this concert with a €20 discount. For tickets and more information, visit Barok Vocaal. The discount is valid for tickets in rank 1 and rank 1+.

Location and date: Sunday 26 January 2025, 15:00 - 17:00 CET, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Grote Zaal