SALLY & ANTONY JEFFREY’S MUSICAL JOURNEYS
CONCERTGEBOUW AMSTERDAM: MAHLER FESTIVAL, 8-18 MAY 2025, COPENHAGEN ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, 19-22 MAY
To our great excitement, Amsterdam will present all the Mahler symphonies and many major vocal works from 8-18 May 2025 in the Concertgebouw, for more than a century regarded as the world’s greatest concert hall. This will be followed by three days in Copenhagen for two performances in their splendid new Opera House. Being such a unique international event, bookings opened 18 months in advance and . our wonderful agent Claudia Czaak secured sixteen of the best seats for all performances. All places have been taken but if you would like to go on a waiting list for possible cancellations, enter your details below and email to antony@antonyjeffrey.com.
The Mahler extravaganza includes:
- The symphonies and major orchestra vocal works will be played in chronological order on ten successive nights in the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw,
- Five great orchestras, representing the pinnacle of the world’s musical standards have been chosen to perform two concerts (and two symphonies) each:
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam: Klaus Mäkelä (Nos 1 and 8)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden (Nos 2 and 5)
- NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo: Fabio Luisi (Nos 3 and 4)
- Budapest Festival Orchestra: Iván Fischer (Nos 6 and 7)
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Kirill Petrenko (No 9)
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Daniel Barenboim (No 10 -Adagio and Das Lied von der Erde)
- We have also organised an extra three days in Copenhagen to catch two tremendous new productions at the magnificent new Royal Opera House, an opera based on the famous Danish story Aisle and Alida, and a new ballet of Gershwin’s The Great Gatsby.
Journey to Broome and the Bungle Bungles
We have been invited by the remarkable inter-cultural dance company Marrugeku, based in Broome, to visit them and spend a week getting to know them in July 2025, exploring their work and visiting their special sites in and around Broome. I was once the Chairman of Marrugku in the 1990s, and I know this invitation is a special honour and privilege. The week will include a flight to the Bungle Bungles where we will land and be given a guided tour. Confirmation of the journey and full details are expected in February.
Enquiries about Reservations: Email antony@antonyjeffrey.com
MAHLER FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM 8-18 MAY 2025
ROYAL OPERA COPENHAGEN: 19-21 MAY 2025
VISIT TO MARRUGEKU IN BROOME, JULY 2025 (dates and details to be confirmed in February)
WILL YOU JOIN US?
Our detailed itinerary and costings are still being finalised but we need to confirm our bookings in the next few weeks. Our three journeys to Europe this year to Italy, to Germany and shortly to Austria, all filled up very quickly when we sent out invitations last year, so don’t delay in reserving a place.We won’t ask for a deposit until we can send you the detailed itinerary and a costing, but we’ll fill the available places in order of receipt of your requests for places.
If you’d like to look at some of our previous journeys, browse the BLOGS page.