Memorial concert 2026
The bombing of 14 May 1940 set Rotterdam ablaze. Eighty-six years later, we commemorate the fragility of everything we hold dear.
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4musicians
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The bombing of 14 May 1940 set Rotterdam ablaze. Eighty-six years later, we commemorate the fragility of all that we hold dear with music from that harrowing wartime era. Shostakovich’s Piano Trio weaves Jewish melodies into a haunting dance of death, while Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time offers a vision of peace beyond the end of days. Never has this music spoken to us more powerfully than now.
Programme & performers
Shostakovich
First Piano Trio
Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Violin
Marieke Blankenstijn
Cello
Emanuele Silvestri
Clarinet
Julien Hervé
Piano
Hannes Minnaar

All play dates of Memorial concert 2026
Thursday 14 May 20268:15 PM
RotterdamLaurenskerk
Sale starts: May 20st 10:00 AM