Love, war, heavenly life and death: these big themes all pass by in the monumental music of Mahler, Britten and also Richard Strauss. The National Youth Orchestra of The Netherlands (NJO) will bring these great musical works, conducted by Alexander Shelley, on stage in the summer of 2022. Concerts are planned during the festival 'Muziekzomer Gelderland' (from July 29th to August 14th 2022), in The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) and in a tour through Romania and Berlin.

Violinist Coraline Groen will travel with the orchestra as a soloist for the Violin Concerto of Benjamin Britten, as will soprano Annemarie Kremer for Vier Letzte Lieder by Strauss and soprano Laetitia Gerards to perform Mahler's Fourth Symphony.