Curious about how the rehearsals leading up to the North Netherlands Orchestra’s concerts go? Then come attend an open rehearsal. Listen as the conductor rehearses part of that week’s concert program together with the orchestra. The open rehearsals are free to attend and run from 12:00 to 12:30.

Music can make or break a film. Film music can be incredibly good. And you really only hear that truly during a live performance. Some soundtracks are so orchestral that they seem made for the concert hall. This is certainly true for the epic, heroic music Pinar Toprak wrote for the 2019 Captain Marvel film adaptation. A medley of highlights can be heard from it. Two other composers, Rachel Portman and Debbie Wiseman, created a wonderfully romantic sound world for Chocolat and Oscar Wilde, respectively—two atmospheric films that owed their success largely to the music. Alan Silvestri’s closing music for Forrest Gump is a classic tearjerker, and in Elmer Bernstein’s Magnificent Seven theme, the sound of old Hollywood is revived. And, of course, there are famous ‘signature themes’, such as those from Superman, Mission Impossible, and James Bond. Needless to say, such music is a delight for the orchestra members to play—so there is still plenty to see even without a film.