Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

This guide to Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam starts not at the 2005 concert hall but at De IJsbreker, a small waterfront pub that began slipping experimental concerts between drinks in 1979 and hosted premieres by John Cage and Louis Andriessen. It follows the pub's growth into a venue of three hundred concerts a year and the architects who eventually gave it this glass home on the water. Listen for how the main hall's acoustics were engineered, and what listeners say they can hear in the silence.