古樂指南：世界各地的音樂會

Middagconcerten van Antwerpen vzw – Young Masters: Samuele Tacchini

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT

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Piano Middagconcerten van Antwerpen vzw presents a series of concerts at AMUZ on Fridays at 12 PM. More info: https://www.middagconcerten.be

Pseudonym

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT

門票: €22

Concertgebouw Brugge (Kamermuziekzaal)

Pseudonym, featuring MA Competition laureate and harpsichordist Gabriel Smallwood, and flautist Liane Sadler, explores Italian music from the early 17th century. Just as in those days, the musicians of this young ensemble play on various instruments and in mixed consort settings. Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/pseudonym-2026-08-01-11-30 vanaf 12 jaar.

Vox Luminis

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT

門票: €25

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Église Saint-Sébastien)

Vox Luminis takes us on a real journey through time, offering the Stavelot audience a very fine selection of Jean-Sébastien Bach's motets, music from which the Leipzig Cantor draws its sources from the chorale tradition as imagined by Martin Luther in the 16th century. To the simplicity of the origins of the genre, Bach brings all his knowledge in the expression of emotions, transforming these prayers into real baroque paintings endowed with the colors of the instruments and intense fervour.

Museum Night: Dowland x Drake

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:30:00 GMT

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Two worlds, one sound What do an Elizabethan lutenist and a 1970s English folk singer-songwriter have in common? More than you might think. John Dowland (1563–1626) and Nick Drake (1948–1974) shared a fascination with the dark, with that fragile beauty that resides somewhere between beauty and sorrow. Klang collective brings these two 'knights of melancholy' together at AMUZ. Soprano Annelies Van Gramberen and singer-songwriter Sim Van Thienen form an unlikely yet compelling duo. Renaissance music and seventies folk may sound like a bold combination, but in their hands, it feels surprisingly natural. With vocal and instrumental loops, electronics, and an arsenal of guitars, they create a rich soundscape. At one moment, a song sounds wonderfully familiar, then it gets deconstructed, stretched, and reshaped into something new. Both familiar and alienating at the same time. “KLANG Collective makes music for twilight, when the last light leaves the sky and everything momentarily holds its breath” – De Tijd. Start times: 20:30 21:30 22:30 23:30

WOLF

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT

門票: €20

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Église Saint-Sébastien)

Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz is the absolute model of German romantic opera and we know that Richard Wagner held it in very high esteem. Since its creation, arrangers have continued to offer transcriptions for all sorts of instruments. In cities where theaters with the capacity for such fantastic performances did not exist, this practice certainly contributed to the publicity and dissemination of its impressive openness, as well as the most popular arias and choruses. The version by Karl Flachs from Berlin for wind ensemble dates from 1822.

Les Kapsber'girls

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:15:00 GMT

門票: €8

30CC/Schouwburg

Vox Feminae Andrea Falconieri, Francesca Campana, Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo Vox Feminae spotlights five Italian female composers of the Seicento – voices long overlooked in music history. Francesca Caccini, Francesca Campana, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda and Antonia Bembo demonstrate just how vibrant and varied female musical creativity was in 17th-century Italy. Their arias, villanellas and sacred works give voice to strong musical personalities, deeply rooted in the musical language of the early Baroque. More info www.zomervansintpieter.be with Les kapsber’girls: Gabrielle Varbetian (soprano) - Axelle Verner (mezzo-soprano) - Garance Boizot (viola da gamba) - Vincent Kibildis (triple harp) - Albane Imbs (lute and direction)

Trio Jenlis

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Réfectoire des Moines - Abbaye de Stavelot)

Throughout their program, the Jenlis Trio takes you on a journey from the Spanish sun to the Carpathian Mountains. Throughout the centuries, composers of scholarly music have been interested in traditional music to rediscover the sound memory of their homeland or out of attraction to other cultures. With the sound of the violin, cello, and harp, this program explores the influence of traditional music on composers such as Bartók or Piazzolla. The Jenlis Trio, this siblings, will seduce you with their family complicity and the unprecedented harmony of their instruments.

Marc Sabbah

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:15:00 GMT

門票: €8

30CC/Schouwburg

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia 3 per il violino senza basso, TXV 40:16 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Suite No. 4 for solo cello, BWV 1010 On the viola, Marc Sabbah explores the sonic possibilities of the Baroque solo repertoire. Georg Philipp Telemann’s Fantasias for violin without basso continuo reveal the freedom and inventiveness of a style of writing without accompaniment. Virtuosity and melodic eloquence go hand in hand, suggesting a distinct sense of harmony and polyphony. With his Suite No. 4 for solo cello, Johann Sebastian Bach brings this genre to a peak, shaping music of remarkable formal balance and contrapuntal depth. More info www.zomervansintpieter.be with Marc Sabbah (viola)

The BanXhies

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT

門票: €22

Concertgebouw Brugge (Kamermuziekzaal)

Four leading French musicians of the new generation take you on a journey through the musical landscapes of the Venetian Republic and Vienna during the time of Antonio Caldara. We explore the encounters that shaped him, from his mentors to his rivals. Vivaldi, Biber, Froberger and Porpora round off this breathtaking programme. Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/the-banxhies-2026-08-07-11-30 vanaf 12 jaar.

Violaine Le Chenadec - La Guilde des Mercenaires

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:15:00 GMT

門票: €8

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Two Trumpets, RV 537 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Eternal source of light divine Let the Bright Seraphim Maurice Greene (1696-1755) Volontary Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Vedrò con mio diletto Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) Vien con nuova orribil guerra In the Baroque era, the natural trumpet and the cornett held a prominent place in sacred and ceremonial music. Their brilliance and virtuosity made them emblematic instruments of major celebrations. In the works by Vivaldi, Handel, Albinoni and Greene, their luminous timbres enter into a lively dialogue with voice and organ, in a distinctly Baroque play of contrast and ornamentation. This programme highlights the full range of these historical instruments and their special affinity with the human voice. More info www.zomervansintpieter.be with Violaine Le Chenadec (soprano) - La Guilde des Mercenaires: Adrien Mabire (baroque trumpet and cornett) - Jean Bollinger (baroque trumpet) - Jean-Luc Ho (organ)

Olivier Riehl, Bérengère Maillard, Nima Ben David en Jean-Luc Ho

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:15:00 GMT

門票: €8

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François Couperin (1668-1733) Quatrième Ordre “La Piémontoise” Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764) Chaconne, op. 8 At the beginning of the 18th century, French instrumental music cultivated an art of refinement and eloquence. In his Quatrième Ordre, François Couperin brings together short harpsichord pieces, each with an evocative title suggesting a particular mood or character. Ornamentation, rhythmic flexibility and musical expression shape this gallery of musical character studies. With the Chaconne, Op. 8, Jean‑Marie Leclair, for his part, illustrates the finesse of French violin playing, enriched by Italian influences and shaped by a style that is both virtuosic and expressive. More info www.zomervansintpieter.be with Olivier Riehl (traverso) - Bérengère Maillard (violin) - Nina Ben David (viola da gamba) - Jean-Luc Ho (harpsichord)

Tenebrae

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €38 – €42

AMUZ Antwerpen (Handelsbeurs)

Requiem by Tomás Luis de Victoria There is music you recognise right away, as if it were imprinted on our collective memory. Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Requiem is one such work: a great blanket of sound, full of hope and trust, that wraps comfortingly around you. Written for the funeral of Empress Maria of Austria, this is no scream of despair, but a paragon of genuinely felt serenity: voices that carry, embrace and release each other in a play of shadow and light. Tenebrae breathes life into the Requiem with transparent textures in which every nuance lights up like a spark. The six voices in the polyphony unfurl like a living organism, sober when necessary, intense when the moment demands. The motets of Victoria’s contemporary, Alonso Lobo, give further colour to the programme: more earthly, more chromatic and somewhat restless, as if the shifting spirit of the times were scratching away at the Renaissance sound.

IYAP – Ensemble Pampinea

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT

門票: €8

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Fortuna, will you spare us? It’s a pleasure to give upcoming talent with original ideas and a promising artistic background a helping hand. And that’s exactly what Young Artist’s Presentation (IYAP) is for: to boost young ensembles, helping them grow into the stars of tomorrow. With intensive coaching from internationally renowned early music specialists, the selected ensembles draw a variety of fresh, new insights and tons of energy from their stay in Antwerp. But first comes this concert day, with short showcases where the dawning stars of tomorrow demonstrate the best of what they can do. Cheer for your favourites after a brilliant performance and discover the festival bills of the future before anyone else. Ensemble Pampinea Ensemble Pampinea is a passionate and vibrant early music ensemble based in Basel, bringing medieval and Renaissance repertoire to life through a compelling blend of historical depth and contemporary flair. It is weaving together programs that span Boccaccio’s Decameron with 14th-century Florentine music, Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior, and Burgundian soundscapes inspired by Jan van Eyck. All three musicians trained at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and the ensemble has earned growing international recognition through a First Prize at the London Early Music Young Ensemble Competition (2022), performances at the London International Festival of Early Music (2023), a finalist spot at Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, and tours across Europe and Canada.

IYAP – Il Concerto Intempestivo

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT

門票: €8

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The invisible cities It’s a pleasure to give upcoming talent with original ideas and a promising artistic background a helping hand. And that’s exactly what Young Artist’s Presentation (IYAP) is for: to boost young ensembles, helping them grow into the stars of tomorrow. With intensive coaching from internationally renowned early music specialists, the selected ensembles draw a variety of fresh, new insights and tons of energy from their stay in Antwerp. But first comes this concert day, with short showcases where the dawning stars of tomorrow demonstrate the best of what they can do. Cheer for your favourites after a brilliant performance and discover the festival bills of the future before anyone else. Il Concerto Intempestivo Founded in 2023 by four graduates of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Il Concerto Intempestivo is a baroque ensemble that bridges historical performance practice with a bold contemporary creative voice. Rather than presenting conventional concert programmes, the group crafts immersive musical narratives – most notably their The Rite of Spring – Baroque edition – earning them the First Prize at the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci Competition (2025) and the Emerging Artist Competition in Vancouver (2024), alongside appearances at leading early music festivals. Violinists Rahel Boell and Jaume Guri Batlle, cellist Rebecca Krieg, and harpsichordist Eliot Xaquin Dios together push early music to its most imaginative possibilities. During the International Young Artist’s Presentation you can hear them in their new programme Invisible cities.

IYAP – Primo Getto

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT

門票: €8

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Until peace comes It’s a pleasure to give upcoming talent with original ideas and a promising artistic background a helping hand. And that’s exactly what Young Artist’s Presentation (IYAP) is for: to boost young ensembles, helping them grow into the stars of tomorrow. With intensive coaching from internationally renowned early music specialists, the selected ensembles draw a variety of fresh, new insights and tons of energy from their stay in Antwerp. But first comes this concert day, with short showcases where the dawning stars of tomorrow demonstrate the best of what they can do. Cheer for your favourites after a brilliant performance and discover the festival bills of the future before anyone else. Primo Getto Primo Getto is a young ensemble bringing together voice, harpsichord, organ and bass violin in performances praised for their rare intimacy and depth of connection. Founded in 2025, the ensemble has already made a strong impression as finalists at the Première competition at FestiVita in Brussels (2026). Their debut programme Until Peace Comes, a journey through early German sacred music in the shadow of the Thirty Years’ War, has been performed in Brussels, Perugia, and Verona, with upcoming concerts in Denmark and Sweden confirming their growing reach across Europe.

IYAP – Trio Turbulences

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €8

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Between heaven and earth It’s a pleasure to give upcoming talent with original ideas and a promising artistic background a helping hand. And that’s exactly what Young Artist’s Presentation (IYAP) is for: to boost young ensembles, helping them grow into the stars of tomorrow. With intensive coaching from internationally renowned early music specialists, the selected ensembles draw a variety of fresh, new insights and tons of energy from their stay in Antwerp. But first comes this concert day, with short showcases where the dawning stars of tomorrow demonstrate the best of what they can do. Cheer for your favourites after a brilliant performance and discover the festival bills of the future before anyone else. Trio Turbulences Founded in 2024 at the Haute École de Musique de Genève, Trio Turbulences unites voice, cornett and lute in an artistic practice rooted in original historical sources, where improvisation and composition are as central to the performance as the repertoire itself. Its deliberately intimate instrumentation allows the cornett’s voice-like timbre to blend seamlessly with the singer, creating a rare expressive and rhetorical intensity that brings 16th- and early 17th-century music to life as a living, breathing creative act. Winners of the First Prize at the Première Chamber Music Competition at FestiVita! Brussels (2026), the ensemble has performed in collaboration with the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève and the Musée de la Réforme, appeared at the L’Estivale Festival and the Théâtre de l’Orangerie.

IYAP – KIMA

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

門票: €8

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Foolish men and refined beasts It’s a pleasure to give upcoming talent with original ideas and a promising artistic background a helping hand. And that’s exactly what Young Artist’s Presentation (IYAP) is for: to boost young ensembles, helping them grow into the stars of tomorrow. With intensive coaching from internationally renowned early music specialists, the selected ensembles draw a variety of fresh, new insights and tons of energy from their stay in Antwerp. But first comes this concert day, with short showcases where the dawning stars of tomorrow demonstrate the best of what they can do. Cheer for your favourites after a brilliant performance and discover the festival bills of the future before anyone else. KIMA Founded in 2023 by Ivana Ivanovic, KIMA is a vocal ensemble that brings early music to life through a boldly theatrical and sensory stage language. Drawing on repertoire from the 14th to 16th century, the Basel-based musicians, all formed at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, craft performances that are as intimate and expressive as they are scenic and immersive, weaving movement and narrative into every concert so that audiences become participants in a living story. Since winning an internal competition at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and performing at the fringe of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in 2024, KIMA has continued to build its reputation across Europe with appearances at Festival Linee in San Marino, ReRenaissance Basel, Kloster Schönthal, and concert venues in Basel and Mulhouse.

K L A N G c o ll e c t i v e — D O W L N D R A K E

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

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Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent (Music centre De Bijloke)

Annelies van Gramberen en Sim Van Thienen slaan een brug tussen luitist John Dowland en singer-songwriter Nick Drake

Les Meslanges

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €30 – €34

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Andrieskerk)

Les Voyages d'Orphée, entre Normandie et Flandres In the first decades of the 17th century, music travelled faster and further than ever. Composers from the Low Countries moved southwards, prints circulated and styles merged. Jehan Titelouze (c. 1563-1633), who was born in Saint-Omer and worked at Rouen Cathedral, embodies this trend. He stands at the crossroads of the Renaissance and the Baroque, with one foot in Franco-French polyphony and the other in a new, expressive, French musical language. Les Meslanges places Titelouze at the centre of a programme that brings the intricate international network of musicians, styles and repertoire to your ears. Masses, motets, hymns and canticles alternate with organ music, in dialogue with works by Orlandus Lassus and other contemporaries from the Low Countries. The big revelation is a recently rediscovered mass by Titelouze himself: an impressive musicological discovery and a rare glimpse of the vocal oeuvre of a composer we know best as a pioneer of organ music. Fasten your seatbelts for Les Voyages d’Orphée: a lively snapshot of Europe in transition.

Collegium Vocale Gent

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

門票: €38 – €42

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Orlandus Lassus: Lagrime di San Pietro In Lagrime di San Pietro, Orlandus Lassus built a monumental bridge between the past and future. It is like stepping into a diary: 21 miniatures in which every voice is a character, silences thrum with emotion and melodies weave between the parts like thoughts that refuse to be banished. Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent know this piece like no others, giving voice to the many layers of Lassus’ final composition without smoothing away the tension or vulnerability. The result sounds precise, clear and authentic, free of sentiment but so very intense: every turn in the music holds meaning, and every combination of notes is a moment of connection and insight. Eleven years after they brought this magnum opus to our stage, it’s time for a long-awaited encore. The message? Book your tickets now!

Stile Antico

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €42

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Jacobskerk)

The Other Face of Carlo Gesualdo The name Carlo Gesualdo immediately evokes extreme madrigals with capricious melodies and crazed harmonies. But in his motets, the ‘Prince of Venosa’ reveals himself in a different light. The Sacrarum Cantionum are the soundtrack to a quest for calm, clarity and order. The always excellent Stile Antico presents Gesualdo’s most beautiful songs for five voices in Latin with disarming transparency: each voice can be heard separately, yet collectively they form an organic fabric of sound that constantly reveals new timbres and textures. This rarely performed collection – subjected to new research by the Alamire Foundation especially for the occasion – reveals a Gesualdo who is both experimental and profoundly spiritual: a fascinating sound portrait of one of the most remarkable artistic personalities alive in 1600.

Huelgas Ensemble

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

門票: €34 – €38

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Andrieskerk)

The Psalms of Claude Le Jeune Claude Le Jeune’s contemporaries considered him a rightful heir to Orlandus Lassus. But he was no lacklustre follower. As a devout Huguenot, Le Jeune gave the psalms a distinct voice, with rhythmic sharpness and surprising chromaticism, driven by the cadence of the French language. Le Jeune’s polyphony sounds both cautious and rebellious: a polyphony that is aware of the changing times and thus finds itself stretched almost to breaking point. Huelgas Ensemble – the international benchmark for this repertoire for more than half a century – pleads the case for this underestimated composer. The singers perform Le Jeune’s psalms with analytical sharpness and expressive freedom, all in the service of the man who pushed polyphonic Europe towards the future.

Transports Publics

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €30

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The Coudenberg Connection: Richard Dering in Brussels In 1617, there was no future for a Catholic composer like Richard Dering in London. He sought a solution in the Low Countries, where English musicians had enjoyed an outstanding reputation for decades. Dering followed in the footsteps of his colleague Peter Philips, travelling from Antwerp to Brussels, where he found work at a Benedictine convent at the foot of the Coudenberg, right opposite the cathedral. Years later, Dering returned to his home country as a private organist to Queen Henrietta Maria, the consort of Charles I. Transports Publics follows Dering’s musical peregrinations with exquisite madrigals, elegant instrumental dances and intimate motets that even charmed Oliver Cromwell! Expect a programme about exile and return, Brussels as a cultural and political crossroads, and a composer who took the relative nature of national borders as a licence for artistic adventure.

Paul O’dette

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €34

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Destination Central Europe In music history, Central Europe is often no more than a footnote. Paul O’Dette thought that was a shame, turning up for Laus 2026 with a selection of the most beautiful music and most interesting composers circulating in the region around 1600. It will come as no surprise that he has a rich array of lute music to draw on: the mobile, elegant and versatile instrument was the perfect travelling companion at the time. The cosmopolitan music scene comes to life in Matthias Reymann’s imaginative lines, Melchior Neusidler’s sparkling dances, Wojciech Dlugoraj’s graceful melodic contours and Jakob Reis’ elegantly poetic sound. With the iconic John Dowland and Jacques Gautier as his compass, O’Dette shows how Central Europe contributed to the wider European story.

Comet Musicke

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

門票: €34 – €38

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Carolus Borromeuskerk)

The Astonishing Madrigals of Pomponio Nenna Around 1580, Naples was an explosive mixture of ambition, rivalry and mind-blowing genius. When Pomponio Nenna published his first book of madrigals in the city, he entered an arena where the limits of the genre were being constantly pushed back. In Carlo Gesualdo’s shadow, Nenna sought a new intensity: he combined clever polyphony with harsh dissonances, sharp modulations and a razor-sharp treatment of the text. Old techniques, such as the fauxbourdon, collided with new expressive freedoms, offering a foretaste of what would come to be known as the seconda pratica. Comet Musicke rides the slipstream of the Baroque in Nenna’s first collection of songs for five voices, and in the instrumental sound experiments of Giovanni de Macque, Giovanni Maria Trabaci and Stefano Felis. Expect music that seeks the limits of technique and expression, heading unmistakably towards a new age.

Près de votre Oreille

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €30

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Blessed Echoes Long before Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, there were singer-songwriters who could enchant an audience with no more than a voice and a few strings. In England around 1600, their names were Dowland, Campion and Morely, and their lute songs were the pop ballads of the time: personal, poetic and disarmingly simple. What makes this music so powerful is its directness: a game of questions and answers between the voice and the instrument. Près de Votre Oreille unearths the most beautiful gems of this iconic repertoire. Master of melancholy John Dowland takes centre stage, flanked by lesser-known contemporaries. The warm sound of the viol and the elegant energy of the lute create a combination that sounds both intimate and rich: a velvet bed of sound for the voice to sink into. AMUZ becomes a room in Elizabethan London for the evening, where people listen breathlessly to music that swells their hearts.

InAlto

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €34 – €38

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Pierre Bonhomme & La Grande Entrée In the heart of Europe in 1600, between France and the Holy Roman Empire, lay the prince bishopric of Liège. It was not a calm city: Liège was a political and religious crossroads where everything was a show of power. The ‘grandes entrées’ of Ernest and Ferdinand of Bavaria – archbishops and prince-electors of Cologne – were a form of political theatre whose every element was designed to radiate authority, including triumphal arches made of wood and canvas, the ringing of bells, cannon fire and impressive music. InAlto reconstructs the drama of these ceremonial processions with motets, songs and madrigals by composers associated with the court of Liège. Jean de Castro represents the local music scene; Anton Gosswin reflects Bavarian connections; René del Mel, Pierre Bonhomme and Bernardino Mosto illustrate the court’s cosmopolitan taste. The climax of the celebrations is Jean Guyot’s majestic Te Deum.

Officium Ensemble

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €30

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Andrieskerk)

Glory Days of Portuguese Polyphony The decades around 1600 were a golden age for Portuguese polyphony. Although Spain gets all the attention in music history, a distinct tradition was blooming in Portugal that was at least as rich and refined. In cities such as Évora – a centre of humanism, with a cathedral and university – and the Alentejo region, a repertoire emerged that united devotion, rhetoric and sound colour in a unique manner. Officium Ensemble – the benchmark for Iberian polyphony since the year 2000 – reveals the success story that was the Portuguese Renaissance, with works by Manuel Cardoso, Estêvão Lopes Morago and their contemporaries from the region. The programme moves between intimate passion music and grandiose polychoral works, some of which have not been heard for centuries. With their versatile voices and clear choir sound, the twelve singers reveal what makes Portuguese polyphony so special: concentrated expression and astonishing vitality.

Ensemble Irini

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €34

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Jacobskerk)

Giovanni Gabrieli: Post Tenebras Post tenebras (spero lucem) – after the darkness, I hope for light – perfectly encapsulates Ensemble Irini’s intentions for this programme: a return to the early days of the Venetian and Byzantine Baroque in an unusual, two-choir setting with brass instruments: grand, spatial and deeply spiritual. On one side of the spectrum is Giovanni Gabrieli, the master of polychorality, at St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. His Sacrae cantiones think in terms of space, with choirs of voices and instruments as his building blocks. On the other side are the virtuoso, contemplative hymns of Konstantinos of Aghialos and Joasaph of Mount Athos, in which time becomes music and music becomes time. Post Tenebras marks a new stage in Irini Ensemble’s musical journey, but their unique sound remains pristine: warm, dark, polymorphous and free from early music stereotypes.

Scherzi Musicali

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

門票: €30 – €34

AMUZ Antwerpen

Dowland in Copenhagen At the Danish court, the most melancholic of all lute masters found recognition, freedom and a monarch who paid generously. Four hundred years after Dowland’s birth, Scherzi Musicali follows him to Scandinavia, where his songs resonate between northern light and courtly sophistication. Although the songs are usually performed by one singer with a lute, Nicolas Achten has opted for four voices and four lutes: a consort that allows the music to breathe beyond the intimacy of the royal chambers. The sound is broader, richer, but still poetic and on a human scale. Works by Danish contemporaries such as Nielsen, Aagesen and Pederson, who coloured Dowland’s stay in the North, sketch out an eminent musical culture in which English refinement, continental taste and Scandinavian clarity combine.

More Maiorum

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €30

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Floridi Virtuosi d’Italia: Brilliant Virtuosos from Italy Around 1600, Antwerp was a bustling commercial metropolis, but also a flourishing market for music. Italian madrigals were eagerly printed and reprinted, often ornamented with virtuoso diminutions. In Floridi virtuosi d’Italia, More Maiorum turns the spotlight on the Italian composers whose work featured most often in prints made in Antwerp at the time. Their work is alternated with brilliant instrumental madrigal adaptations by virtuosos including the English harpsichord specialist Peter Philips, who emigrated to the Low Countries, and the lute player Emanuel Adriaenssen – eloquent examples of how the Italian fashion was picked up by local artists. This programme is the soundtrack to a story of trendsetters and followers of fashion, inspiration versus creation, and art that zigzagged across Europe long before the Schengen Agreement unlocked the borders.

Cappella Mariana

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €30 – €34

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Treasures from Golden Prague At the end of the 16th century, a new chapter began in the chronicles of Prague. Under Emperor Rudolph II, the Bohemian capital became a cosmopolitan hub of artists, musicians, scholars and alchemists. Besides Italian madrigalists, the court also attracted composers from the Franco-Flemish tradition, who made their mark on the Bohemian music scene. In this panorama of Golden Prague, a prominent place is reserved for Kryštof Harant, whose masses for five voices are an impressive synthesis of northern polyphony and southern warmth. We will also hear work by the kapellmeister to the royal court, Philippe de Monte, and contemporaries such as Luca Marenzio and Orlandus Lassus, along with rare Bohemian songs such as the anonymous Otc?e Buoha nebeske´ho. Cappella Mariana, the benchmark ensemble for Central European Renaissance music, is our dream guide to ‘Praga Magna’.

Utopia Ensemble

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

門票: €30 – €34

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Joriskerk)

The Lamentations of Orlandus Lassus Orlandus Lassus was 53 when his Lamentations were published in Munich. Even then, he was considered to be the quintessential European composer: at home in every style and understood in every country. In his five-voice settings of the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah, Lassus demonstrates how overwhelming quiet can be. The tectonics of the counterpoint are without equal, thanks to voices slipping over one another in alternating combinations and chords that wrench and grind but never collide. As a master colourist, Lassus gives every Hebrew letter at the beginning of the verses a different timbre, with the virtuosity of an artist painting illuminated initials in a manuscript. The Belgian Utopia Ensemble turns Lassus’ brilliant music into an experience: polyphonic lamentations alternate with Gregorian responsories and motets, so that text, sound and silence mirror each other in a cathartic ritual.

New York Polyphony

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €30

AMUZ Antwerpen

A New Wind: Hassler & Handl Around 1600, a new wind was blowing through Central Europe. Ideas travelled northwards from Venice: polychorality, gorgeous timbres and musical flair breathed new life into Franco-Flemish counterpoint. Hans Leo Hassler absorbed this Venetian glow from Andrea Gabrieli and transmuted it into an elegant, transparent style in Nuremberg. Jacob Handl was also inspired by the Venetian style. He was born in Slovenia and worked, among others, for the Austrian Emperor and the Bishop of Olomouc. New York Polyphony – an ensemble acclaimed around the world for its rich, natural sound and superior musicianship – shows how the two composers combined southern panache with northern depth. A mosaic of motets and psalms.

Vox Luminis

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

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門票: €38 – €42

AMUZ Antwerpen (St.-Carolus Borromeuskerk)

Monteverdi’s Vespers for the Blessed Virgin Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers for the Blessed Virgin (1610) are so much more than evening prayers in church. The maestro of St Mark’s takes the traditional recipe for vespers as his starting point – a combination of psalms, hymns and canticles – but transforms it into spectacular sound of the highest calibre. Opera and liturgy, old and new, devotion and sensuality: everything collides and merges into one grandiose design. The score exudes the spaciousness of the basilica where Monteverdi developed the sound of the future, as if its graceful galleries, balconies and choir stalls inspired the architecture of the sound. Monteverdi is a genius with voices, but also helps himself to cornetts, trombones, strings, the organ and basso continuo, not as decorative elements but as colours in a palette. Some passages are monumental; others are sober and narrative or out-and-out virtuoso. What could be more wonderful than exploring this masterly labyrinth with Vox Luminis: a collective of musical perfectionists, each with their head in the sources and their heart in their voice.

The Gesualdo Six

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €38 – €42

AMUZ Antwerpen

England, 1600 At the dawn of the 17th century, England was balancing on a faultline. Its cultural flourishing under Elizabeth I went hand in hand with religious repression, political uncertainty and a growing sense of threat. The tension can be felt in the music of the time. Composers sought new means of expression and found them in emphatic chromaticism, thorough expression of the text and stark contrasts. The Gesualdo Six evoke this darkly glowing England with an intense programme of sacred and secular music. Work by William Byrd – a Catholic in a Protestant nation – stand alongside the refined craftsmanship of Orlando Gibbons, the theatrical precision of Thomas Weelkes, John Dowland’s melancholy and the expressive madrigals of Thomas Morley. The England that emerged from their music had a voice of its own in the many-voiced choir of Europe: apparently under control, but full of inner tension.

Lucile Richardot, Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé, ed.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Église Saint-Jacques)

Winner of the 2025 Victoires de la Musique Classique, Lucile Richardot, accompanied by Sébastien Daucé and the Correspondances ensemble, takes us to the heart of the Swedish court in the 17th century. In Stockholm, under the reign of Charles XI, the Kapellmeister Gustav Düben made the Swedish court a real European musical crossroads. German, Italian and Baltic composers meet there and shape an aesthetic of rare uniqueness, where all the richness and finesse of Nordic Baroque are revealed!

Rachel Podger

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Salle académique de l’ULiège)

With Tutta Sola, Rachel Podger — the most eminent British representative of the Baroque violin — explores the art of solo violin around the year 1700. While Bach spontaneously dominates the imaginary of the solo repertoire, he is neither the first nor the only one to have shaped this daring territory of senza basso. Alongside his famous pages, Podger showcases the works of Vilsmayr, Matteis and even Westhoff: a baroque journey of intimate virtuosity, where preludes, dances and fugues reveal the flamboyant creativity of unparalleled violinist-composers!

La Bomba Flamenca

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €42

Gent Festival van Vlaanderen (Sint-Baafskathedraal)

Two years after his abdication, emperor Charles V lives withdrawn in the monastery of Yuste, in the southwest of Spain. A few weeks before his death, he organises a rehearsal ceremony for his own funeral. Did he really wish to attend that moving and solemn event himself? Or was it mainly a dress rehearsal to ensure that everything would run strictly according to his wishes? The once most powerful man in the world apparently wanted to keep control, even after his death. The ever resourceful French conductor Simon-Pierre Bestion was named the 'Asterix of early music' by the Dutch newspaper Trouw. In La Bomba Flamenca he combines his own imagination with that of Charles, and finds inspiration in the Saint Bavo Cathedral, where the emperor was baptised in 1500, for a kaleidoscopic ritual, in which magnificent Flemish and Spanish polyphony is interwoven with traditional Arabic-Andalusian chants. This imaginary requiem of the emperor, born in Ghent, celebrates a turbulent era, at the crossroads of the Middle Ages and modern times, an era as complex as our own. © Léo-Paul Horlier - La Bomba FlamencaProgrammeMusic by, among others, Mateo Flecha el Viejo, Cristóbal de Morales and Clément Janequin.PerformersCompagnie La TempêteSimon-Pierre Bestion, concept, arrangements, mise en espace & artistic directionMarianne Pelcerf, lighting designSebian Falk, lighting operationFlorian Delattre, general coordinationAmélie Raison, soprano soloistAxelle Verner, mezzo-soprano soloistFanny Châtelain, contralto soloistEdouard Monjanel, tenor soloistRené Ramos Premier, bass soloistFollow the artistsLa Tempête: website | facebook | instagram | youtube | soundcloudPractical informationDate: Thursday 10 September 2026Address: Sint-Baafsplein 1, 9000 GhentTicket pricesRang 1 60 euroRang 2 42 euroUiTPAS reduced price Tickets GentBuy your ticket hereTiming19:15 Doors open20:00 Concert starts22:00 Expected endThere is no intermission.Please note that there are no cloakroom facilities or toilets available at this venue.AccessibilityYou can find more information about the accessibility of the cathedral on this page.If you require additional or specific assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us via toegankelijkheid@festival.be or +32 9 243 94 94.Getting thereThe nearest bicycle parking facilities are located in Lange Kruisstraat and Maaseikstraat.Travel by train: book your Bravo! Ticket at a discounted rate via NMBS.More information about access to Saint Bavo's Cathedral can be found here.Plan your visitMore useful tips for planning your visit to Flanders Festival Ghent can be found here.Plan your visitThanks to:

Micrologus

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Salle académique de l’ULiège)

Avec Viaggio a Napoli, Micrologus nous plonge au cœur de la Naples aragonaise du XVe siècle, l’une des cours les plus fastueuses d’Europe. On y cultive les strambotti, balli, canciones et autres barzellette qui composent un paysage sonore foisonnant, nourri des influences italiennes, espagnoles et françaises. Patrizia Bovi et ses musiciens recréent l’atmosphère vibrante des fêtes publiques et des divertissements privés de l’aristocratie napolitaine. Un voyage immersif dans un âge d’or où la musique façonnait le prestige et la joie de toute une cité.

Lark's Echoes

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Eglise Saint-Servais (Liège))

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland in 2026, tenor Maxime Melnik and lutenist Adriaan Lauwers extend their musical complicity born at Les Nuits de Septembre 2022 by paying a sensitive and embodied tribute to the master of lute song. They bring together a selection of famous songs for voice and lute (and orpharion!), punctuated by the composer's emblematic instrumental pieces.

Alcide – The Triumph of Hercules

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €34

Gent Festival van Vlaanderen (Muziekcentrum De Bijloke)

To mark its tenth anniversary, the ensemble a nocte temporis returns to the repertoire in which it excels, reviving the rarely performed opera Alcide by Marin Marais and Louis Lully. For the young Marin Marais, whom we chiefly know as a virtuoso of the viola da gamba and a composer of sublime chamber music, it was his operatic debut. He collaborated with Louis Lully, the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, the Italian who, as court composer to Louis XIV, invented and elevated the genre of tragédie lyrique to great heights. The gripping libretto tells the story of Alcide’s (Hercules) unrequited, illicit love for Iole, who in turn is in love with Alcide’s friend Philoctète. This provides ample opportunity to showcase all the strengths of French baroque opera: from vocal drama, to brilliantly orchestrated orchestral passages and elegant dances. With a nocte temporis, the Choeur de Chambre de Namur and an array of splendid soloists, it promises to be a truly colourful French baroque evening. © Gabriel Balaguera - Choeur de Chambre de Namur In cooperation with Muziekcentrum De Bijloke ProgrammeAlcide ou Le Triomphe d'HerculeLouis Lully en Marin Marais, musicJean-Galbert de Campistron, librettoPerformersa nocte temporisChoeur de Chambre de NamurReinoud Van Mechelen, tenor and artistic directionFollow the artistsa nocte temporis: website | instagram | facebook Chœur de Chambre de Namur: website | facebook | instagram Practical informationDate: Saturday 19 September 2026Address: Bijlokekaai 7, 9000 GhentTicket pricesRang 1 40 euroRang 2 34 euroUiTPAS reduced price Tickets GentBuy your ticket hereTiming19:15 Doors open20:00 Concert starts22:20 Expected endThere will be a 30-minute break.There are toilets available at the venue, including accessible facilities.A cloakroom is also available.AccessibilityThe concert venue is wheelchair accessible. Assistance dogs are welcome. If desired, staff members are available to guide you to your seat.If you require additional or specific assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us via toegankelijkheid@festival.be or +32 9 243 94 94 so we can provide the necessary support.You can find more information about the accessibility of Muziekcentrum De Bijloke on this page. Getting thereThe nearest bicycle parking facilities are located on the Bijloke site near the Music Centre (Bijlokekaai) or at Godshuizenlaan.Travel by train: book your Bravo! Ticket at a discounted rate via the NMBS.More information about getting to Muziekcentrum De Bijloke can be found here.Plan your visitMore useful tips for planning your visit to Flanders Festival Ghent can be found here.Plan your visit

Utopia Ensemble

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €28 – €31

Concertgebouw Brugge (Sint-Gilliskerk)

In the late 16th century, Orlandus Lassus composed his Lamentations as a poignant testimony to human despair. This is music that elevates the austerity of Holy Week to the realm of pure art. The exquisite polyphony of this masterpiece and the performance by the acclaimed Utopia Ensemble promise an unforgettable listening experience. Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/utopia-ensemble-2026-09-19-20-00 vanaf 14 jaar.

Songs of Travel

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Salle académique de l’ULiège)

A musical journey through EnglandAt the turn of the 20th century, England saw the emergence of composers deeply linked to poetry and voice. From Vaughan Williams to Britten, from Finzi to Gurney, their songs explore travel in all its forms — wandering, contemplation, inner journey — and are part of the continuity of an ancient tradition, which draws on Shakespeare or Elizabethan poems. Each word becomes a stopover and each note, a step towards infinity, revealing an England that is at once sensitive, lyrical and, as a perfect heir to Dowland, deeply attached to its literary and musical heritage.

Consort La Capriola

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Salle académique de l’ULiège)

From dusk to dawn, the young consort La Capriola follows the itinerary of a consort of Renaissance violins, then omnipresent in the daily lives of Italians. From lively alleys to taverns, from elegant lounges to the basilica, where the majestic works of Willaert and Merulo resound, each stage reveals the many faces of the vibrant musical life that surrounded the famous Venetian square.

Duo Kiasma

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:30:00 GMT

門票: €16

Flagey (Studio 1)

What could be more unexpected than the meeting of a cello and an accordion? A duo born in Namur that has gone on to conquer Venice, Luxembourg, Shanghai and Taipei. Through their creativity, modernity and virtuosity, Pierre Fontenelle and Frin Wolter have been surprising audiences for the past decade, exploring a borderless musical world where repertoires intersect, transform and reinvent themselves. Winners of First Prize at the Concours International Accordé’Opale and named Coup de Cœur at the Royal Juillet Musical de Saint-Hubert, Duo Kiasma stands out for the freedom and boldness of its arrangements that are neither faithful transcriptions nor simple adaptations. POLARIS marks a decisive milestone in this nomadic journey. Like the star from which it takes its name, the album serves as a guiding point within an ever-expanding aesthetic universe. The programme offers a captivating dialogue between the Baroque era and the modern music it inspired. Discover how a famous Bach cantata can be transformed into a Beatles hit, or how Villa-Lobos’s lyrical Cantilena can burst into more rock-inspired sonorities, alongside arrangements from Rameau’s operas.

Ensemble Danguy

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Église Saint-Denis)

Les Quatre Saisons ont connu mille métamorphoses, mais rarement aussi savoureuses que celles imaginées au XVIIIᵉ siècle par Nicolas Chédeville. Au cœur de l’âge d’or de la vielle et de la musette, ce musicien français transpose en 1739 trois concertos de Vivaldi puis en compose trois autres à partir du même matériel qu'il publie sous le nom du compositeur italien, créant une Arcadie musicale où l’original et la copie s’entremêlent. Avec Tobie Miller à la vielle à roue, cette version historique fait revivre un XVIIIᵉ siècle pastoral et inventif où se côtoient travestissement musical et jeu d’identité.

Jean Rondeau, Quatuor de violes de gambe

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €23

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Eglise Saint-Martin (Tourinnes-la-Grosse))

Le retour, si propre à la musique: cet élan de répétition et de redite qui entraîne les lignes musicales dans des boucles et, par cette asymétrie, génère une tension ineffable, souterraine. Ce programme se veut comme un fil tendu et continu qui, alternant entre l’écrit et l’improvisé, puise dans un répertoire dont les familiarités communes transcendent les époques et les styles. On y retrouvera des pièces d’aujourd’hui qui font écho à celles d’hier, tout comme des œuvres du passé, visionnaires, qui, par fulgurances, s’extraient de leur époque. C’est une invitation à une immersion dans le son, au-delà du style. - Distribution: Jean Rondeau, orgue positif et virginal / Robin Pharo, viole de gambe / Anna Lachegyi, viole de gambe / Josh Cheatham, viole de gambe / Agnès Boissonnot, viole de gambe

Monteverdi’s Mariavespers — InAlto

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €34 – €46

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

InAlto liet een renaissance-orgel bouwen om de ‘Mariavespers’ te spelen zoals Monteverdi ze zelf heeft gehoord. Spoiler: dit werkt!

Dialogos

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €17

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Église Saint-Denis)

On February 19, 964, the Canons of Winchester Cathedral were expelled by Bishop Aethelwold and replaced by monks from Abingdon because they were “perverse, scandalous and lost in drunkenness” — at least according to Wulfstan, an acerbic witness and poet of his time. The monks take possession of the choir under the shouts, the songs and the tumult. A thousand years later, around the sumptuous polyphonies of the Troparia in Winchester, four musicians in turn stand on the steps of an imaginary choir to revive this clash between two worlds: insiders against outsiders and the past against the present.

La Tempête

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €30 – €50

Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)

The last time the French ensemble La Tempête visited Bozar, our concert hall was bathed in a golden glow and Stravinsky sparkled alongside De Machaut. This time, Simon-Pierre Bestion has his singers and musicians tackle Claudio Monteverdi’s colossal Vespro della Beata Vergine. Subtle scenography transforms the Vespers into a unique concert experience. When he composed the piece in 1613, Monteverdi had his heart set on the job of maestro di cappella in Venice. This application letter for the post reads like the culmination of the church music of his time, written under the spell of the marble and mosaics of St Mark’s Basilica.

Mozart / Beethoven

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

門票: €12 – €48

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

For his debut with the OPRL, the renowned Dutch conductor Ton Koopman moves between the final brilliance of Viennese Classicism and the promises of a new world. With his “Jupiter” Symphony (1788), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart brings architectural clarity, intricate melodic interplay, and the Enlightenment ideal of harmony to its ultimate point of balance. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 (1803), while still rooted in this tradition, shifts its foundations: rhythmic complexity, heightened dynamic contrasts, and the primacy of expressive drive foreshadow a modernity based on energy, tension, and the assertion of subjectivity. Romanticism is on the way…

Peaceful forest

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:30:00 GMT

門票: €15

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Colomban)

Quelques sifflements d’oiseaux et la lueur des premières étoiles nous plongent dans une nuit captivante, où surgissent des voix portant les vibrations puissantes du répertoire baroque. Deux petits êtres joueurs, mi-humains, mi-mammifères, nous guident dans ce voyage nocturne, bientôt rejoints par des créatures aériennes aux voix limpides. Forêt Paisible invite les tout-petits à célébrer la beauté de la nature et du vivant, enveloppés par quatre voix accompagnées de métallophones, dans un espace pensé comme un lieu de jeu, de découvertes visuelles, sonores et tactiles. - Distribution complète: ‍ Amélie Renglet, Julie Vercauteren, Tom Van Bogaert, Maxime Jermann, solistes du Chœur de Chambre de Namur / Marie Havaux, co-direction artistique, arrangements, métallophone soprano & basse / Erika Meda, co-direction artistique, scénographie, mise en scène / Pascal Georis, création lumière ‍

Forêt Paisible (2,5ans-5ans)

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT

門票: €15

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Colomban)

Peaceful forest

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT

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Les Festivals de Wallonie (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi — Hangar)

Forêt Paisible (2,5ans - 5ans)

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

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Les Festivals de Wallonie (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi — Hangar)

Solomon’s Knot

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €38 – €42

AMUZ Antwerpen

Bach’s Mass in B Minor The Solomon’s Knot singers perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor entirely from memory, without a conductor – an approach that makes the experience even more exciting. The British ensemble, known for their uncompromising collective playing style, exceptional intensity and shared precision, open our season with a masterpiece of the Baroque that is wreathed in mystery. Bach began his Herculean task in 1733 but only completed the piece 15 years later; he probably never witnessed a full performance of the mass. Why he composed the mass is still unclear: the Mass in B Minor is too colossal for the liturgy and too serious for court. Might Bach have considered the composition to be his last will and testament, a panorama of his creative world? The questions surrounding it do not detract from the power of the music: the Kyrie, which grips us from the very first notes, the unfettered jubilance of the Gloria and the moving Agnus Dei that is based on an aria from a wedding serenade. From ecstasy to meditation, virtuoso fugues to chordal stillness, Catholic devotion to Lutheran clarity – a whole world echoes in this triumph of human skill.

Logan Lopez Gonzalez

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT

門票: €16

Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)

A close affinity exists between the English Baroque repertoire and twentieth-century British art songs. Dowland continues to haunt Britten. Purcell permeates the work of Ireland and Warlock like an ancient light filtered through the frosted glass of time. This is the starting point for Songs in the Mirror: not a chronological journey, but a dialogue between two eras. Countertenor Logan Lopez Gonzalez joins I Solisti at Bozar in January for an immersive concert, but for this Concert Croissant, he shares the stage with lutenist and guitarist Léa Masson for a more intimate gathering.

Emma Wills, Fleur Strijbos & Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €24 – €28

AMUZ Antwerpen

Romance for Voice and Strings The soprano Fleur Strijbos, guitarist Emma Wills and cellist Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde are a remarkable trio who create seldom-heard possibilities in sound. Their original anthology, performed on historical instruments, will go straight to your chamber music heart! The programme of intimate and virtuoso miniatures from the 19th century takes a grand tour of Europe. In Spain, the guitar and voice have shared a folk tradition for centuries; composers including Fernando Sor and Pablo de Sarasate sent the sound out into the world. Alongside arrangements by Louis Spohr and Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, you will also hear works by Frédéric Burgmüller and Friedrich Dotzauer, who wove cello and guitar into subtle, contrapuntal dialogues. A name never to forget again is Pauline Viardot, whose songs can be heard in new arrangements. Viardot built up a career in Paris, moved in the highest echelons of the musical world and navigated gracefully between Spanish folk, French mélodie and the German Lied.

Musicatreize

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT

門票: €18

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Mars - Arsonic)

Under the inspired direction of Roland Hayrabedian, the exceptional vocal ensemble Musicatreize, born in Marseille, has been forging a fascinating dialogue between the Renaissance and today's creation for nearly forty years. From Roland de Lassus to Olivier Messiaen, via Philippe Hersant, twelve brilliantly sensitive voices celebrate the modernity and poetry of collective singing in a program as rare as it is intense.

Celine Scheen, Luciana Mancini & L'Arpeggiata

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €12

Les Festivals de Wallonie (Salle Philharmonique)

Traditional and Baroque music from Spain and South AmericaAt the foot of the Torre del Oro in Seville, from where galleons once sailed to the New World, blossoms the music of Alonso Mudarra, the Sevillian grandmaster of vihuela — this string instrument of Aragonese origin, this string instrument of Aragonese origin, cousin of the lute — and a pioneer figure in the first accompanied solo arias. Based on her folías, tientos, canzones and villancicos, where popular traditions and scholarly writing respond with finesse, Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L'Arpeggiata undertake a musical crossing of the Atlantic. The ensemble creates a dialogue between the elegance of the Spanish Renaissance and the Baroque legacies of South America. From the rhythms of Spain to the pulsations of the Andes, a shared history is thus woven: that of music in motion, which travels, metamorphoses and continues to resonate, from one shore of the ocean to the other.

La torre del oro

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €12 – €34

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

At the foot of the Torre del Oro in Seville—where ships once set sail for the New World—flourished the music of Alonso Mudarra, the great Sevillian master of the vihuela, a string instrument of Aragonese origin related to the lute, and a pioneering figure of early accompanied solo song. Drawing on his folías, tientos, canzones and villancicos, in which popular traditions and learned writing intertwine with subtlety, Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L’Arpeggiata undertake a musical crossing of the Atlantic. The ensemble brings together the elegance of the Spanish Renaissance with the Baroque heritage of South America. From the rhythms of Spain to the pulses of the Andes, a shared history unfolds: that of a music in motion, traveling, transforming, and continuing to resonate from one shore of the ocean to the other.

TrioFenix

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT

門票: €16

Flagey (Studio 1)

Three hundred years after the birth of the first performer of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, the Belgian TrioFenix presents this masterpiece in a crystal-clear arrangement for string trio.

Vox Luminis

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €29 – €46

Concertgebouw Brugge (Sint-Jakobskerk)

A consummate musical testament, in which the composer, at the age of 86, sums up his entire life’s experience. That is Heinrich Schütz’ Schwanengesang, his ‘swan song’. No theatrical effects, but pure expression and a rare combination of inner peace and emotional depth. Who better than our resident artist Vox Luminis to bring this masterpiece back to life? Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/vox-luminis-2026-10-16-20-00 vanaf 14 jaar.

Bach op zijn best — Cappella Amsterdam & Daniel Reuss

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €28 – €42

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

Zelden te horen en toch onmiskenbaar Bach: deze glanzende showcase wil je niet missen

BREZZA

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €24 – €28

AMUZ Antwerpen

Cuadratura BREZZA presents quartets by Jean-Baptiste Quentin le Jeune: an all but forgotten composer who caused a furore between 1718 and 1750 in Paris. Quentin played the violin at the Académie Royale de Musique, as well as penning an impressive oeuvre: 36 violin sonatas, 80 trios and 7 quartets. The latter placed him among the very first French composers to try their hand at the emerging genre. His quartets combine Italian elegance with German architecture and French refinement, but they disappeared from sight for centuries – until now. BREZZA brings historical instruments into play, referring to Baroque treatises to interpret the music as faithfully as possible. This is a dazzling ensemble, attracting rich praise in contests in Barcelona, Gijón en Utrecht, and in the International Young Artists’ Presentation (IYAP) at Laus Polyphoniae 2022. So that’s one more reason to come and experience Quentin’s comeback from first-row seats!

Thibaut Garcia & Antoine Morinière

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT

門票: €28

Flagey (Studio 4)

The Goldberg Variations as you have never heard them before: two exceptional guitarists present their own arrangement of Bach’s masterpiece.

Les Trouveurs & Marc Mauillon — Voices around 1300

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT

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Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht (AMUZ)

In the late Middle Ages, music changed dramatically: simple, monophonic songs gave way to rich polyphony—and sometimes didn’t! Marc Mauillon, Mathias Lunghi, and Camille Macinenti move about effortlessly in this exciting transitional zone.

Les Trouveurs & Marc Mauillon

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €24 – €28

AMUZ Antwerpen

Voices around 1300 Around 1300, a shift was occurring in the Western musical landscape. The monophonic singing tradition was coming under pressure from increasingly rich polyphony – but that didn’t mean that old repertoires and styles had disappeared for good. This field of tension is where Marc Mauillon and Les Trouveurs are in their element. The revelation of IYAP 2025, the young ensemble Les Trouveurs, is back on stage at AMUZ, this time with a programme that combines hymns of praise from the Cantigas de Santa Maria with rhythmically sophisticated motets, Italian ballate by Francesco Landini and refined troubadour songs by Raimbaut de Vaqueiras. Mauillon, known for his intense interpretations of work by Guillaume de Machaut, proves once again how fresh and up-to-date this repertoire can sound. Three voices and no safety net: the Middle Ages on a knife edge.

Vlaams Radiokoor & I Solisti

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT

門票: €20

Flagey (Studio 4)

“Ma musique est mon portrait." In 1943, an aircraft dropped thousands of copies of Paul Éluard's poem Liberté over occupied France. In secret, Francis Poulenc composed his cantata Figure Humaine, a powerful ode to liberation. In 1946, the choir of the public broadcaster NIR — the predecessor of the Vlaams Radiokoor — premiered this cantata during a special broadcast on ‘Sender Brüssel,’ which had just been liberated from Nazi control. Exactly 80 years later, the Vlaams Radiokoor performs the work once again in the very place it was created: the former broadcasting house, Flagey. The audience is invited to join the performers on the stage of the iconic Studio 4 for a unique and intimate musical portrait of Francis Poulenc — ‘Poupoule’ to his friends. Together with I SOLISTI, the Radiokoor introduces you to the man himself: his kaleidoscopic oeuvre, his colorful personality, and his many unexpected musical ties to Belgium. All of this topped off with his wonderfully surrealist Le Bal Masqué.

Collegium Vocale Gent

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €34 – €38

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Douleur Non Pareille: Jean Richafort’s Requiem Jean Richafort wrote his Missa pro defunctis in the early 16th century, and it still cuts to the bone today. The text “C’est douleur non pareille” – it is unequalled sorrow – is the recurrent motif in this requiem. Six voices weave themselves around Gregorian melodies as music by Josquin des Prez – Richafort’s teacher and idol – trickles through the staves. Richafort recalls some of Josquin’s key works, sometimes in the form of a quotation, at other times as a melodic transformation. That was how Renaissance composers worked: they listened, built, referred back and remodelled. Familiar music gained new meaning, not for lack of creativity but as a tribute to precious traditions and the genius of their colleagues. Barbora Kabátková and the soloists at Collegium Vocale Gent intertwine Richafort’s polyphony with monophonic hymns from the Office for the Dead and close with Fortuna desperata – a madrigal that inspired both Josquin and Richafort.

Tears into Light — Sofie Vanden Eynde & Imago Mundi

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €32

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

John Dowland ontmoet Armeense rouwmuziek in deze liefdesbrief aan de melancholie

The Allegory of Desire

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €31

Concertgebouw Brugge (Concertzaal ongenummerd)

Together with Vocalconsort Berlin and the Tunisian-Belgian singer Ghalia Benali, the 30-year-old (30!) ensemble Zefiro Torna brings East and West together once again in their acclaimed production The Allegory of Desire. The starting point is the Old Testament Song of Songs: an age-old source of inspiration for poets and composers. Dunstable, Monteverdi and Machaut are seamlessly interwoven with traditional and modern Arabic songs. An unmissable cross-pollination! Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/the-allegory-of-desire-2026-11-12-20-00 vanaf 14 jaar.

IMAGO MUNDI

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €28

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Tears into Light – Listening Towards the Light What if grief is not an ending but a beginning? Tears into Light builds a contemporary ritual around John Dowland’s iconic Lachrimae, in which grief, memory and hope hold each other in balance. The production is rooted in conversations with the residents of a care home that also offers palliative care. They give this ode to melancholy an unmistakably human voice: vulnerable, but strong as a rock and disarmingly honest. The voice, lute and warm embrace of the Armenian duduk blend new music by Vladimir Gorlinsky, Sufi poetry, texts by Fleur Pierets and a visual story by Ria Verhaeghe into an intense experience. As we listen, we seek our way to the light.

Onder één vleugel

Sun, 15 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT

門票: €16 – €18

30CC/Schouwburg

It is a rare and intriguing phenomenon: when two brothers play the piano together, an extraordinary sense of synchronisation often emerges. That becomes even more remarkable with three brothers playing. The combination of two, four and even six hands on a single piano creates an exceptional and spectacular musical experience: chamber music in its most intimate and festive form. Four brothers playing music together at such a high level is something you rarely see. Passionate, sensitive and talented: that’s the best way to describe the Van de Velde brothers. All four are among Belgium’s top musicians. Yannick, Jonathan, Nicholas and Samuel Van de Velde perform masterpieces by Bach, Mendelssohn, Ravel and others in a unique family ensemble for piano for two, four or six hands, accompanied by cello. From Johann Sebastian Bach’s intimate Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit in a four-hand arrangement by György Kurtág to Felix Mendelssohn’s cheerful and virtuosic Sonata for cello and piano, whose Adagio is a subtle tribute to Bach. Maurice Ravel composed his Rapsodie espagnole in 1908. It belongs to his most refined orchestral works and exudes a subtle, stylised Spanish atmosphere. Since the piece was originally composed as piano music, it is exceptionally well suited for a four-hands performance. In particular, the enchanting Habanera and compelling Feria will continue to linger long afterwards. It gets really busy at the piano with a six-handed version of a beloved opera paraphrase from Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini and the lively Galop-Marche by Albert Lavignac. Finally, the brothers conclude together with a beautiful Romance by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Programme Johann Sebastian Bach/G. Kurtág, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit Felix Mendelssohn, Sonate for cello and piano, op. 58 Maurice Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole for piano four hands Albert Lavignac, Galop-Marche Gioachino Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia Sergej Rachmaninov, Romance Bio The Van de Velde brothers have been making music together since their childhood and gave their first performances at a very young age. They have performed in large concert halls in Belgium and beyond. Their biennial Pianofest festival in Sint-Niklaas has become a fixture in the musical landscape and was awarded the Golden Label by Klassiek Centraal. More info www.samuelvandevelde.eu www.yannickvandevelde.com with Yannick Van de Velde (piano), Jonathan Van de Velde (cello), Nicholas Van de Velde (piano) and Samuel Van de Velde (piano)

Sophie Karthäuser & Les Muffatti

Sun, 15 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €34 – €38

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Tragedy, Irony and the World in Between: Telemann Rediscovered An envied man of many talents and a consummate stylist: Georg Philipp Telemann was the godfather of the European Baroque. This programme focuses on two cantatas that demonstrate his theatrical instinct, artistic freedom and unusually prominent sense of humour. Ino is a mythological drama about a Theban princess who is driven to madness by her husband and the gods. It finds its perfect counterpart in Du angenehmer Weiberorden – a humorous reflection on expectations of marriage and human illusions. The soprano Sophie Karthaüser switches effortlessly between the despairing princess and the blushing bride as Les Muffatti serves up an instrumental repertoire that showcases Telemann’s imagination and creativity. A concert full of contrasts, in which tragedy and humour challenge each other like a hunter and prey!

The Breath of Notre-Dame

Sun, 15 Nov 2026 14:00:00 GMT

門票: €22

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

“Whether improvising or performing from memory the most demanding pages of the repertoire, Dubois displays a rare musicality among organists.” — BBC Music Magazine Titulaire of the great organ of Notre-Dame de Paris since 2016 and recognized as one of the most brilliant organists on the international scene, Vincent Dubois opens his recital with one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular works, followed by pieces by leading Parisian organ composers: from Franck’s Second Chorale to the vast fresco by Maurice Duruflé on the hymn Veni Creator, as well as Saint-Saëns’s highly orchestral Danse macabre. He concludes with his own transcription of the Rigaudon, Menuet, and Toccata from Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin. Magnificent!

La Dolce Stravaganza — The Counterpoints

Thu, 19 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €32

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

Nederlandse blokfluitwizard kaapt concerti van Vivaldi

a nocte temporis & Reinoud Van Mechelen

Thu, 26 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €29 – €46

Concertgebouw Brugge (Concertzaal)

Guest creator Reinoud van Mechelen and his ensemble allow Telemann’s Tageszeiten to shine in all its refinement: radiant timbres, expressive melodies and rich Baroque rhetoric. In dialogue with his French contemporary Rameau, a musical portrait emerges through morning, afternoon, evening and night. Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/a-nocte-temporis-reinoud-van-mechelen-2026-11-26-20-00 vanaf 14 jaar. with break.

Unplugged, Untold — Bent Van Looy & B.O.X

Sat, 28 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT

門票: €32 – €38

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

Drie soloplaten in een verrassende barokke ‘back to the future’ make over.

Ensemble Céladon

Sun, 29 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €30 – €34

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Devozioni Veneziane Music history is full of blind spots. Natale Monferrato is one of them. This contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi and successor to Francesco Cavalli at St Mark’s Basilica was certainly no obscure figure: Monferrato occupied a key position at the heart of the Venetian music scene. Still, his music is seldom heard in 2026. His motets for alto reveal what we have been missing: concentrated Baroque in which devotion and drama constantly spur each other on. Countertenor Paulin Bündgen and Ensemble Céladon present this music without frills, but with a generous combination of several basso continuo instruments. Other than that, we’ll refrain from archaeological metaphors or slick promotion. This is beautiful music – no more and no less!

Flagey Academy & Lorenzo Gatto

Tue, 01 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT

門票: €12

Flagey (Studio 4)

The Flagey Academy Youth Choir opens December 2026 with a concert devoted to spirituality and beauty. For this special occasion, the young singers, under the direction of Zeno Popescu, are joined by a string orchestra led by Brussels-born violinist Lorenzo Gatto. The programme features Antonio Vivaldi ’s Gloria, RV 589, composed for the Ospedale della Pietà, the Venetian orphanage renowned throughout Europe for the exceptional quality of its musical training. In keeping with this tradition, the work reflects Flagey Academy’s broader mission, where social engagement and high-level musical education go hand in hand. The concert continues with Songs of Sanctuary by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, whose music draws on classical music, jazz, and ethnic musical traditions. The work marks the beginning of the Adiemus series, celebrated for its distinctive blend of invented vocal sounds and timeless melodic writing. Through its rich and evocative harmonies, the piece unfolds a serene and meditative sonic world, carried by the expressive power of the human voice. Together, these works create an intense and deeply immersive concert experience, in which the young voices of Flagey Academy give shape to a radiant, hopeful musical landscape.

Die Tageszeiten

Tue, 01 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €27 – €30

30CC/Schouwburg

Historians do not know whether Telemann and Rameau ever actually met, but one thing is beyond doubt: both composers were leading masters of the late Baroque, each adding an unrivalled flair to their own style. In this concert, a nocte temporis brings Telemann’s German clarity into dialogue with Rameau’s French refinement. Telemann’s Die Tageszeiten is the common thread. In four short cantatas, he represents an entire day in music, each section featuring a solo voice, a defining instrument and a concluding four-part chorus. Der Morgen (morning) exudes fresh energy with soprano and trumpet, making the first rays of sunshine almost tangible. In Der Mittag (noon), the mezzo-soprano is accompanied by a warm viola da gamba, perfect for the languid, golden midday light. Der Abend (evening) creates a sense of tranquillity with a tenor surrounded by two soft traversos. Die Nacht (night) concludes with deep bass notes, carried by the dark tones of two oboes and a bassoon – an evocation of silence, shadow and mystery. In between these segments, a nocte temporis performs scenes from Jean-Philippe Rameau’s operas. He too paints the morning, noon, evening and night, but with the theatrical grandeur of the French court. The result is a vibrant musical dialogue about light, time and the human imagination – a 24-hour journey through the Baroque era in which Telemann and Rameau complement each other with surprising naturalness. Programma Georg-Philipp Telemann, Die Tageszeiten Jean-Philippe Rameau, opera excerpts Bio Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen founded a nocte temporis in 2016. The ensemble began as a chamber music group and has since developed into a baroque orchestra. A nocte temporis received positive reviews for their CDs featuring music by, among others, Johann Sebastian Bach and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Their album featuring music by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault has won several awards, including CHOC de Classica, Diapason d’or, Diamant d’Opéra and Le Choix de France Musique. Press “Van Mechelen’s emotional intelligence and vocal control are impressive.[…] The instrumental playing here, as elsewhere, is expertly executed and perfectly balances the voice.” (Gramophone) More info www.anoctetemporis.org artistic direction Reinoud Van Mechelen met Gwendoline Blondeel (soprano), Sterre Decru (mezzo-soprano), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), Damien Pass (bass) and a nocte temporis (20 musicians – 6 violins / 2 violas / 3 cellos / 2 flutes / 2 oboes / 2 bassoons / 1 trumpet / 1 double bass / 1 harpsichord) lighting design ntb

Monteverdi’s madrigalen: il terzo libro — Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini

Tue, 01 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €28 – €42

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

Als je de madrigalen van Claudio maar één keer wil horen, laat het dan vanavond zijn

PER-SONAT

Sun, 06 Dec 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €30

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The Wisdom of Angels What did the angels know that we have forgotten? This production seeks the answer from two visionary thinkers and artists: Hildegard von Bingen and Heinrich von Meißen, alias Frauenlob. She was a mystic, composer and, centuries later, the heroine of the New Age movement: a spiritual phenomenon avant la lettre. He was an itinerant poet and minnesinger, celebrated and imitated until long after his death. Their music unlocks a world where sound is a mystical experiment and pure imagination all rolled into one. Hildegard’s ecstatic hymns and Frauenlob’s refined minnesang are borne by the voices, lute, vielle and bagpipes of PER-SONAT: the quintessential mediaeval specialist that you simply must hear in this repertoire.

ClubMediéval - Dionysos Now!

Sun, 06 Dec 2026 15:30:00 GMT

門票: €32

Bozar Brussel (St-Jacques sur Coudenberg / St Jacob op Koudenberg)

The concert series Echoes of Brussels jumps back and forth along the capital’s timeline, focusing on memorable creations and residents. From the fifteenth century onwards, the Coudenberg Palace was a hotbed of stories, art and ambition. Almost 300 years after the fire that reduced the Burgundian court to ashes, music can once again rise from the ruins. In the sixteenth century, the building was the beating heart of Emperor Charles V’s global empire. He often resided in Brussels before his abdication in 1555. ClubMediéval performs music in the ruins of the Coudenberg that Charles himself may well have heard, while Dionysos Now! presents a broader tribute to the vibrant musical life surrounding the court in the Coudenberg Church, featuring polyphony by composers such as Johannes Ghiselin, Pedro Ruimonte and Thomas Cecquillon. Together, the two concerts paint a vivid portrait of the Coudenberg: from a modest court chapel to an international musical nexus. One ticket is valid for both concerts. There will be enough time to move between venues. When booking, please select either concert series 1 (concerts at 5.30 pm & 7 pm) or concert series 2 (concerts at 7 pm & 8.30 pm). ClubMediéval in the ruins of the Coudenberg Palace: Karolus, The soul on which the moon never sets Music by Jonás Bisquert, Pierre de la Rue, Tielman Susato, anonima from cancioneros de Palacio y Elvas Jonatan Alvarado, tenor Ariel Abramovich, luth & vihuela Thomas Baeté, viola Isaline Claeys, dramaturgy Dionysos Now! in the Coudenberg Church: Fortunae meae, non mihi Music by Crispinus van Stappen, Johannes Ghiselin, Pedro Ruimonte, Adriaan Willaert, Peter Philips, Thomas Crecquillon

Bart Coen & Mario Scarnecchia

Fri, 11 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €24 – €28

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Baroque Released from the Canon: The Parensi Papers A manuscript was found in Parma in 1880 with the delightfully sober title Sinfonie di Varij Autori. No grandiose claims, but more than twenty sonatas for the recorder and basso continuo collected by the merchant and musician Paolo Antonio Parensi. Between 1705 and 1725, he kept a close eye on trends in Northern Italy: Corelli and Albinoni, but also Valentini, Sarri and composers we’ve hardly heard of today. Some works have not survived in any other source. Bart Coen and Mario Sarrechia open the time capsule with inquisitive ears and nimble-fingered precision. Adaptations of violin and oboe sonatas alternate with pieces written explicitly for the recorder. And in Fiocco, a Brussels native with Italian flair and French elegance, the story also gets a Belgian twist. Farewell, canon: at last we get to hear the fascinating underwater landscape beneath the tip of the iceberg!

L’Amour de Noël

Sun, 13 Dec 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €16

30CC (Abdijkerk Vlierbeek)

Christmas at Vlierbeek Abbey brings a magical concert where time seems to stand still for a moment. Following previous successful editions featuring Austrian, Flemish and English Christmas music, Currende takes you to France this year. Under the title L’Amour de Noël, conductor Erik Van Nevel has put together an atmospheric programme featuring traditional Christmas carols and Baroque music by composers such as Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Louis Couperin, interspersed with his own arrangements. With six singers and a refined ensemble of Baroque violins, violas da gamba, organ and recorders, a unique soundscape is created in which centuries-old melodies, well-known Christmas carols, forgotten gems and fresh arrangements are brought back to life. The combination of refined vocals and period instruments – a hallmark of Currende – allows this ancient Christmas music to shine in all its simplicity and refinement. More info www.currende.be conductor Erik Van Nevel As part of the Wintertijd programme. You can also attend this concert at St Peter’s Church on 17, 21, 23 and 28 December.

Der Messias — NDR Vokalensemble, Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw & Klaas Stok

Sun, 13 Dec 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €42 – €54

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

Absolute kerstklassieker met een toefje sauerkraut

Cantoría

Sun, 13 Dec 2026 13:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €30

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Dynamite for Christmas: Spanish Ensaladas Forget sweet little cribs with oxen and straw. In 16th century Spain, Christmas was an explosion of popular joy! Cantoría serves up the tastiest ensaladas for the occasion: polyphonic, ‘mixed salads’ in which languages, styles and melodies are all tossed together. Mateo Flecha took the genre to an unprecedented level: his works are full of theatrical effects, political allusions and references to popular culture. Wars with the Turks, Emperors, Lucifer and Christ all whirl by in a storm of sound and rhetoric. Flashes of big hits, panting rhythms, duelling voices: what begins with appropriate primness ends in theatrical overdrive. With voices, the vihuela, viol, percussion and organ, Cantoría turns this Renaissance hit machine into an explosive Christmas party with historical swagger.

Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe

Tue, 15 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT

門票: €51 – €61

Flagey (Studio 4)

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Vlaams Radiokoor

Wed, 16 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT

門票: €31

Flagey (Studio 4)

It has been a steadfast tradition for over 25 years: in December, the Vlaams Radiokoor invites everyone to come together, pause the frantic pace of the holiday season, and find a moment of reflection through both well-known and hidden choral gems. Conductor Peter Dijkstra, an internationally acclaimed specialist in vocal music, has curated a refined and surprising programme that combines intimate, minimalist works with age-old Christmas classics. The devout power of Anton Bruckner sets the tone immediately, opening a world of deep spiritual strength that transitions seamlessly into the bright, festive polyphony of Johannes Eccard. Jan Sandström’s dreamy arrangement of the old classic Es ist ein Ros entsprungen marks the shift towards the sophisticated French colours of Francis Poulenc and the contemporary voices of Gabriel Jackson and Morten Lauridsen: a warm sonic bath with shimmering harmonies that evoke a heavenly glow. To close, a tender and timeless Silent Night provides the ultimate Christmas experience.

Cappella Mediterranea & Nederlands Kamerkoor

Fri, 18 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €28 – €66

Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)

There are certain traditional features of the holiday season: presents to open, glasses to raise and Mariah Carey. The Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) by Johann Sebastian Bach is another firm tradition. Bach wrote the six parts of the oratorio when he was cantor in Leipzig, to be performed between Christmas 1734 and Epiphany 1735. True to form, he recycled older compositional material, and as in the Ascension Oratorio, we hear a narrator (Andreas Wolf) and an evangelist (Valerio Contaldo). The soprano Sophie Junker brings extra light in her arias. Expect a Christmas atmosphere with all the trimmings, including jubilant choirs, exuberant trumpets and even an emotional lullaby (sung by the countertenor Christopher Lowrey). Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts the Nederlands Kamerkoor with the acclaimed Cappella Mediterranea.

Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu & Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Fri, 18 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €34 – €64

Concertgebouw Brugge (Concertzaal)

Bach’s Missae breves from the 1730s remain shrouded in mystery: for whom or for what occasion did he compose these festive ‘Latin’ masses, which undoubtedly borrowed heavily from his Christmas cantatas? Pergolesi’s Roman Mass, written after the devastating earthquake in Naples in 1732, honours Saint Emygdius – who promises protection against earthquakes – with music full of spiritual tension and jubilant sounds. Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/le-concert-de-l-hostel-dieu-choeur-de-chambre-de-namur-2026-12-18-20-00 vanaf 12 jaar.

Meeuwsens mega-kerst — Nikola Meeuwsen

Sat, 19 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €20 – €32

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

Kampioen serveert kerstdiner met enkel hoofdgerechten: Bach, Ravel, Mendelssohn en Beethoven

Ciao Adriano — Dionysos Now!

Fri, 08 Jan 2027 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €36

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent (Karmelietenklooster)

Eeuwen voordat ‘Ode an die Freude’ de Europese hymne werd, schreven polyfonisten als Adriaan Willaert muziek die overal begrepen werd

Retour à Versailles — Musica Gloria

Thu, 14 Jan 2027 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €26 – €32

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

Twee hofcomponisten schreven suites die driehonderd jaar stof verzamelden. Tot Musica Gloria de Swiffer bovenhaalde

Retour à Versailles

Sat, 16 Jan 2027 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €23 – €25

30CC/Schouwburg

Musica Gloria takes you back to the French court of the early 18 th century, where oboist Pierre Danican Philidor and violinist Jacques Christophe Huguenet composed elegant music for the royal salons. Their suites and sonatas are brimming with refined expression and playful energy. Fast and lively dances such as the passacaille, gigue, gavotte and courante … Musica Gloria performs them all, in a colourful ensemble featuring instruments such as the Baroque oboe, traverso, theorbo and viola da gamba. Led by Nele Vertommen and Beniamino Paganini, the ensemble brings these forgotten gems back to life with historically informed flair, warm instrumental colours and their characteristic musical vitality. It promises to be a fascinating journey through the soundscape of 18 th -century Versailles: elegant, lively and surprisingly modern in spirit. With music by Jacques Christophe Huguenet (1680-1729) and Pierre Danican Philidor (1681-1731). Bio Leuven-based Musica Gloria is a young, international, instrumental and vocal Baroque ensemble under the inspiring artistic direction of Beniamino Paganini and Nele Vertommen. They go to great lengths to connect with the audience and deliver top-quality performances. Depending on the programme and the project, Musica Gloria performs with between 2 and 40 of its members. These passionate musicians bring early music to the audience with great enthusiasm, performing it in an expressive, lively and historically informed manner on (replicas of) period instruments. More info www.musicagloria.com artistic direction Nele Vertommen, Beniamino Paganini with Nele Vertommen (baroque oboe), Shunsuke Kawai (baroque oboe), José Rodrigues Gomes (baroque bassoon), Elise Dupont (baroque violin), Lena Rademann (baroque violin), Barbara Hünninger (viola da gamba), Giulio Quirici (theorbo and guitar) and Beniamino Paganini (harpsichord and flute)

A Cello in Italy

Sun, 17 Jan 2027 14:00:00 GMT

門票: €19 – €24

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

From Antonio Vivaldi to Giovanni Sollima, three centuries of Italian music echo one another, with the radiant and virtuosic cello of Anastasia Kobekina as a narrator through time. Vivaldi blends brilliance with a festive spirit, much like Sollima’s Concerto perduto (“lost concerto”), in which, in 2021, he imagined a new work based on fragments of a cello concerto by the “Red Priest,” carefully preserved in Venice. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Charles Avison extend, in their own way, the virtuosity, clarity of form, and expressive freedom of the Italian Baroque, while opening the path toward the more sensitive language of the Galant style.

Performance

Mon, 18 Jan 2027 18:00:00 GMT

門票: €12

Concertgebouw Brugge (Kamermuziekzaal)

On the eve of the Bach Academy Bruges, discover the voices of tomorrow. Young singers will spend a few days in Bruges fully immersing themselves in their favourite Baroque arias, accompanied by Philippe Herreweghe and Peter Kooij. Tickets: https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/performance-18-01-2027-20-00 vanaf 14 jaar.