Festival: Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Friday 23-Aug-13 08:00pm |
 Domkerk, UtrechtFestive Opening Night Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
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| Domkerk, Utrecht, Domplein, Utrecht 3512 JN, Netherlands Friday 23-Aug-13 08:00pm Festive Opening Night Domkerk & city centre A € 35 / € 25 / € 10 B € 30 / € 20 / € 10 Festive Opening Night Ars Antiqua Austria, St. Florianer Sängerknaben / Gunar Letzbor and dozens of salon concerts Muffat’s only surviving mass In labore requies is a typical example of the large-scale vocal and instrumental multichoral composition popular in Salzburg at the time. Together with his ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria the violinist Gunar Letzbor is one of the main champions of Austrian Baroque repertoire, which has so far remained largely unexplored. Besides his orchestra of strings and winds he also brings the St Florian children’s choir – in which the young Bruckner used to sing – to Utrecht for the Festival’s opening concert. During the other half of the concert you will be treated to a concert of intimate chamber music, given by Festival musicians at a unique location you would be unlikely to visit otherwise. What’s on the programme? A surprise awaits you! Programme to include: | ||
| Saturday 24-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Jacobikerk, Utrecht The grand motet: a journey through Europe Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
Programme to include: Works by Clerambault Works by Biffi Works by Telemann |
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| Jacobikerk, Utrecht, St Jacobsstraat 171, Utrecht 3511 BP Utrecht, Netherlands Saturday 24-Aug-13 08:00pm The grand motet: a journey through Europe A € 35 / € 32 / € 10 B € 30 / € 27 / € 10 Le Parnasse français / Louis Castelain The grand motet: a journey through Europe Under the fiery leadership of Louis Castelain, Le Parnasse français was the revelatory highlight of the 2010 Utrecht Early Music Festival. The ensemble specialises in the grand motet: sacred music on a monumental scale with choir, orchestra and soloists. In fact, not so typically French music. Le Parnasse français demonstrates how Lully’s model was disseminated: from Clérambault in Paris, via Purcell in London (My beloved spake) and Biffi in Venice, to Telemann in Hamburg. The ensemble takes us on a European journey, on the trail of a riveting musical genre characterised by pomp and splendour. Programme to include: Works by Biffi, Antonio Works by Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) | ||
| Saturday 24-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Domkerk, Utrecht L’homme armé: war and peace in the 15th century Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
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| Domkerk, Utrecht, Domplein, Utrecht 3512 JN, Netherlands Saturday 24-Aug-13 08:00pm L’homme armé: war and peace in the 15th century A € 35 / € 32 / € 10 B € 30 / € 27 / € 10 Cantica Symphonia / Giuseppe Maletto L’homme armé: war and peace in the 15th century The Italian specialist ensemble Cantica Symphonia presents Dufay’s four-voice Missa L’homme armé, alternating with instrumental mass movements attributed to Antoine Busnois. Dufay may have composed his mass after returning to Cambrai, where he spent his final years, lauded as the most influential European composer of his day. In the mid-fifteenth century the theme of L’homme armé was strikingly common in mass settings: possibly a reference to the fall of Constantinople following the Turkish siege; a traumatic event for Western Europe. Works by Busnoys, Antoine (1430-1492) | ||
| Sunday 25-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Geertekerk, Utrecht Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
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| Geertekerk, Utrecht, Geertekerkhof 23, Utrecht 3511 XC, Netherlands Sunday 25-Aug-13 08:00pm Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante A € 35 / € 32 / € 10 B € 30 / € 27 / € 10 La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante Vivaldi’s serenata La Senna festeggiante (The Seine Rejoicing) is a tribute to the French King Louis XV. It contains many French elements – but perhaps it above all reveals how Vivaldi viewed the French style. The libretto is built around three characters and is somewhat static; however, this in no way spoils the pleasure: every page of the music displays the rich inventiveness so typical of Vivaldi. It is the ideal work for Fabio Bonizzoni’s energetic chamber orchestra, bolstered by festive winds for the occasion. | ||
| Monday 26-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Jacobikerk, Utrecht D’Astorga: Stabat Mater; Perez: Mattutino de’Morti Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
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| Jacobikerk, Utrecht, St Jacobsstraat 171, Utrecht 3511 BP Utrecht, Netherlands Monday 26-Aug-13 08:00pm D’Astorga: Stabat Mater; Perez: Mattutino de’Morti A € 35 / € 32 / € 10 B € 30 / € 27 / € 10 Ghislieri Choir & Consort / Giulio Prandi D’Astorga: Stabat Mater; Perez: Mattutino de’Morti Davide Perez and Emanuele d’Astorga left their Neapolitan home land to work in other parts of Europe. The French Fondation Royaumont has given the young conductor Giulio Prandi the opportunity to set up an extensive musicological project based on the Matuttino de’Morti published by Davide Perez in Lisbon. With fifty performers on the stage, this late 18th-century funeral mass is sure to be one of the most memorable events of the Festival. The Mattutino is performed alongside the Baroque Stabat mater by Emanuel Rincon Barone d’Astorga. | ||
| Tuesday 27-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Geertekerk, Utrecht Campra: L’Europe galante (scenes) Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
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| Geertekerk, Utrecht, Geertekerkhof 23, Utrecht 3511 XC, Netherlands Tuesday 27-Aug-13 08:00pm Campra: L’Europe galante (scenes) A € 35 / € 32 / € 10 B € 30 / € 27 / € 10 Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé Campra: L’Europe galante (scenes) The title of Campra’s L’Europa galante possibly enjoys greater renown than the superb music itself; however, Skip Sempé and his fellow performers change all of this. Premièred in 1697 under the direction of Marin Marais, L’Europa galante is the first opéra-ballet in which the various scènes share a single unifying theme. Thus, we will be presented with amorous scenes from four different countries: France, Spain, Italy and Turkey. These provide the ingredients for an imaginary European journey, in this case one with a French flavour. Campra, Andre (1660-1744), L'Europe galante (scenes) | ||
| Tuesday 27-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Domkerk, Utrecht Lassus & Gombert: Principes musicorum Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
Programme to include: Works by de Lassus |
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| Domkerk, Utrecht, Domplein, Utrecht 3512 JN, Netherlands Tuesday 27-Aug-13 08:00pm Lassus & Gombert: Principes musicorum A € 35 / € 32 / € 10 B € 30 / € 27 / € 10 Stile Antico Lassus & Gombert: Principes musicorum Like so many of the best 16th-century Flemish musicians, Gombert obtained a position at the prestigious Capilla Flamenca of Emperor Charles. He travelled throughout Europe in the Emperor’s wake. The younger Lassus ended up in Italy; he was one of the few Flemish composers not to be employed by Charles or his son Philip. The leading British ensemble Stile Antico unites these two figures around the Song of Songs, with motets by Lassus and Gombert’s Missa Quam Pulchra es. The concert opens and concludes with two different settings of the Magnificat. Programme to include: Works by de Lassus, Orlande (1532-1594) | ||
| Tuesday 27-Aug-13 10:30pm |
Pieterskerk, Utrecht Lassus & Lejeune: motets, psalms, chansons Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
Programme to include: Works by Le Jeune |
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| Pieterskerk, Utrecht, Pieterskerkhof 3, Utrecht 3512 JR, Netherlands Tuesday 27-Aug-13 10:30pm Lassus & Lejeune: motets, psalms, chansons A € 21 / € 19 / € 10 B € 18 / € 16 / € 10 Huelgas Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel Lassus & Lejeune: motets, psalms, chansons Paul Van Nevel unequivocally views Claude Lejeune as the French Lassus. Both composers were closely acquainted with each other’s works and they held each other in high regard. There was one marked difference: Lejeune found a secure niche working for the European Hugenots, where he ultimately developed into the musical figurehead of the French Reformation. This was also a determining factor regarding his choice of repertoire. The supreme all-rounder Lassus is surpassed by Lejeune in two genres: the chanson, which Lejeune approached with unprecedented freshness and, naturally, the psalm setting. Programme to include: Works by Le Jeune, Claude (1528-1600) | ||
| Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht Voyage en Europe Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm Voyage en Europe A € 35 / € 32 / € 10 B € 30 / € 27 / € 10 L’Éventail Dance Company / Marie-Geneviève Massé Les Folies Françoises / Patrick Cohën-Akenine Voyage en Europe Guide by the music of Campra, Destouches, Lully, Purcell, Rosenmüller and Vivaldi, the seven French Baroque dancers of L’Éventail invite us on a journey through 18th-century Europe. Dance, also referred to as la belle danse – comparable with belles lettres and beaux-arts – formed an international language understood throughout the world. In four scenes we travel from France to England and Germany, concluding with a Venetian carnival. Les Folies Françoises perform live on stage. | ||
