No better setting than AMUZ for a revival of the original Schubertiade in this Lied recital of top quality. The singers cull from song cycles such as Schwanengesang and Gesänge aus “Wilhelm Meister”, but Schubert’s repertoire for piano fourhanded is not neglected either.
With the Dutch soprano Johannette Zomer, the German Schubert aficionado Jan Kobow, the acclaimed piano duo Jordans-van Doeselaar and clarinettist Frank van den Brink – one of the best performers on period clarinets – Schubert’s compositions will be endowed with a rich sheen. But above all this recital promises magic ensemble playing and the genuine pleasure of playing, as befits a Schubertian high mass!

In cooperation with Organisatie Oude Muziek

Performers
Johannette Zomer, soprano | Jan Kobow, tenor | Frank van den Brink, clarinet | Wyneke Jordans, fortepiano | Leo van Doeselaar, fortepiano

Programme
F. Schubert: Ouverture in D “im italienischen Stile”, D 592; Totus in corde lanqueo, D 136; selection from Schwanengesang, D 957; Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877; Licht und Liebe, D 352; Fantasie in f, D 940; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965 e.a.

 

10 November, 2013 14:00 -- AMUZ

Writer Bart Moeyaert translated and adapted the parable L’Histoire du Soldat by Charles Ramuz in his highly personal style. AMUZ requested a rerun of this performance, so at last it can be enjoyed in Flanders as well! Musicians of iI Gardellino and of the Orchestre des Champs Elysées make Stravinsky’s score from 1918 sound exactly like at the world premiere in Lausanne.
Because of budgetary restrictions as a consequence of the First World War Stravinsky and Ramuz consciously conceived their project as a small-scale production that was to be easily realized. The parable about a soldier who trades his violin with the devil for a book that can foretell the future, is rooted in Russian folk stories. Stravinsky linked that fable with an instrumentation that betrays his love of jazz. A universal story about choosing and losing,
with a raconteur who will keep you in rapt attention! 

In cooperation with Het Vredescentrum van de Provincie en de Stad Antwerpen

Performers
Bart Moeyaert, narrator (Dutch spoken) | Benjamin Dieltjens, clarinet | Jean François Carlier, bassoon | Shirly Laub, violin | Joost Maegerman, double bass | Alain De Rudder, trumpet | Harry Ries, trombone | Koen Plaetinck, percussion

Programme
I. Stravinski: L’Histoire du Soldat

11 November, 2013 20:00 -- AMUZ

Writer Bart Moeyaert translated and adapted the parable L’Histoire du Soldat by Charles Ramuz in his highly personal style. AMUZ requested a rerun of this performance, so at last it can be enjoyed in Flanders as well! Musicians of il Gardellino and of the Orchestre des Champs Elysées make Stravinsky’s score from 1918 sound exactly like at the world premiere in Lausanne.
Because of budgetary restrictions as a consequence of the First World War Stravinsky and Ramuz consciously conceived their project as a small-scale production that was to be easily realized. The parable about a soldier who trades his violin with the devil for a book that can foretell the future, is rooted in Russian folk stories. Stravinsky linked that fable with an instrumentation that betrays his love of jazz. A universal story about choosing and losing, with a raconteur who will keep you in rapt attention! 

Performers
Bart Moeyaert, narrator (Dutch spoken) | Benjamin Dieltjens, clarinet | Jean François Carlier, bassoon | Shirly Laub, violin | Joost Maegerman, double bass | Alain De Rudder, trumpet | Harry Ries, trombone | Koen Plaetinck, percussion

Programme
I. Stravinski: L’Histoire du Soldat

12 November, 2013 20:00 -- AMUZ

The portative organ, hand organ or organetto offers many opportunities for playing – from monody and bourdon to polyphony – and can be used in the most diverse repertoires. Small wonder that until deep into the 16th century there was a lively musical activity on this special jewel. Music of the 14th-century organetto minstrel Francesco Landini, of Johannes Ciconia from Liège and of past master Guillaume de Machaut thrives wonderfully on this instrument!
The organetto first appears in Europe in the 12th century. Possibly conceived as a scale model to test the construction of big pipe organs, the light, portable instrument offered the ideal accompaniment of liturgical processions and was much loved by musicians with divergent interests because of its comprehensive dynamic and sonoric qualities. Virtuosos like Landini and ‘Johan dels orguens’ paved the way for modern masters such as Guillermo Pérez: under his fingers brilliant grace notes and subtle ornamentation flash by at a dazzling pace, turning the organetto into an instrument imparting plenty of energy and expression.

In cooperation with Alamire Foundation – Huis van de Polyfonie

Performer
Guillermo Pérez, organetto

Programme
Work of G. de Machaut, J. Ciconia, F. Landini e.a.
 

 

16 November, 2013 20:00 -- AMUZ

Als grande dame van de gitaar en schitterend vertolkster van zowel hedendaagse muziek als 19de-eeuws, romantisch repertoire, geniet Raphaella Smits wereldfaam. Naast een bevlogen muzikante is ze ook een veelgevraagd docente die wereldwijd masterclasses geeft. In deze sessie staat de 19de-eeuwse gitaar en zijn romantisch repertoire in the spotlight. Voor klassiek geschoolde gitaristen een uitgelezen kans!

I.s.m. Musica, Impulscentrum voor muziek

23 November, 2013 12:00 -- AMUZ

There is more between lute and Fender: the classical guitar, for example, with all its varieties and forms. An outstanding specialist in this field is Raphaella Smits, who time and again knows how to amaze with all the beautiful works composed for these instruments. This time she will dust off works by Mertz and Sor, two romantic guitar virtuosos. In the former half of the 19th century Vienna belonged to the most important European music centres. Music for guitar was very popular there too, witness the many musical evenings with prominent guitarists performing for high society. Among them Johann-Kaspar Mertz from Pressburg, whose compositions were a revelation for Raphaëlla Smits!
Mertz, that is the acme of romanticism: somewhere between Schubert and Liszt, juggling with vibrato and rubato, driven by artistic commitment. Fernando Sor – also a guitar virtuoso – for his part was a Spaniard on French soil. Earthly life ended for him in a pauper’s grave, but Smits built a musical heaven for him with her refined interpretations of this highly sensitive repertoire.

Performer
Raphaella Smits, romantic guitar

Programme
Work of F. Sor and J.-K. Mertz
 

24 November, 2013 14:00 -- AMUZ