Famous voices will read a collection of exquisite love poems, with musical intermezzos by Thomas Dunford (lute) and Jean Rondeau (harpsichord). These are short performances lasting twenty minutes: the audience is welcome to move on between performances or stay for the following poems.
The promising, award-winning Profeti della Quinta focuses on repertoire from the 16th and early 17th centuries. Salomone Rossis music in the Italian style will be performed in the original Hebrew, a unique event for Laus Polyphoniae. The Jewish-Italian composer and violinist worked from 1587 until 1628 at the court of Mantua. His madrigals are particularly beautiful and refined.
With a return to the Canticum canticorum, we have come full circle. Lassus, one of the greatest composers ever, brought together the secular and religious aspects of the Song of Songs in monumental motets. He based a mass on the profane song Susanne un jour. Leonardo García Alarcóns extensive vocal and instrumental ensemble will bring Laus Polyphoniae to an impressive close.
Humans have the greatest aptitude for music in very early childhood. This makes it a wonderful experience to sing simple songs with babies and toddlers, experimenting with rhythm and sound. Come and find out about musicality with your child at four short sessions in the AMUZ foyer. Klankenbad is based on The Music Learning Theory by the renowned educationalist Edwin E. Gordon, which states that musicality is acquired in the same way as language. Gordons theory demonstrates that coming into contact with music at a very early age has a significant influence on future musical development. So it is a great idea to stimulate your child and bring them into contact with music through play, especially because it is so much fun for both the children and their parents! We work in five age categories. Babies are stimulated to explore their own musical gurgling and cooing. New for this year is a programme for toddlers, who get to work with melody, rhythm and movement. As a parent or guardian, you will discover how you can make music with your child at home as well.
Categories: 9.00: babys & toddlers from 0 to 18 months 10.00: toddlers from 18 to 24 months (fully booked) 11.00: toddlers from 24 months until they start nursery (fully booked) 13.00: young children who already go to nursery (reception or first year) 14.00: young children who already go to nursery (second or third year)
Reinhoud van Mechelen has chosen the most beautiful arias for tenor from Bachs entire oeuvre of cantatas and combined them with several instrumental pieces for flute and harpsichord. Bach was a master of fathoming human passion and the immense variety of human emotions. His cantatas are an unrivalled exposure of the human soul. Van Mechelen was awarded the Klara Prize 2016 for Promising Young Musician of the Year for his international breakthrough, the CD recording of this programme and, above all, for his high, warm tenor voice.
The emergence of jazz music was an important source of inspiration to the classical musicians of the time. In France, Debussy and Ravel were intrigued by the rhythm of dances such as the foxtrot. Stravinsky studied jazz scores at the beginning of the 1920s and then heard the music live when American ensembles came to tour Europe. Gershwin was praised for the jazz fever that he could evoke from an orchestra. This rousing music, combined with the exceptional musical and poetic qualities of pianist Frank Braley, guarantee a unique concert.