Join the fun-loving company on Sunday 24, Monday 25 or Tuesday 26 August between 6:00 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. for a picnic in the garden of Peter Paul Rubens. You can order a basket with Italian delicacies and wine for two persons.

The basket contains:
Pasta salad with grilled vegetables 
Insalata Caprese
Grilled Focaccia with Taleggio
Antipasti (chees & charcuterie)
Ciabatta with tapenades
Fruit
Dessert
Bottle of wine (red, white or rosé)

You can picnic until 10.15 p.m. At that time Recitare Tasso starts, a concert with Marco Beasley and Marco Mencoboni, also in Rubens’ House. You do not need a ticket for the show in order to enjoy the picnic. 

The Picnic all’Italiana takes place in the framework of the early music festival Laus Polyphoniae. I.c.w. Rubens’ House. 

24 August, 2014 16:00 -- Rubenshuis

Faithful to custom you can enjoy a well-assorted festival menu (entree + main course) before the evening concerts in AMUZ. During the marathon of madrigals this pop-up bistro serves a special Menù della Maratona.

FESTIVAL MENU: On 23, 24, 26, 27 & 28 August

Entree choose from Melanzane alla parmigiana (casserole with aubergines, courgettes, tomato, melted mozzarella & parmegiano) OR Insalata Caprese: salad with mozzarella, tomato & basil

Main course choose from Scaloppina alla Milanese (breaded veal with pasta & tomato sauce) OR Lasagna vegetale (vegetarian lasagna) OR Linguine scampi Capri (linguine with prawns in a spicy tomato sauce) 

Dessert € 6,00: Tiramisu, Panna Cotta, Tartufo

Price € 19. Festival menu SAT 23/08 ORDER | SUN 24/08 ORDER | TUE 26/08 ORDER | WED 27/08 ORDER | THU 28/08 ORDER

MENÙ DELLA MARATONA: On 29 & 30 August
06.00 p.m.: buffet of homemade pizzas
08.00 p.m.: evening concert 
09.15 p.m.: buffet of Italian Specialities (Saltimbocca alla Romana, Pasta Vongole, Polpetta Pomodoro, Lasagna, Patate al forno …)
10.15 p.m.: late evening concert 

Price: € 24. Menù della Maratona FRI 29/08 ORDER | SAT 30/08 ORDER

Concert tickets are not included. Advance booking is required.

24 August, 2014 16:00 -- AMUZ

Cornetto virtuoso William Dongois and friends illuminate the early chamber music of Monteverdi and contemporaries. Also the entirely new and budding baroque style that came immediately afterwards gets pride of place: virtuoso music for the living room and for the church.

Dongois pursued advanced studies at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. As a cornetto and trumpet player he collaborated with Concerto Palatino, Hespèrion XXI, René Jacobs, Ton Koopman and Andrew Parrott. With his ensemble Le Concert Brisé he is the perfect choice for this sublime chamber music by among others Caccini, Malvezzi, Merula, Rognoni, Donati and Monteverdi himself. 

24 August, 2014 18:00 -- AMUZ

Cornetto virtuoso William Dongois and friends illuminate the early chamber music of Monteverdi and contemporaries. Also the entirely new and budding baroque style that came immediately afterwards gets pride of place: virtuoso music for the living room and for the church.

Dongois pursued advanced studies at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. As a cornetto and trumpet player he collaborated with Concerto Palatino, Hespèrion XXI, René Jacobs, Ton Koopman and Andrew Parrott. With his ensemble Le Concert Brisé he is the perfect choice for this sublime chamber music by among others Caccini, Malvezzi, Merula, Rognoni, Donati and Monteverdi himself.

24 August, 2014 20:00 -- AMUZ

Torquato Tasso: prodigy and celebrated poet, but also a tormented lunatic who never earned a penny with his most famous work, La Gerusalemme liberata. Until the beginning of the 20th century Tasso was one of the most widely read poets in Europe. Born performer Marco Beasley reads from his oeuvre, breathing new life into it.

Tasso’s best-known poems appeared at a great moment when music, influenced by composers such as Monteverdi, Gesualdo and Marenzio, underwent a genuine transformation in Italy. The mellifluous melodies and sensual melancholy of, for example, Aminta, are hand in glove with the contemporary spirit of the age. Until two centuries after his death Tasso’s influence on the opera and the cantata was perceptible. A rediscovery is in order! We celebrate this occasion at the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, who at the court of Mantua most probably met our festival star Monteverdi.

24 August, 2014 20:15 -- Rubenshuis

Torquato Tasso: prodigy and celebrated poet, but also a tormented lunatic who never earned a penny with his most famous work, La Gerusalemme liberata. Until the beginning of the 20th century Tasso was one of the most widely read poets in Europe. Born performer Marco Beasley reads from his oeuvre, breathing new life into it. 

Tasso’s best-known poems appeared at a great moment when music, influenced by composers such as Monteverdi, Gesualdo and Marenzio, underwent a genuine transformation in Italy. The mellifluous Melodies and sensual melancholy of, for example, Aminta, are hand in glove with the contemporary spirit of the age. Until two centuries after his death Tasso’s influence on the opera and the cantata was perceptible. A rediscovery is in order! We celebrate this occasion at the studio of  Peter Paul Rubens, who at the court of Mantua most probably met our festival star Monteverdi.

24 August, 2014 22:15 -- Rubenshuis