Chopins oeuvre consists almost entirely of works for solo piano: extremely demanding at a technical level, but with subtle nuance and expressive depth. Between 1842 and 1845, Chopin was in an intense but difficult relationship with the writer George Sand. It is also a period in which he was reconsidering his ambitions as a composer. The results, including the Three Mazurkas, opus 59 or the Sonata No. 3 in B minor, opus 58 are among the best work he ever wrote. You will hear El Bacha on Chris Maenes impressive copy of a Grand Concert Pleyel Piano dating from 1843.

11 December, 2016 15:00 -- amuz

Composer and organist Giovanni Gabrieli, the principal composer at St Marks Basilica in Venice from 1585 onwards, wrote music for impressive multiple choirs for Christmas and the Christmas Eve midnight mass, which was attended by huge numbers of people. More than twenty musicians from the Oltremontano and Gesualdo Consort, led by Wim Becu, perform this monumental music, from the six-part Cantate Domino to the sixteen part Audite principes. Experience a unique and festive Venetian Christmas with this superbly powerful music.

16 December, 2016 21:00 -- amuz

This Christmas programme takes us back to the Renaissance. Christmas songs in German from the Lutheran tradition stand alongside Catholic motets in Latin. The Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis by southern Netherlandish composer Jacobus Clemens non Papa is the focal point of this concert. His Protestant counterparts Michael Praetorius and Johannes Eccard are among the most prominent composers of the late 16th century.

18 December, 2016 15:00 -- amuz

Get the New Year off to a sparkling start with a delicious brunch in the AMUZ concert hall and music by Odd Size. These four musicians from Sweden charmed everyone last season with the Messiah for 4, a show bursting with virtuosity, talented improvisations, humour and a passionate love of music-making. They are now pouring every bit of that enthusiasm into Something Old and Something Stolen, with music by Merula, Lambert, Schmelzer, Handel and Schumann and even Billy Holiday and Dolly Parton.

Brunch buffet
Reception with a glass of cava or freshly squeezed orange juice | Red & white wine, water, coffee and tea available throughout | Assorted oven-fresh bread | Selection of fine cheeses & charcuterie | Sweet & savoury toppings | Extensive salad bar | Hot buffet including fillets of sole in white wine sauce, asparagus and salmon quiche etc. | Cheese dish with brioche | Variety of sweet desserts

Advance reservation required.

08 January, 2017 11:30 -- amuz

The Winterreise song cycle by Franz Schubert consists of 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller in a setting for voice and piano. Schubert understands the poets genius. The emotions in the poems are transformed into music in such a way that it is impossible to sing or hear the songs without being deeply moved, the Theaterzeitung wrote in 1828. Rising star Julian Prégardien meets with great enthusiasm for his powerful and expressive performances.

15 January, 2017 15:00 -- amuz

Immerse children in Year 3 of primary school in music for a week, letting them create and perform their own compositions: the intention of the musical project weeks that AMUZ organises with De Veerman results in enriching experiences time and time and again. An encounter with pianist Olga Pashchenko and her enthusiasm for Beethovens works for piano is sure to spark the childrens fantasy and inspire them to create their first compositions.

20 January, 2017 14:00 -- amuz