The Image of Melancholy is based on the theme of melancholy in the British music of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The Norwegian Baroque violinist Bjarte Eike has widened the scope of the concert in time and space, however, to include traditional Scandinavian music and Baroque masterpieces such as Bibers Rosary Sonatas and Buxtehudes simple but poignant Klag-Lied for his father. You will also hear Niel Gows famous and deeply beautiful Lament for the Death of His Second Wife.

28 October, 2016 21:00 -- amuz

Yaniv dOr and the Barrocade & Naya Ensembles present cantigas, romancas and coplas: music from the Jewish Diaspora on a range of themes such as love, homesickness and even the different ways of cooking aubergines. The words to most of the songs are in Ladino, the language of the Sephardic Jews. The music is traditional or Baroque with Mediterranean and Spanish-American rhythms; Turkish and Arabic influences are never far away.

30 October, 2016 15:00 -- amuz

In the 19th century, the keyed flute was in its heyday. As part of her doctoral research the German flautist Anne Pustlauk spent five years studying and collecting around 160 historic teaching courses for the flute, playing original instruments and searching for the best chamber music repertoire for flute and keyboard and/or strings. She is the first flautist ever to take on such extensive research in this area. Hear the result live at AMUZ!

06 November, 2016 15:00 -- amuz

Writing about the keyboard music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the second son of J.S. Bach, J.F. Reichardt claimed that no earlier music had ever been so rich and harmonious, with such a noble lilt, such beauty, order and originality. The sensitive lilt of C.P.E. Bachs music can also be heard in other instrumental works, such as his sinfonias and trio sonatas. Rupert Charlesworth, the young British winner of the Handel Singing Competition in London (2013) and the Cesti Competition in Innsbruck (2014) is the perfect singer for the galant areas and cantatas, with his attractive and elegant voice.

10 November, 2016 21:00 -- amuz

Composer and organist Olivier Messiaen wrote his Quatuor as a German prisoner of war in Görlitz (1940-1942). There were three other musicians among the prisoners, which is the reason for the unusual instrumentation: violin, clarinet, cello and piano. Narrator François Beukelaers reads fragments from the book Orfeo by Richard Powers, a novel in which biology and music, past and present come together in an ingenious manner. An evening that is sure to leave a lasting impression.

11 November, 2016 21:00 -- amuz

Soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, also known as the little siren of the stage, was the uncontested prima donna of the London opera scene at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Handel knew her voice better than anyone, and showcased its many different facets to dazzling effect. Hasnaa Bennani, the singer creating a storm on international stages, gives a majestic and deeply emotional performance that is sometimes moving in its simplicity and at other times ranges from light playfulness to moments of repressed rage or astonishing virtuosity.

This concert was scheduled for Sunday 24 January 2016, but unfortunately had to be postponed due to illness.

13 November, 2016 15:00 -- amuz