Concertos para Bebés gives babies, toddlers and young children up to the age of five an interactive introduction to classical music. The concerts are held in a play area in the middle of the hall. The musicians are surrounded by cushions for the young audience and their parents. Most children prefer to stay on Mum or Dads lap, but more adventurous toddlers venture out among the musicians. Either way is fine! And why not sing along as well, clap your hands and, most important of all, take an active approach to discovering music. In line with the theme of the festival, the musicians of Musicalmente will perform music from the 14th century.

27 August, 2016 16:00 -- hetpaleis

Following the tradition of Machauts Messe de Nostre Dame, Marcel Pérès has created a new polyphonic mass with parts taken from manuscripts in Toulouse and Barcelona, the way it might have sounded in Avignon. The establishment of the Avignon Papacy (1309-1377) led to contact between singers from northern and southern Europe, which resulted in an entirely new repertoire. Missa Gotica is a masterly representation of the significant innovations in music (ars nova) and concurrent developments in the liturgy under the influence of the popes of Avignon.

27 August, 2016 20:00 -- st-andrieskerk

An immersive experience with images and live music takes you on an exploration of the tiniest details of the retable by the Flemish sculptor Jacob De Baerze from the Chartreuse de Champmol. Psallentes complements the programme with Gregorian music from an antiphony made from the same abbey, dating from the same period, the 1390s, as the retable itself.

27 August, 2016 22:15 -- amuz

Advanced amateurs and young professional musicians have received a week of coaching from international experts Stratton Bull and Pieter Stas at the summer school From Machaut to Dufay. Along with other participants, they have studied the repertoire of Machaut and Dufay, focusing on singing directly from the sources. The results of this intensive week of musical training can be heard at this presentation.

28 August, 2016 11:00 -- amuz

Concertos para Bebés gives babies, toddlers and young children up to the age of five an interactive introduction to classical music. The concerts are held in a play area in the middle of the hall. The musicians are surrounded by cushions for the young audience and their parents. Most children prefer to stay on Mum or Dads lap, but more adventurous toddlers venture out among the musicians. Either way is fine! And why not sing along as well, clap your hands and, most important of all, take an active approach to discovering music. In line with the theme of the festival, the musicians of Musicalmente will perform music from the 14th century.

28 August, 2016 11:00 -- hetpaleis

At the annual Culture Market in Antwerp, Il nostromo del sogno will astonish you with a recital of fragments from the politically tinted chronicle in rhyme, Vanden derden Eduwaert with an instrumental accompaniment, interspersed with ars nova motets relating to the Hundred Years War in the time of Edward III of England and Philip VI and John II of France. The ensemble will also provide rhyming surtitles in modern Dutch.

28 August, 2016 13:00 -- amuz