Brochure Utrecht Early Music Festival ENGLISH

Aug 24 | Sep 02 2012

INHOUD

240 concerts

Utrecht Early Music Festival and Early Music Season

Aug 24 - Sep 2 2012

3 Welcome

4 Artists in residence

6 Sweelinck > Bach

8 International STIMU Symposium 2012

10 Festival Centre Pandhof /

Museum Catharijneconvent

12 Festival schedule

14 Festival programme 2012

96 Ticket sales and practical information

100 Friends make it possible

102 Colophon

109 Locations Utrecht Early Music Festival

Carillon concert

Festival bulletin

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The world’s biggest early music festival is once again upon us. This year in Utrecht we will take two musical icons as our points of reference: Sweelinck and Bach. We also look forward to sharing with you the extraordinary musical riches that lie between them. Two seasoned guides will accompany us on our journey: Harry van der Kamp and Masaaki Suzuki.

Yet there is much, much more on offer. How about a stage performance of the first Dutch opera, De Triomferende Min? Or colourful German Baroque cantatas? Just imagine keyboard recitals on a historical Ruckers virginal dating from 1604. Or a St Matthew Passion with René Jacobs, who makes his return appearance in Utrecht after 17 years.

You are welcome to drop in at our inviting Pandhof Festival Centre on the Domplein, and to visit a unique exhibition at the Museum Catharijneconvent featuring the works of Gerrit, the artist brother of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Admittance is free upon presentation of your Festival ticket.

Enjoy browsing through the whole booklet: after the festival information you will also find our complete season programme for 2012/2013. This lists all of our concerts for the entire year, at the most atmospheric concert venues in the Netherlands and Flanders.

More than 850 performing artists will demonstrate the full vibrancy and vitality of early music.

Xavier Vandamme Director

Welcome!

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240 concerts

Utrecht Early Music Festival and Early Music Season

Aug 24 - Sep 2 2012

“Since my time spent studying as a student in Amsterdam with Ton Koopman and Piet Kee, I have loved the Netherlands, a country that boasts a fantastic Bach tradition. So it is an honour to be artist in residence at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the world’s pre-eminent early music festival. In the story of Sweelinck to Bach I will naturally focus on the latter period, together with my Bach Collegium Japan, and in doing so I would like to show audiences that Bach did not exist in isolation. Zelenka, Kuhnau, Pachelbel and Johann Sebastian’s own family: they all made a significant contribution to the richness of the German Baroque. My great wish is to give you the opportunity to enjoy this extraordinary repertoire which is so close to my heart.” Masaaki Suzuki & Bach Collegium Japan:

Sat Aug 25: Bach’s Musikalisches Opfer Wed Aug 29: Magnificat

Sun Aug 26: Brunch und Bach Thurs Aug 30: Pachelbel and the Bach family

Artist in residence: Masaaki Suzuki

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“Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck is the composer who has completely fascinated me: he was an unassuming man who, besides composing organ and harpsichord works, fused the late Rennaissance with the early Baroque in a masterly way with his pithy oeuvre of chansons, madrigals, rimes, Cantiones Sacrae and, last but not least, all 150 psalms. In the year of its 450th anniversary,this monument of Dutch music will play a major role in the Early Music Festival. In the space of three concerts I will present his richly varied music in an international context with my Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam. Sweelinck knew his classics and the later classics knew him: his influence extends down through generations of students all the way to Bach.”

Harry van der Kamp & Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam:

Fri Aug 24: Schütz and Gabrieli Fri Aug 31: Sweelinck in Holland

Sat Aug 25: Sweelinck’s Cantiones Sacrae Sun Sep 2: Sweelinck and the students of Gabrieli

Tues Aug 28: Summer School

Artist in residence: Harry van der Kamp

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The period from Sweelinck’s birth to Bach’s death spans almost two whole centuries. Despite this it is possible to draw a virtually direct line between these two great figures, from teacher to student and down through the generations. Bach could not have become what he was without Sweelinck.

While this is true, it is not the full story, so we would like to add to the picture during this year’s Early Music Festival. For not all roads lead to Bach. Just listen to Zelenka: the contrast is so great that you could imagine yourself half a century down the track, yet he is almost Bach’s exact contemporary. It is also enriching to include the musical tale of the Reformation: from the rich French psalm culture in household circles, to the Lutheran chorale in its surprising and varied forms.

However this festival is no history lesson. Rather, it is a public declaration of love for a collection of unique repertoire. From the loveliest early psalm settings, taking in the sweetest 17th-century chamber music, to the most colourful German Baroque cantatas.

This Festival is a vibrant kaleidoscope of popular and little known music, all of it first rate, so feel free to join us and listen in anywhere and at any time. Whether you are a connoisseur or encountering early music for the very first time, the quality of the repertoire is so convincing that it will whet your appetite for more.

Sweelinck > Bach: a declaration of love

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your concert ticket gives you free admission to the Catherijneconvent during the Festival? you can hear concerts of the Carillon Early Music Festival every day? you can visit the symposium Whatwedoispurehypothesis: GustavLeonhardtandhisEarlyMusic from August 31 to September 2 inclusive? you can listen to six free fringe concerts featuring young musicians every day? three recitals will be given on an original Flemish Ruckers virginal dating from 1604 (on Aug 28, 29 and 30)? you can join a special Bach guided tour in Museum Speelklok every day at 1:30 p.m.? you can visit the Pandhof Festival Centre every day for information, tickets, CDs and a cup of coffee?

The Festival booklet is the only source containing full details of all Festival activities. General articles give an overview of the main programming themes, while complete concert programmes and programme notes fill in the finer details. It also contains programme information regarding the fringe and the Fabulous Fringe and lists all the exhibitors participating in the Early Music Market. Together with this book you will receive a free CD with performances by Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan. Available from August 24 2012.

Price: € 10 / Advance order price: € 8

Did you know that...

2012 Festival booklet

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Gustav Leonhardt’s death in January 2012 has deprived the early music movement of one of its greatest advocates. The importance of Leonhardt’s role in cham- pioning unjustly neglected repertoire and performing it on historical instruments can scarcely be overestimated.

From August 31 to September 2 2012 Stimu, the Dutch Foundation for Historical Performance Practice will present a symposium entitled Mostofwhatwedoishypothetical:GustavLeonhardtandhisEarlyMusic in collaboration with the Amsterdam Conservatoire. The musical and social context in which Leonhardt’s early work was carried out will be discussed, as well as the latest research into the music that he so much admired. The main scope will not be limited to the musically rich life of one individual, but will primarily focus on the directions a movement can choose to take, following the death of a person who has left an aesthetic mark of ongoing influence and enduring value.

The symposium will be preceded by a screening of ChronikderAnnaMagdalenaBach, the film by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, which was premièred in Utrecht 45 years ago, with performances by Leonhardt (in the role of J.S. Bach), Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Bob van Asperen.

language: English

speakers: Kailan Rubinoff, Frits Zwart, Ton Koopman, John Butt, Richard Egarr,

Pieter Dirksen, Thérèse de Goede, Peter Wollny a.o.

The definitive programme will be available from June 1 at:

www.oudemuziek.nl/symposium

2012 International STIMU Symposium Most of what we do is hypothetical: Gustav Leonhardt and his Early Music

This year the Pandhof on the Domplein is once again the perfect place to enjoy a drink and a snack between the Festival activities, to browse in the Festival CD shop or to swap opinions with your fellow visitors. Here you can also listen to carillon and fringe concerts every day. The Pandhof Festival Centre will be open every day from 10.oo a.m. until late in the evening.

During the exhibition TheWordintheGoldenAge in Museum Catharijne-convent a special place has been reserved for Gerrit Pieterszoon, the artist brother of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. You will be granted free admittance to the Museum Catherijneconvent during the Festival upon presentation of your concert ticket.

Pandhof Festival Centre

Gerrit Pieterszoon Sweelinck in Museum Catharijneconvent

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Festival schedule

11.00 Organ Day in Leiden SS: Carl Van Eyndhoven Brunch und Bach SS: Lionel Meunier SS: Harry vd Kamp SS: Sigiswald Kuijken SS: Ruud Priem Film: Chronik SS: Johan Hofmann SS: Kathryn Cok 10.30a.m.LeidenCentre 10.00a.m.Aula11.30a.m.Academiegebouw VBLeeuwenbergh VBLeeuwenbergh VBLeeuwenbergh Catharijneconvent 10.30a.m.WolffCameraAula Senaatszaal

1.00 Wolfgang Zerer Ben David &Trocellier Ghielmi & Milani Luca Guglielmi Siebe Henstra Alina Rotaru Léon Berben Benjamin Alard Bernard Foccroulle Nicolaïkerk VBLeeuwenbergh Nicolaïkerk LutherseKerk LutherseKerk LutherseKerk Domkerk Nicolaïkerk Nicolaïkerk

3.00 Trinity Baroque Armonico Tributo Les Idées Heureuses De Profundis Phantasm Daedalus Chelycus Parlement de MusiqueLes Folies Françoises Jacobikerk LutherseKerk VBLeeuwenbergh Geertekerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk VBLeeuwenbergh

5.00 Masaaki Suzuki c.s. Les Plaisirs du Parnasse L’École de Royaumont Ludus Modalis La Petite Bande Bach Collegium JapanGesualdo Consort Ricercar Consort The Royal Wind Music Geertekerk Geertekerk St.Willibrordkerk Pieterskerk Domkerk Domkerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk Domkerk

8.00 Festive Opening Night Collegium 1704 La Divina Armonia Les Muffatti, Vox Luminis Gli Angeli Genève Bach Collegium Japan Arsys Bourgogne Le Concert Français Akademie Berlin & RIAS Collegium Vocale Gent Domkerkand Domkerk Domkerk Jacobikerk Domkerk VBLeidscheRijn Domkerk Geertekerk 7.30p.m. VBLeidscheRijn

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10.30 L’Armonia Sonora Holland Baroque Society Stylus Phantasticus Lautten Compagney Scorpio Collectief La Petite Bande Vox Luminis Pieterskerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk Pieterskerk Pieterskerk

12.00 José Miguel Moreno Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir Mields & Santana Maude Gratton Franco Pavan Menno van Delft Ton Koopman BL!NDMAN [SAX] Aula Aula Aula Aula Aula Aula Nicolaïkerk 11.30p.m.Domkerk

Gesualdo Consort La Chapelle Rhénane Capriccio Stravagante Camerata Trajectina Camerata Trajectina Cappella Amsterdam Ricercar Consort Jacobikerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk 8+10p.m.Nicolaïkerk 8+10p.m.NicolaïkerkJacobikerk Domkerk

Cordevento Brisk Clément Janequin Gesualdo Consort VBLeeuwenbergh VBLeeuwenbergh St.Willibrordkerk Pieterskerk

Sergey Malov Rare Fruits Council Compagnie Bischoff Red Herring LutherseKerk Geertekerk 3+5p.m.LutherseKerkGeertekerk

Fri Aug 24 Sat Aug 25 Sun Aug 26 Mon Aug 27 Tues Aug 28 Wed Aug 29 Thurs Aug 30 Fri Aug 31 Sat Sep 1 Sun Sep 2

Daily schedule:

11.00 a.m.: Lectures, demonstrations and film for more background information

1.00 p.m.: Harpsichord- and organ recitals

3.00 and 5.00 p.m.: Chamber music and vocal ensembles

8.00 p.m.: Large-scale evening concerts

10.30 p.m.: Vocal splendour in the evening

12.00 a.m.: Intimate encounters with soloists1212

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Festival schedule

11.00 Organ Day in Leiden SS: Carl Van Eyndhoven Brunch und Bach SS: Lionel Meunier SS: Harry vd Kamp SS: Sigiswald Kuijken SS: Ruud Priem Film: Chronik SS: Johan Hofmann SS: Kathryn Cok 10.30a.m.LeidenCentre 10.00a.m.Aula11.30a.m.Academiegebouw VBLeeuwenbergh VBLeeuwenbergh VBLeeuwenbergh Catharijneconvent 10.30a.m.WolffCameraAula Senaatszaal

1.00 Wolfgang Zerer Ben David &Trocellier Ghielmi & Milani Luca Guglielmi Siebe Henstra Alina Rotaru Léon Berben Benjamin Alard Bernard Foccroulle Nicolaïkerk VBLeeuwenbergh Nicolaïkerk LutherseKerk LutherseKerk LutherseKerk Domkerk Nicolaïkerk Nicolaïkerk

3.00 Trinity Baroque Armonico Tributo Les Idées Heureuses De Profundis Phantasm Daedalus Chelycus Parlement de MusiqueLes Folies Françoises Jacobikerk LutherseKerk VBLeeuwenbergh Geertekerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk VBLeeuwenbergh

5.00 Masaaki Suzuki c.s. Les Plaisirs du Parnasse L’École de Royaumont Ludus Modalis La Petite Bande Bach Collegium JapanGesualdo Consort Ricercar Consort The Royal Wind Music Geertekerk Geertekerk St.Willibrordkerk Pieterskerk Domkerk Domkerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk Domkerk

8.00 Festive Opening Night Collegium 1704 La Divina Armonia Les Muffatti, Vox Luminis Gli Angeli Genève Bach Collegium Japan Arsys Bourgogne Le Concert Français Akademie Berlin & RIAS Collegium Vocale Gent Domkerkand Domkerk Domkerk Jacobikerk Domkerk VBLeidscheRijn Domkerk Geertekerk 7.30p.m. VBLeidscheRijn

10.30 L’Armonia Sonora Holland Baroque Society Stylus Phantasticus Lautten Compagney Scorpio Collectief La Petite Bande Vox Luminis Pieterskerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk Pieterskerk Pieterskerk Pieterskerk

12.00 José Miguel Moreno Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir Mields & Santana Maude Gratton Franco Pavan Menno van Delft Ton Koopman BL!NDMAN [SAX] Aula Aula Aula Aula Aula Aula Nicolaïkerk 11.30p.m.Domkerk

Gesualdo Consort La Chapelle Rhénane Capriccio Stravagante Camerata Trajectina Camerata Trajectina Cappella Amsterdam Ricercar Consort Jacobikerk Pieterskerk Geertekerk 8+10p.m.Nicolaïkerk 8+10p.m.NicolaïkerkJacobikerk Domkerk

Cordevento Brisk Clément Janequin Gesualdo Consort VBLeeuwenbergh VBLeeuwenbergh St.Willibrordkerk Pieterskerk

Sergey Malov Rare Fruits Council Compagnie Bischoff Red Herring LutherseKerk Geertekerk 3+5p.m.LutherseKerkGeertekerk

Fri Aug 24 Sat Aug 25 Sun Aug 26 Mon Aug 27 Tues Aug 28 Wed Aug 29 Thurs Aug 30 Fri Aug 31 Sat Sep 1 Sun Sep 2

Reformation and Sweelinck Schütz and the 17th Century Bach and the 18th Century

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Organ day in LeidenLeidenCentre

Malgosia FiebigDomTower,Pandhof

Festive opening nightDomkerkandUtrechtCentre

Opening Festival centerPandhof

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Fri Aug 24

10.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.Leiden Centre

order number 1

€ 45

Lunch included

Starts at 10.30 a.m. with coffee/

tea in the pieterskerk

Organ day in Leiden From Sweelinck to Bach

In Leiden there are three organs dating from Sweelinck’s time within walking distance of each other, restored to their original condition in mean-tone (Pieterskerk), in 17th century style (Hooglandse Kerk) and in Baroque style (Marekerk). Reitze Smits will talk about each instrument and perform a short concert, illustrating the path linking Sweelinck to Bach: the ideal introduction to this year’s Festival theme.

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6.45-7.00 p.m. Dom Tower bell ringing

7.00 p.m. carillon recital by Malgosia Fiebig from the Dom Tower

7.00-7.45 p.m. your tickets can be collected from the Domplein;

at this point you will be given the address of the salon concert and you will be

informed whether your evening begins in the Domkerk or at a salon concert

8.00-8.45 p.m. Domkerk or salon concert

8.50-9.20 p.m. audience changes location; the walk to and from the Domkerk

is accompanied by the sounds of the carillon played by Malgosia Fiebig

9.30-10.15 p.m. Domkerk or salon concert

10.30 p.m. opening gathering in Pandhof Festival Centre (free admittance

for Friends)

Fri Aug 24

8.00 p.m.Domkerk and Utrecht Centre

order number 2

a € 35 / € 25 / € 7

b € 30 / € 20 / € 7

Festive opening nightArp Schnitger Ensemble / Thomas Albert, Oltremontano / Wim Becu, Gesualdo Consort / Harry van der Kamp, and dozens of salon concerts

What better way to begin this Festival than with the breathtaking multi-choral music of Schütz and his teacher Gabrieli. That is just one aspect of this special evening, for apart from this big event in the Dom you will also be treated to the intimate atmosphere of our series of salon concerts.

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Festival Centre PandhofPandhof

Summer School: Carl Van EyndhovenAula,Pandhofentrance

Carl Van Eyndhoven & Capilla Flamenca DomTower,Pandhof

Fringe multiplelocations

Bell ringing & church bell guided walksChurchbellsinthecitycentre

Wolfgang ZererNicolaïkerk

Malgosia FiebigNicolaïTowerandGarden

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Trinity Baroque / Julian PodgerJacobikerk

Sergey MalovLuthersekerk

Fringe & Fabulous Fringemultiplelocations

Suzuki c.s.Geertekerk

Cordevento / Erik BosgraafVredenburgLeeuwenbergh

Collegium 1704 / Václav LuksDomkerk

Gesualdo Consort / Harry van der KampJacobikerk

L’Armonia Sonora & Concerto PalatinoPieterskerk

José Miguel MorenoAula,Pandhofentrance

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Sat Aug 25

10.00 a.m.Aula, Academiegebouw

order number 3

€ 5

Summer School: Carl Van EyndhovenLet the carillon sound

The carillonneur and researcher Carl Van Eyndhoven has immersed himself in the remarkable development of the carillon in 17th century Netherlands. While the sourcesare meagre, thanks to two ‘versteek’ books from Brussels containing arrangements for the automatic playing drum of the carillon, we can have some idea of the music played from the towers in this period: French-style balletsdecour, madrigals and motets. Van Eyndhoven discusses his research during a lecture preceding his carillon recital.

Sat Aug 25

11.00 a.m.Dom Tower, Pandhof

free

Carl van Eyndhoven & Capilla FlamencaCarillon playing from the Dom Tower and Capilla Flamenca singing in the Pandhof: this extraordinary concert displays the results of the research carried out by the carillonneur Carl Van Eyndhoven into the development of the carillon repertoire in 17th century Netherlands. A combination that is bound to produce a totally unique open air concert.

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Sat Aug 25

12.00 p.m.Church bells in the city centre

free

Bell ringing & church bell guided walks Throughout the city centre of Utrecht, members of the Utrecht Bell Ringers Guild will present a church bell concert, starting with the bells of the Dom Tower and gradually building up to reach imposing ‘full volume ringing’ with all 13 bells. Afterwards the other church bells in the city will be added to the concert until church bell music echoes across the entire city. At 12.15 p.m. two guided church bell walks will commence from the Domplein: a western and a southern route that follow the bell ringing relay on foot.

AVRO/NTR Festival bulletinOn eight evenings from 25 August to 2 September inclusive, AVRO/Radio4 will broadcast a special Festival bulletin, in which the presenter Mark Brouwers will introduce his guests and their music to you on location. These daily, live impressions of the Festival will precede the Radio4 broadcast of the evening concert.

Sat Aug 25: 7.00-8.00 p.m. Wed Aug 29: 7.30-8.00 p.m.

Sun Aug 26: 7.30-8.00 p.m. Thurs Aug 30: 7.30-8.00 p.m.

Mon Aug 27: 7.30-8.00 p.m. Fri Aug 31: 7.30-8.00 p.m.

Tues Aug 28: 7.30-8.00 p.m. Sun Sep 2: 7.30-8.00 p.m.

Sat Aug 25

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Sat Aug 25

2.00 p.m.Nicolaï Tower and Garden

free

Sat Aug 25

1.00 p.m.Nicolaïkerk

order number 4

€ 18 / € 16 / € 7

Malgosia Fiebig Scheidemann, Buxtehude, Walther on the carillon

Organ music assumes a key role in this year’s Festival: after all, a direct line can be drawn linking Sweelinck and his northern-German organ students to Bach in Leipzig. Two important figures en route are Buxtehude and Scheidemann. Malgosia Fiebig’s carillon recital perfectly complements the preceding organ recital by Wolfgang Zerer. She plays on the light Baroque Hemony carillon of the Nicolaïkerk.

Wolfgang ZererScheidemann: organ works

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was evidently satisfied with the ‘pious Jonghmans Henderich Scheijtman, from Hamborg’, dedicating a canon to his student upon his departure from Amsterdam. Returning to his birthplace, Scheidemann unleashed a veritable explosion of crea- tivity along with his colleagues Weckmann, Praetorius and Schop. Wolfgang Zerer, himself a teacher in Hamburg, knows this founder of the German organ school as none other.

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Sat Aug 25

3.00 p.m.Jacobikerk

order number 5

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Sat Aug 25

3.00 p.m.Lutherse Kerk

order number 6

a € 18 / € 16 / € 7

b € 16 / € 14 / € 7

Trinity Baroque / Julian PodgerThe many facets of Sweelinck

Aside from his official duties as organist of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, Sweelinck composed works in many vocal genres. The singers of Trinity Baroque present a varied programme of psalms, Latin and French motets and secular genres in Italian and French. Organ toccatas, fantasias and the Ballettodelgranduca performed by the organist James Johnstone complete the spectrum.

Sergey MalovBach’s cello suites on the viola da spalla

Until several years ago the viola da spalla was nothing more than a theoretical concept; however, thanks to the important reconstruction work of Sigiswald Kuijken and the instrument maker Dmitry Badiarov, the ‘shoulder violin’ now occupies a well-recognised position between the cello and violin. The young violin virtuoso Sergey Malov takes on the challenge, performing not just Bach’s cello suites nos. 1 and 6 but also the third violin partita on his new spalla.

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Sat Aug 25

5.00 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 7

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Sat Aug 25

5.00 p.m.Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh

order number 8

€ 21 / € 19 / € 7

Masaaki Suzuki & coBach: Musikalisches Opfer and other chamber music

Masaaki Suzuki begins his Utrecht residency in intimate fashion with Bach’s chamber music for traverso and violin. His programme includes the trio sonata from the MusikalischesOpfer, based on the enigmatic theme provided by Frederick the Great himself. Even at an advanced age Bach proved to be totally au fait with the latest, elegant mode, while naturally including his personal trademark: mellifluous counterpoint.

Cordevento / Erik BosgraafBach: Concertos on … the recorder

There are recorder concertos in abundance, but not by Bach. Or maybe there are, after all... Starting from the idea that the recorder is a constant factor in Bach’s oeuvre, festival favourite Erik Bosgraaf appropriates several of Bach’s concertos. The result is refreshing: you will hear the oboe concerto BWV 1059 and the concerto for harpsichord BWV 1053 performed on the recorder! In this way there are always new aspects to discover in Bach’s timeless music.

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Sat Aug 25

8.00 p.m.Domkerk

order number 9

a € 35 / € 32/ € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

Collegium 1704 / Václav LuksZelenka: Missa omnium sanctorum (1741)

Experiencing Zelenka’s exciting, harmonically daring style, it is hard to believe that he and Bach were virtual contemporaries. Leipzig is separated from Catholic Dresden by a mere one hundred kilometres, yet the contrast between the two could scarcely be any greater. Collegium 1704, the Zelenka ensemble par excellence, will delight the audience with the Missaomniumsanctorum, Zelenka’s final mass.

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Sat Aug 25

8.00 p.m.Jacobikerk

order number 10

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

Gesualdo Consort / Harry van der KampSweelinck: Psalms and Cantiones sacrae

Harry van der Kamp and his Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam have won many awards for their Sweelinck Monument: the complete CD recording of his vocal music. So they are the ideal festival guests to showcase Sweelinck’s oeuvre in no less than three concerts. This evening they will do so in large-scale formation, performing several of his finest six- to eight-voice psalms and motets. While these may have been composed for prayer within the home, they represent domestic music-making in its most monumental form.

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Sat Aug 25

10.30 p.m.Pieterskerk

order number 11

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

soloists:

Hana blazíková, soprano

robin blaze, alto

peter Kooij, bass

Sat Aug 25

12.00 a.m.Aula, Pandhof entrance

order number 12

€ 12 / € 10 / € 5

L’Armonia Sonora & Concerto PalatinoRosenmüller: motets with winds

Rosenmüller was on the brink of being appointed to the post of Thomascantor in Leipzig when his sudden arrest in 1655 put the brakes on his career. However the conse- quences were not so bad: he escaped from prison and left for Venice, where he immersed himself in the sump-tuous style of San Marco. In an exclusive performance for Utrecht, Mieneke van der Velden & co present several phenomenal solo motets in a modern world première.

José Miguel MorenoBach, Weiss, Kellner: lute music

In the early 18th century the role of the lute in Germanywas undergoing a serious decline. A mere handful of virtuosi continued to uphold the honour of the instrument, including David Kellner in Hamburg, whose surprisingly short manual even appeared in the Netherlands. Silvius Weiss enjoyed even greater renown: his extensive lute oeuvre is on a par with that of Bach. José Miguel Moreno has built a new instrument specially for this programme.

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Brunch und BachAcademiegebouw


Nima Ben David & Pierre TrocellierVredenburgLeeuwenbergh

Bach guided tour in SpeelklokMuseumSpeelklok


Armonico Tributo / Lorenz DuftschmidLutherseKerk

Les Plaisirs du Parnasse / David PlantierGeertekerk


Rare Fruits Council / Manfredo KraemerGeertekerk

Brisk & Johan LinderothVredenburgLeeuwenbergh

Festival bulletin / AVRO-Radio4Geertekerk

La Chapelle Rhénane / Benoît HallerPieterskerk

La Divina Armonia / Lorenzo GhielmiDomkerk

Holland Baroque Society / Andreas ArendGeertekerk

Elfa Rún KristinsdóttirAula,Academiegebouwentrance

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Sun Aug 26

Sun Aug 26

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m.Academiegebouw

order number 13

€ 19

Brunch und BachMasaaki Suzuki in conversation with Lex Bohlmeijer

As artist in residence, in addition to giving three concerts during this Festival, Masaaki Suzuki will also take a seat for an in-depth interview. Lex Bohlmeijer will question him about his work with Bach Collegium Japan, his penchant for Johann Sebastian Bach and how he came to speak such excellent Dutch. An extensive brunch buffet awaits you.

Pandhof Festival Centre

This year the Pandhof on the Domplein is once again the perfect place to enjoy a drink and a snack between the Festival activities, to browse in the Festival CD shop or to swap opinions with your fellow visitors. Here you can also listen to carillon and fringe concerts every day. The Pandhof Festival Centre will be open every day from 10.00 a.m. until late in the evening.

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Sun Aug 26

12.30 p.m.Dom Tower

12.00 p.m.: take a close-up look

at the carillon (max. 15 people)

order number 14

€ 10

Malgosia FiebigBöhm & Telemann on the carillon

Georg Böhm, a figure of considerable influence for the young Bach, wrote much chamber music. Malgosia Fiebig reveals her own arrangements of two of his keyboard suites and an overture. From Telemann, Bach’s rival for the post of Cantor at the Thomaskirche, we will hear two recorder sonatas. Incidentally, during this concert you can take a close-up look at the carillon. Fifteen daredevils will be admitted at 12.00 p.m. to make the seventy-meter ascent.

Nima Ben David & Pierre TrocellierBach: Sonatas for gamba and harpsichord

In the hands of the Israeli Nima Ben David the viola da gamba seems like the world’s easiest instrument to play. She throws herself into the sonatas that Bach wrote for her instrument with contagious delight. But did Bach actually have the viola da gamba specifically in mind? No one knows, however it is certain that Bach liked to reuse his own music. Several chamber music pieces arranged for keyboard give clear proof of this.

Sun Aug 26


order number 15

€ 18 / € 16 / € 7

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Sun Aug 26


order number 16

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Sun Aug 26

3.00 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 17

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Les Plaisirs du Parnasse / David Plantier Westhoff en Walther: two violin virtuosi

In 1674 Johann Jakob Walther and Johann Paul von Westhoff took up appointments at the Dresden Hofkapelle. Together with Biber they were considered to be the leading violinists of their day, each with his particular idiosyncrasies, such as Walther’s predilection for imitating other instruments and animals. The violinist David Plantier has a thorough knowledge of both composers’ music after years of intensive study and two pioneering recordings.

Armonico Tributo / Lorenz DuftschmidL’echo du Danube: Schenck’s gamba music

Schenck’s two sparkling suites L’echo du Danube and Le nymphe di Reno are among his best works, which instantly places them at the pinnacle of the gamba repertoire. During his travels as a diplomat, the Amsterdammer picked up all kinds of influences, so his oeuvre is a reflection of musical Europe. Lorenz Duftschmid leads Armonico Tributo Austria, playing on his original Stainer gamba dating from 1674.

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Sun Aug 26

5.00 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 18

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Sun Aug 26


order number 19

€ 21 / € 19 / € 7

Brisk & Johan Linderoth Senfl, Isaac: tenor songs

Heinrich Isaac and his student Ludwig Senfl enjoyed a close friendship, which began at the court of Emperor Maximilian in Innsbruck. Together they brought the tenor song to great heights, a genre in which a popular melody or chorale melody forms the basis for a refined filigree of voices. The recorder ensemble Brisk places these melodies, at times sweet, at times audacious, in the hands of the Swedish tenor Johan Linderoth.

Rare Fruits Council / Manfredo KraemerTravels from Biber to Buxtehude

Tracing his (distant) musical predecessors, the star violinist Manfredo Kraemer makes the journey from the Alps to the Baltic Sea and back, with stopovers in Salzburg for Biber and Nuremberg for Pachelbel, then on to Saxony for Rosenmüller and finally to Reincken’s Hamburg and Buxtehude’s Lübeck. Their marvellously virtuosic violin repertoire, rooted in the stylusfantasticus, is in the most capable hands with The Rare Fruits Council.

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Sun Aug 26


order number 20

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

La Chapelle Rhénane / Benoît HallerSchütz: Psalmen Davids (selection)

With his PsalmenDavids (1619), Heinrich Schützsummarised everything that he had learned, especially during the four years he spent in Venice under Giovanni Gabrieli’s wing. The colourful multi-choral psalms marked the beginning of his career in Dresden and unleashed a musical revolution there. The Strasbourg based group La Chapelle Rhénane emphasises the at times raw expression of the Old Testament texts.

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La Divina Armonia / Lorenzo GhielmiCantates of Buxtehude, Bruhns, Böhm and Bach

La Divina Armonia is one of the most profoundly expressive Baroque ensembles currently on the scene. Its leader Lorenzo Ghielmi has programmed the finest Baroque cantatas for soloists and a compact instrumental group. An Italian by birth, Ghielmi is a leading Bach authority and a seasoned specialist in northern German Baroque expressivity.

Sun Aug 26

8.15 p.m.Domkerk

order number 21

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

soloists:

Lorenzo Ghielmi, organ

francesca Cassinari, soprano

Vera milani, soprano

margot oitzinger, alto

Virgil Hartinger, tenor

mauro borgioni, bass

19.30uur7.30p.m.

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Holland Baroque Society / Andreas ArendBuns: motets and sonatas

Just recently, Tineke Steenbrink of the Holland Baroque Society stumbled upon a pile of unique documents in Boxmeer: first editions complete with annotations by the Dutch Carmelite monk-organist Benedictus Buns. Armed with new knowledge Holland Baroque Society presents a melange of his highly expressive and challenging usic, which was known throughout Europe around 1700 but has since fallen into neglect.

Sun Aug 26

10.30 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 22

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

soloists:

Stefanie True, soprano

andreas Wolf, bass

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Sun Aug 26


order number 23

a € 12 / € 10 / € 5

Elfa Rún KristinsdóttirTelemann, Bach, Gosfield: violin solos

She is young and unassuming, yet also fiercely ambitious: the Icelander Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir believes in transcending all limits. As the leader of the Berlin Soloist Ensemble Kaleidoskop, but also as a soloist, she challenges audiences with a feisty combination of old and new music. In her Utrecht performance a touch of Annie Gosfield, New York City’s leading avant-garde composer, will be heard alongside Telemann and Bach.

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Summer School: Lionel Meunier & Vox LuminisVredenburgLeeuwenbergh



Lorenzo Ghielmi & Vera MilaniNicolaïkerk

Bach guided tour in SpeelklokMuseumSpeelkok


Les Idées HeureusesVredenburgLeeuwenbergh


L’École de RoyaumontSt.Willibrordkerk

Festival bulletin / AVRO-Radio4Geertekerk

Les Muffatti & Vox Luminis / Peter Van HeyghenJacobikerk

Capriccio Stravagante / Skip SempéGeertekerk

Stylus Phantasticus & Damien Guillon / Friederike HeumannPieterskerk

Dorothee Mields & Lee SantanaAula,Academiegebouwentrance

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Malgosia FiebigSchein, Praetorius Telemann on the carillon

The term ‘Tafelmusik’ was first used in 16th century Germany to describe a phenomenon dating from the Middle Ages. Church music was for God, chamber music was for the musicians, but tafelmusik was played for members of the court: so actually we are talking about the first official concert genre. The term was often attached to suites during the Baroque era, such as those featured in this programme by Schein (from Banchettomusicale), Michael Praetorius and Telemann.

Summer School: Lionel Meunier & Vox LuminisLuther and the chorale

The young singers of Vox Luminis specialise in music from across the whole of Europe, from Renaissance to Baroque, however, they are particularly devoted to the German chorale and to all its subsequent forms. The group’s artistic director Lionel Meunier talks about his discoveries in this lecture-performance, with theassistance of several of his singers.

Mon Aug 27

11.00 a.m.Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh

order number 24

€ 5

language english

Mon Aug 27


free

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Mon Aug 27


order number 25

a € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Lorenzo Ghielmi & Vera Milani Bach en Böhm: student and master

The celebrated Italian organist Lorenzo Ghielmi places religious songs from Böhm’s oeuvre and Bach’s Schemelli-Gesangbuch alongside severalorgan solos, including Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 531. The result is a sparkling programme for organ and soprano in which student and master stand side by side in brotherly fashion.

Bach guided tour in SpeelklokJohann Sebastian Bach’s status in the twentieth century as a much-loved composer is borne out by the many interpretations of his work for automatically playing musical instruments. Besides barrel organ books Museum Speelklok possesses rolls for automatic pianos with Bach’s music, often played by renowned pianists such as Edwin Fischer. This music will be played during a special guided tour that will take place on every Festival day at 1.30 p.m.

Mon Aug 27

1.30 p.m.Museum Speelkok

€ 9

tickets are available at

museum Speelklok

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Les Idées Heureuses / Geneviève SolyGraupner: chamber music

Following Kuhnau’s death, various candidates were considered for the post of new Thomascantor in Leipzig. Telemann did not want the position, Graupner was unavailable, so in the end the choice fell upon Johann Sebastian Bach. Nowadays Bach overshadows all of his contemporaries; an unjustifiable fact according to the harpsichordist Geneviève Soly. She has dedicated her career to candidate number two, Graupner, who produced a gigantic but largely unknown oeuvre in Darmstadt.

Mon Aug 27


order number 26

€ 21 / € 19 / € 7

Mon Aug 27

5.00 p.m.St. Willibrordkerk

order number 27

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

L’École de Royaumont / Wim Becu & Lambert ColsonLuther and the church music of Knöfel, Schütz, Schop, etc

Protestantism caused immense upheaval in the sixteenth century, also in a musical sense. Nevertheless, Gregorian chant continued to play a decisive role after the Reformation, as eleven young professionals were to discover at an in-depth workshop at Fondation Royaumont. The supreme revelations to emerge from this project were the anony-mous MissasuperAustieferNoth and motets by Johann Knöfel, works which are only to be found in the Royaumont music library.

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Mon Aug 27

8.00 p.m.Jacobikerk

order number 28

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

Les Muffatti & Vox Luminis /Peter Van HeyghenKeiser: Brockes Passion

Reinhard Keiser’s Brockes Passion is exactly 300 years old and a virtually forgotten work. The expressive and dramatic libretto of Brockes was a windfall for Keiser, who celebrated triumph after triumph at the Hamburg Opera, and later it was also to inspire Händel and Telemann. The Belgian ensembles Les Muffatti and Vox Luminis enter fully into this personal, richly orchestrated Passion story packed with surprises.

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Capriccio Stravagante / Skip SempéScheidt, Farina , Schein, Brade: Banchetto Musicale

The musical banquet served up by Skip Sempé in Utrecht is lavish fare with suites of the early Baroque, delightfully performed by Capriccio Stravagante’s virtuosic strings and winds. He has selected the most sensual dance music from across 17th century Europe, including Carlo Farina’s work from which he took the name of his ensemble. You will relish hearing this music for lords!

Mon Aug 27

8.00 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 29

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

19.30uur7.30p.m.

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Dorothee Mields & Lee SantanaGerman lute songs

The icon of this midnight concert is Heinrich Albert, a nephew of Schütz. His ArienoderMelodien dating from the mid 17th century form one of the largestcollections of sacred and secular songs in German, with texts for every occasion, whether joyful or sorrowful. Albert’s music is interspersed with intimate works by Franck, Krieger, Strungk, Nauwach and the great Schütz himself, who was Albert’s teacher.

Mon Aug 27


order number 30

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

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Mon Aug 27

12.00 a.m.Aula, Academie- gebouw entrance

order number 31

€ 12 / € 10 / € 5

Stylus Phantasticus & Damien Guillon / Friederike HeumannTunder, Buxtehude, Erlebach: solo motets

The German cities constantly vied to surpass each other in (cultural) riches, and trade provided the necessary capital. Each composer on this programme featuring the celebrated countertenor Damien Guillon is linked to trade: Tunder and Buxtehude worked in Lübeck, the capital of the Hanseatic League, Erlebach studied near Bremen and Schenck was born in Amsterdam, a major rival of the German cities.

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Summer School: Harry van der KampVredenburgLeeuwenbergh


Philippe BeullensDomTower,Pandhof

Luca GuglielmiLutherseKerk



De Profundis / Peter KooijGeertekerk


Ludus Modalis / Bruno BoterfPieterskerk

Festival bulletin / AVRO-NTR-Radio4Pandhof

Camerata TrajectinaNicolaïkerk

Gli Angeli Genève / Stephan MacLeodDomkerk


Lautten Compagney & Capella Angelica / Wolfgang KatschnerGeertekerk

Maude GrattonAula,Pandhofentrance

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Philippe BeullensCarillon fringe

Becoming a carillonneur is quite an undertaking. Before students can play the bells they learn the art of playing the carillon at one of the two great carillon schools of the Netherlands and Flanders. Philippe Beullens currently studies in Mechelen and begins his fringe concert with Dutch music: Van Eyck, Fesch and Van den Gheyn, followed by a stylistic tour of Europe with Purcell, Frescobaldi, Händel and Fischer.

Summer School: Harry van der KampThe Orpheus of Amsterdam

In view of his comprehensive study and recording of Sweelinck’s immense vocal oeuvre – more than 150 psalms, 37 motets, 30 chansons and 15 madrigals – Harry van der Kamp can justifiably be called a true authority on Sweelinck. What’s more, he is also able to communicate his knowledge in an appealing way! In his Summer School lecture he talks in depth about the composer and his work, against the background of the Dutch music scene.

TTues Aug 28


order number 32

€ 5

Tues Aug 28


free

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Luca GuglielmiBuxtehude: keyboard music

Dieterich Buxtehude wrote keyboard music in all the important genres of his time, sometimes for organ (in particular, the works described as ‘pedaliter’, ‘with pedal’), but very often without a specific instrument in mind. Luca Guglielmi, the harpsichordist from Turin, has chosen several fine preludes, toccatas, arias and pieces taken from the seven mysterious suites ‘über die Natur und Eigenschaften der Planeten’.

Tues Aug 28


order number 33

a € 18 / € 16 / € 7

b € 16 / € 14 / € 7

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Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf Psalms and sacred songs of the French Renaissance

The superb translation of the Psalms by Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze provided materialfor many generations of composers, including Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Claude Lejeune was among the first to set French psalms to music. The eight singers of the French ensemble Ludus Modalis sing Lejeune’s psalms alongside harmonically daring sacred songs by Guillaume Costeley and Pascal de l’Estocart.

Tues Aug 28

3.00 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 34

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

soloists:

margot oitzinger, mezzo-soprano

peter Kooij, bass

Tues Aug 28


order number 35

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

De Profundis / Peter KooijBöhm, Bach, Telemann: motets

Father Bach ‘studied the work of the Lüneburg organist Georg Böhm with great devotion’, according to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. Peter Kooij is known for his solo appearances with Philippe Herreweghe, Masaaki Suzuki and many others, as well as being the driving force behind various ensembles. Here he explores the parallels between the two composers. De Profundis performs as a trio of instrumentalists with the mezzo-soprano Margot Oitzinger as special guest.

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Camerata Trajectina Hacquart: De Triomferende Min [Triumphant Love] (1678)

During the misery following 1672, the Dutch Year of Disaster, Cupid and Venus forced the god of war Mars to his knees. To celebrate this Peace Treaty of Nijmegen Carolus Hacquart composed the lyrical drama DeTriomferendeMin, also referred to as the first Dutch opera. Camerata Trajectina interweaves fantasy and reality to create a riveting opera performance replete with Dutch music. This performance will be repeated on Wednesday August 29.

Tues Aug 28

8.00 & 10.00 p.m.Nicolaïkerk

8.00 p.m.: order number 36


€ 35 / € 32 / € 7

director: marc Krone

texts: Luc panhuysen

no intermission

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Tues Aug 28

8.00 p.m.Domkerk

order number 37

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

19.30uur7.30p.m.

Gli Angeli Genève / Stephan MacLeodJesu, Friede und Freude: Buxtehude, Schein, Bach, Tsoupaki

Their astonishing performance of Schein’s IsraelisBrünnlein in the 2011/2012 Oude Muziek season puts their status beyond dispute: Gli Angeli Genève ranks alongside singers such as Dorothee Mields, Hana Blazíková, Alex Potter and Stephan MacLeod as a leading light of the Baroque scene. Their festival programme is based on two of the finest Lutheran chorales: ‘Mit Fried und Freud’ and ‘Jesu, meine Freude’, heard in many different versions.

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Maude GrattonWeckmann: keyboard music

The master of the keyboard Matthias Weckmann owned an extensive collection of manuscripts. From these we can gain a fairly precise idea of the composers that he held in especially high regard. The collection includes foreigners such as Carissimi and Chambonnières, ‘Germans’ such as Schütz and Sweelinck, and a number of works by his friend Johann Jacob Froberger. Maude Gratton brings the stylistic riches of Weckmann’s oeuvre to life on the harpsichord and the historical Ruckers virginal (1604).

Lautten Compagney & Capella Angelica / Wolfgang KatschnerBuxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri

Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri is one of the most hauntingly beautiful vocal works produced in the 17th century. The Lautten Compagney Berlin performs this seven-part meditation on Christ’s suffering body with ten singers and a rich continuo. This evening concert promises to be one of the most intense and profoundly moving experiences of the entire Festival.

Tues Aug 28


beSTeLnummer 39

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

TTues Aug 28


order number 40

€ 12 / € 10 / € 5

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Summer School: Sigiswald KuijkenVredenburgLeeuwenbergh



Siebe HenstraLutherseKerk



Children’s photography workshop 7+UtrechtsCentrumvoordeKunsten

Phantasm / Laurence DreyfusGeertekerk


La Petite Bande / Sigiswald KuijkenDomkerk

Festival bulletin / AVRO-Radio4VredenburgLeidscheRijn


Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki SuzukiVredenburgLeidscheRijn


Scorpio Collectief / Simen Van MechelenPieterskerk

Franco PavanAula,Academiegebouwentrance

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Summer School: Sigiswald KuijkenLife with Bach

Violinist, gambist, conductor, teacher… Sigiswald Kuijken lives for music, as is evident from his countless, legendary concerts and recordings. He will make two Festival appearances with his own group La Petite Bande. Currently Kuijken is working on a book about Bach, the composer who is the central point of reference in his career. In this personal lecture he will tell his story.

Wed Aug 29


order number 41

€ 5

Wed Aug 29

11.30 a.m.Dom Tower

free

Malgosia FiebigSweelinck’s models: Philips, Byrd

The high point of this recital on the Dom carillon is Malgosia Fiebig’s own arrangement of William Byrd’s keyboard suite based on the theme of war. All the stages of battle are depicted: the march preceding the battle, the fighting itself, the burial of the fallen and a jubilant victory dance. She completes the programme with a galliarde by Peter Philips from the FitzwilliamVirginalBook and a partita by Johann Kuhnau.

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Bach guided tour in SpeelklokJohann Sebastian Bach’s status in the twentieth century as a much-loved composer is borne out by the many interpretations of his work for automatically playing musical instruments. Besides barrel organ books Museum Speelklok possesses rolls for automatic pianos with Bach’s music, often played by renowned pianists such as Edwin Fischer. This music will be played during a special guided tour that will take place on every Festival day at 1.30 p.m.

Siebe HenstraSweelinck, Philips: keyboard music

The English influence in Sweelinck’s keyboard works is clearly evident: it came from southern Netherlands, where Peter Philips and kindred spirits kept up the polyphonic tradition of William Byrd. Siebe Henstra reveals both facets of Sweelinck’s keyboard music on the harpsichord and the historical Ruckers virginal (1604).

Wed Aug 29


order number 42

a € 18 / € 16 / € 7

b € 16 / € 14 / € 7

Wed Aug 29

1.30 p.m.Museum Speelkok

€ 9

tickets available at

museum Speelklok

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Wed Aug 29

12.00-4.30 p.m.Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten

order number 43

€ 10

Wed Aug 29


order number 44

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Phantasm / Laurence Dreyfus Philips, Byrd, Dering: gamba consorts

Around 1600 Brussel was a safe haven for English Catholics who fled to the continent to escape religious persecution. Among them was Peter Philips, who became acquainted with Sweelinck in Amsterdam. The five highly acclaimed gambists of Phantasm play consort music from brand-new editions of Philips and Dering, another Catholic in exile.

Children’s photography workshop 7+During the Festival the photographer Remke Spijkers will walk from church to church capturing the most memorable Festival moments on film. Ever wondered how to take a good photograph of a musician with his instrument? Together with Remke you will set to work using your own digital camera. Be sure to bring your musical instrument with you!

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Camerata Trajectina Hacquart: De Triomferende Min [Triumphant Love] (1678)

During the misery following 1672, the Dutch Year of Disaster, Cupid and Venus forced the god of war Mars to his knees. To celebrate this Peace Treaty of Nijmegen Carolus Hacquart composed the lyrical drama DeTriomferendeMin, also referred to as the first Dutch opera. Camerata Trajectina interweaves fantasy and reality to create a riveting opera performance replete with Dutch music.

Wed Aug 29

5.00 p.m.Domkerk

order number 45

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Wed Aug 29

8.00 & 10.00 p.m.Nicolaïkerk



€ 35 / € 32 / € 7

director: marc Krone

texts: Luc panhuysen

no intermission

La Petite Bande / Sigiswald KuijkenMotets and chamber music by Schein, Buxtehude, Schütz, Ahle etc.

Sigiswald Kuijken delves into the incredible musical riches to be found in the German language area, incidentally including a dash of Sweelinck. Tonight this will be a Rime, combined with works by Johann Rudolf Ahle, who left his mark on the oeuvre of Bach, his successor in Mühlhausen. Buxtehude is represented by ‘Muss der Tod den auch entbinden’, an epitaph for his father.

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Wed Aug 29

8.00 p.m.Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn

order number 47

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki Kuhnau, Zelenka, Bach: Magnificat

Masaaki Suzuki devotes the high point of his Utrecht residency to a single, short text. The Magnificat is Mary’s prayer of thanksgiving, a promise of justice and a source of inspiration for composers. This evening you will hear the versions by Johann Kuhnau and Johann Sebastian Bach, two successive cantors of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, interspersed with two short versions composed by Zelenka for Catholic Dresden.

soloists:

Joanne Lunn, soprano

Hannah morison, soprano

margot oitzinger, alto

makoto Sakurada, tenor

dominik Wörner, bass

19.30uur7.30p.m.

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Franco PavanLord Danby’s Lute Book: Hamburg domestic music

This music is ideally suited to a midnight rendition: a selection from LordDanby’sLuteBook, a compilation of lute arrangements by Händel, De Visée, Lully and other music that set the tone in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg around 1700. There is also a link with the Netherlands: Lord Danby, son of a diplomat and a superb virtuoso on his instrument, had this compilation and an extremely valuable lute in his possession during the several years he spent in Utrecht.

Wed Aug 29


order number 49

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

soloists:

markus flaig, bass

Johannette Zomer, soprano

Wed Aug 29

12.00 a.m.Aula, Academie- gebouw entrance

order number 50

€ 12 / € 10 / € 5

Scorpio Collectief / Simen Van MechelenTrauer und Tod: Weckmann, Selle, Ahle, Schütz

With such a wealth of musical splendour on display, one could almost forget that the German Baroque was marked by the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), not to mention a devastating plague epidemic. Simen Van Mechelen reveals this dark side with a Trauer-Sinfonia for four muted trombones. Stately intradas, pavanes and sonatas alternate with plaintive motets, two of which will be sung by the special guest: the soprano Johannette Zomer.

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Summer School: Ruud PriemCatharijneconvent


Henk VerhoefDomTower,Pandhof

Alina RotaruLutherseKerk



Daedalus / Roberto FestaPieterskerk


Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki SuzukiDomkerk

Bach-BarbecueAcademiegebouw,Descarteshof

Festival bulletin / AVRO-Radio4Jacobikerk

Arsys Bourgogne & Le Concert Lorrain / Pierre Cao Domkerk

Cappella Amsterdam & il Gardellino /Daniel ReussJacobikerk

La Petite Bande / Sigiswald KuijkenPieterskerk

Menno van DelftAula,Pandhofentrance

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Henk VerhoefSweelinck en Bach on the carillon

Sweelinck and Bach may well be the luminaries inspiring this year’s Festival; however, each had their own models and sources of inspiration. The improvisatory style of Frescobaldi’s canzonas influenced virtually all subsequent keyboard composers, including Sweelinck. And Bach would not have been what he was without the groundwork laid by Johann Gottfried Walther and his chorale variations. All four composers will be featured in this carillon recital.

Summer School: Ruud PriemGerrit, the other Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck had a younger brother who was a painter. In the exhibition TheWordintheGoldenAge a special place has been reserved for this Gerrit Pieters- zoon, including his imposing TriptychwithCrucifixion,in which he is supposed to have depicted his musical brother. Ruud Priem is artistic director of Museum Catharijneconvent and gives a commentary on the other Sweelinck from an art-historical perspective.

Thurs Aug 30

11.00 a.m.Catharijneconvent

order number 51

€ 5

Thurs Aug 30


free

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Alina RotaruFortune my foe: Sweelinck’s keyboard world

Sweelinck carefully supervised the publication of his vocal music; however, it was above all thanks to his students that his keyboard music became widely known. Alina Rotaru attracted much attention with a highly acclaimed Sweelinck recording and makes her Utrecht debut today. Her harpsichord programme features several song variations, the monumental Fantasiachromatica and a Fantazia by John Bull.

Thurs Aug 30


order number 52

a € 18 / € 16 / € 7

b € 16 / € 14 / € 7

Daedalus / Roberto FestaLejeune: chansons

Claude Lejeune is one of the main composers who gave musical form to French Protestantism. His psalm settings were also especially popular in northern Netherlands. The international vocal ensemble Daedalus focuses here on Lejeune’s secular work, performing elegant French chansons which combine heartrending texts with light-hearted tunes such as ‘Revecy venir du Printemps’.

Thurs Aug 30


order number 53

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Bach-BarbecueDirectly after the concert given by Bach Collegium Japan you can enjoy a fabulous Bach barbecue in the Descarteshof of the Academiegebouw, directly opposite the Pandhof. Oud London will provide a meal including salads and bread. Naturally, vegetarians will also be well catered for.

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki Four times Johann: Bach’s predecessors

Masaaki Suzuki concludes his Utrecht residency by exploring Bach’s sources of inspiration. For instance we hear motets for double choir by Johann Kuhnau, Bach’s immediate predecessor at the Thomaskirche, and music by Johann Pachelbel, who was a close friend of Bach’s father Ambrosius. From the Bach family tree we encounter Johann Christoph and Johann Michael, both represented by a colourful motet.

Thurs Aug 30

5.00 p.m.Domkerk

order number 54

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Thurs Aug 30

6.30 p.m.Academiegebouw, Descarteshof

order number 55

€ 19

drinks not included

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Arsys Bourgogne & Le Concert Lorrain / Pierre Cao Praetorius, Schütz etc.: multi-choral miracles

Pierre Cao inspires his twelve singers to reach great heights, performing multi-choral music in pure Venetian style by Hieronymus and Michael Praetorius, Johann Bach and Heinrich Schütz. Arsys Bourgogne has a reputation to uphold in France and abroad when it comes to choir music. In this concert the group teams up with the cellist Bruno Cocset’s ensemble Les Basses Réunies.

Thurs Aug 30

8.00 p.m.Domkerk

order number 56

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

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Cappella Amsterdam & il Gardellino / Daniel Reuss J.S. Bach: Hohe Messe

In early 1733, while Saxony mourned the death of August the Strong and all music was temporarily silenced, Bach began work on his monumental Mass in B minor. Over a period of two decades the first two movements Kyrie and Gloria developed into a veritable showcase of his vocal art, the consummate blend of old and new. Daniel Reuss gives his personal interpretation with Cappella Amsterdam and the Belgian orchestra il Gardellino.

Thurs Aug 30

8.00 p.m.Jacobikerk

order number 57

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

duration: 140 minutes

soloists:

marièlle Kirkels, soprano

Åsa olsson, mezzo-soprano

Inga Schneider, mezzo-soprano

dorien Lievers, alto

Jon etxabe arzuaga, tenor

José pizarro, tenor

pierre-Guy Le Gall White, baritone

nicolas boulanger, bass

19.30uur7.30p.m.

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Menno van DelftBöhm on the clavichord

Menno van Delft takes advantage of the midnight hour to give a recital on the most intimate of all keyboard instruments: the clavichord. Böhm’s refined music, tautly conceived but always inventive in design, radiates a completely new lustre on this instrument that is capable of subtle nuances. The soft, whispering tone is displayed to optimal advantage in the Aula of the Academiegebouw

La Petite Bande / Sigiswald KuijkenMotets celebrating death: Scheidt, Schein, Weckmann, Sweelinck

In the Baroque era, death was not something to be feared by the faithful. Quite the contrary; after all, one’s final breath on earth signified – God being merciful – one’s first breath in heaven. La Petite Bande presents music that upholds the hope of a better life. In this context Sigiswald Kuijken draws on Sweelinck’s Cantionessacrae and Schütz’s MusikalischeExequien, among other works.

Thurs Aug 30


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Film: Chronik der Anna-Magdalena Bachmultiplelocations,startatWolffCamera

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Le Concert Français / Pierre HantaïGeertekerk

Ricercar Consort / Philippe PierlotDomkerk

Vox Luminis / Lionel MeunierPieterskerk

Ton KoopmanNicolaïkerk

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Jungeun KimCarillon fringe

The Korean Jungeun Kim, a student at the Dutch carillon school in Amersfoort, will perform in the second carillon fringe concert. She will combine works of the two theme composers with a Vivaldi-esque harpsichord sonata by the 16th century composer Sybrandus van Noordt. Several generations after Sweelinck, Sybrandus held the post of organist of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.

Film: Chronik der Anna-Magdalena BachIn 1968 the film ChronikderAnna-MagdalenaBach was premièred in Utrecht in what is now known as Wolff Camera cinema. With Gustav Leonhardt in the leading role as Johann Sebastian Bach, the magnum opus by the film directing duo Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet primarily features music played by musicians in period costume. Prior to the film screening, Kailan Rubinoff will give a talk on several artistic and political aspects of the film.

Fri Aug 31

10.30 a.m.Wolff Camera

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Fri Aug 31


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Léon BerbenSweelinck: organ works

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was virtually the most renowned organist and teacher of his times. Students eagerly flocked to take lessons in Amsterdam and put their new organ expertise into practice upon returning to their homeland. In today’s programme Léon Berben focuses solely on Sweelinck: we will hear a cross-section of the organ oeuvre, including the Fantasias SwWV 261 and 270 and two chorale fantasies, performed on the 16th century pipework of the De Swart-Bätz organ in the Domkerk.

Early Music Market

Once again the Museum Speelklok will host the three-day Early Music Market, the prime location or specialised instrument makers, music publishers and CD labels to present their wares. You will find a complete overview of the more than 75 exhibitors on our website and in the festival booklet.

Fri Aug 31

1.00-5.00 p.m.Museum Speelklok

€ 5

free admITTanCe

for frIendS

Fri Aug 31

1.15 p.m.Domkerk

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€ 18 / € 16 / € 7

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Gesualdo Consort / Harry van der KampSweelinck in Holland: Schuyt, Tollius, Padbrué, Schoonhovius, Verdonck

Sweelinck did not compose his vocal works for the church – the Calvinists were vigilantly on guard against the use of overly complex music during the service. His psalms, just like his madrigals, chansons and rimes, were intended to be sung with friends around the table. Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam lets us hear the kind of music that was enjoyed in Dutch sitting-rooms. As always, Harry van der Kamp comes up with some exquisite finds in this context.

Chelycus & Alex PotterGiovanni Rosenmüller: a German in Venice

Johann Rosenmüller was an heir to the revolution unleashed by Schütz in Germany after his trip to Italy. Once Rosenmüller himself was working in Venice, the German adapted effortlessly to his environment. Together with the violinists Veronika Skuplik and Bjarte Eike, Chelycus has invited the young countertenor Alex Potter to perform a selection from the unique Italian solo repertoire of Legrenzi and Strozzi, in their turn Monteverdi’s heirs.

Fri Aug 31

3.00 p.m.Geertekerk

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Fri Aug 31


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Le Concert Français / Pierre HantaïBach: orchestral suites nos. 1, 2 and 3

Pierre Hantaï is a celebrated guest at the Utrecht Festival; however it is not yet general knowledge that the harpsichordist also leads a first-rate orchestra, besides enjoying a solo career. Today this will become evident, with a performance of three of Bach’ orchestral suites, also referred to as overtures on account of their imposing opening movements. This is pure light music, in the best sense of the word.

Fri Aug 31

8.00 p.m.Geertekerk

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Ricercar Consort / Philippe PierlotMotets by Weckmann, Ebart and J.C. Bach

Frequently referred to as the best gambist of his generation, Philippe Pierlot has an unerring instinct for quality, reflected in today’s concert. Together with the tenor Hans-Jörg Mammel and the bass Stephan MacLeod he revives sonatas of David Pohle and motets of Matthias Weckmann, two students of Heinrich Schütz. The high point is the lament ‘Ach, dass ich Wassers g’nug hätte’ by Johann Christoph Bach, sung by the countertenor Carlos Mena.

Fri Aug 31

8.00 p.m.Domkerk

order number 65

a € 35 / € 32 / € 7

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

soloists:

Carlos mena, altus

Hans-Jörg mammel, tenor

Stephan macLeod, bass

19.30uur7.30p.m.

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Ton KoopmanBuxtehude and Sweelinck: organ works

In Lübeck Dieterich Buxtehude had a unique organ at his disposal, with no less than fifteen registers in the pedal. Such a wealth of colours naturally invited experimentation and this can be heard in his compositions. At midnight Ton Koopman pull s outall the stops for a full measure of virtuosic stylusfantasticus: unrestrained instrumental freedom asthe ultimate expression of the Baroque.

Vox Luminis / Lionel MeunierSchütz: Musikalische Exequien

Caught up in the Thirty Years’ War, many Lutherans felt as if the end of time was drawing oppressively near. Like many of his wealthy contemporaries, Prince Heinrich von Reuss decided to prepare for his funeral down to the last detail. He had Schütz compose music to Biblical texts that still grace his coffin: theMusikalischeExequien. The youthful Vox Luminis, the ideal vocal ensemble for this repertoire, supplements the ‘Begrabnis-Missa’ with magnificent funeral motets.

Fri Aug 31


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Fri Aug 31

12.00 a.m.Nicolaïkerk

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Summer School: Johan HofmannAula,Pandhofentrance


De Verb(l)azing TheaterKikker

De Verb(l)azingTheaterKikker

Benjamin AlardNicolaïkerk


Le Parlement de Musique & Eugénie Warnier / Martin GesterPieterskerk

Compagnie Bischoff / The case against JesusLuthersekerk

Natural trumpet workshop presentationAula,Pandhofentrance

Ricercar Consort / Philippe PierlotGeertekerk

Ensemble Clément Janequin / Dominique VisseSt.Willibrordkerk

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & RIAS Kammerchor / René JacobsVredenburgLeidscheRijn

BL!NDMAN [sax] / Eric SleichimDomkerk

Sat Sep 1

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Sat Sep 1

10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.Museum Speelklok

€ 5

free admITTanCe

for frIendS

Arie AbbenesSweelinck, Scheidemann, Böhm, Bruhns, Bach

Last year Arie Abbenes stepped down as city carillonneur of Utrecht, however occasionally he is overtaken by a nostalgic longing for the Dom Tower. So he just could not miss out on the Utrecht Early Music Festival and returns with music ranging from Sweelinck to Bach, including an arrangement of Bach’s Violin Partita BWV 1004. You can also take a look over his shoulder as he plays 70 meters above the ground. Fifteen daredevils will be admitted at 12.00 p.m. to ascend the tower.

Sat Sep 1


free

10.30 a.m.: take a close-up look

at the carillon (max. 15 people)

ordernumber 68

€ 10

Early Music Market


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Summer School: Johan HofmannRuckers’ transposing harpsichord

The harpsichord teacher and soloist Johan Hofmann possesses a unique instrument: a copy of a so-called transposing harpsichord. This instrument has two manuals that are tuned a fourth apart from each other. Probably Sweelinck purchased a similar Ruckers instrument in Antwerp for use in Amsterdam. It’s time for both a demonstration and an explanation.

Sat Sep 1


order number 69

€ 5

Sat Sep 1

11.30 a.m. workshopTheater Kikker

order number 70

€ 5

1.00 p.m. performanceTheater Kikker

order number 71

€ 7

De Verb(l)azing / Eolian Ensemble Children’s workshop and performance 4+

Beppe is a sound inventor. He conjures up music out of everything that he comes across. And not just any music! The musicians of the Eolian Ensemble initially look down their noses at this oddity but end up enthusiastically blowing along with him on their instruments. The result is a refreshing family perfor-mance with music by Sweelinck, Bach, Pachelbel, Ligeti and Hindemith, with the actor Beppe Costa in the leading role.

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Benjamin AlardBach: trio sonatas and other organ works

Already by 1717 Bach’s keyboard skills were so extraordinary that, according to an anecdote, the Frenchman Louis Marchand, himself a renowned virtuoso, lost his nerve and fled town when he was invited to take on Bach in a musical duel. The youthful Frenchman Benjamin Alard plays several classics such as the organ chorale ‘Aus der Tiefe’ on the Marcussen organ in the Nicolaïkerk. The platderésistance consists of three of the celebrated, fiendishly difficult trio sonatas: the high point of Bach’s organ oeuvre.

Sat Sep 1


order number 72

€ 18 / € 16 / € 7

Sat Sep 1 Pandhof Festival Centre

This year the Pandhof on the Domplein is once again the perfect place to enjoy a drink and a snack between the Festival activities, to browse in the Festival CD shop or to swap opinions with your fellow visitors. Here you can also listen to carillon and fringe concerts every day. The Pandhof Festival Centre will be open every day from 10.00 a.m. until late in the evening.

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Le Parlement de Musique & Eugénie Warnier / Martin Gester Buxtehude, Meder, Capricornus: motets

Whether it is due to Strasbourg’s strategic location in the border zone is unclear; however, the fact is that Martin Gester and Le Parlement de Musique have mastered the German style to perfection. For their visit to Utrecht they have invited along the soprano Eugénie Warnier, one of the artists in residence at the 2010 Louis Quatorze Festival. She will perform several passi-onate solo motets by the Riga-based composer Meder, the Bohemian Capricornus and Dieterich Buxtehude.

De Verb(l)azing / Eolian Ensemble Children’s workshop and performance 4+

Beppe is a sound inventor. He conjures up music out of everything that he comes across. And not just any music! The musicians of the Eolian Ensemble initially look down their noses at this oddity but end up enthusiastically blowing along with him on their instruments. The result is a refreshing family perfor-mance with music by Sweelinck, Bach, Pachelbel, Ligeti and Hindemith, with the actor Beppe Costa in the leading role.

Sat Sep 1

2.30 p.m. workshopTheater Kikker

order number 75

€ 5

4.00 p.m. performanceTheater Kikker

order number 76

€ 7

Sat Sep 1


order number 73

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

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Natural trumpet presentation workshop / Susan Williams

Bach called for trumpets in his suites, cantatas, oratorios and, naturally, in the Mass in B minor. A festive atmosphere is most common; however, the instrument also adds extra lustre to more subdued works. In this fringe concert Susan Williams presents the results of her natural trumpet workshop which deals with the entire spectrum.

Compagnie Bischoff The case against Jesus: Schütz’s St Matthew Passion

Compagnie Bischoff transforms Schütz’s extremely austere St Matthew Passion into a dramatic spectacle in which the account of Jesus’s condemnation and execution plays a central role. The sound artist Wouter Snoei provides an acoustic commentary on Schütz’s music and the staging by Jan Van den Bossche. Five singers disclose the story line to the audience, as the drama unfolds in the form of a court case.

Sat Sep 1

3.00 & 5.00 p.m.Lutherse kerk



a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

director: Jan Van den bossche

sound: Wouter Snoei

Sat Sep 1

3.30 p.m.Aula, ingang Pandhof

free

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Ensemble Clément Janequin / Dominique VisseFrench chansons from Dutch sources

‘Jean-Pierre Swelingh’ may not have spoken French on an everyday basis; nevertheless, his splendid settings of French poetry are proof of his effortless handling of the language. The evergreen Ensemble Clément Janequin places Sweelinck’s French language gems alongside the most compelling chansons by Lejeune, Crecquillon and Jacob Clement, selected from the compilations of the Flemish publishers Phalèse, Susato and Bellere and the Zeghere van Male manuscript from Bruges.

Ricercar Consort / Philippe PierlotBuxtehude, Weckmann, Erlebach: chamber music

On Friday the gambist Philippe Pierlot championed the vocal music of Matthias Weckmann. Today we hear a toccata by the Hamburg organist, in the context of a superb chamber music programme also featuring sonatas from Buxtehude’s opus 1 and a Chaconne by the East Frisian composer Erlebach. Pierlot is joined by Sophie Gent on the violin and Maude Gratton on the harpsichord.

Sat Sep 1

5.00 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 77

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Sat 1 sep

5.00 p.m.St. Willibrordkerk

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a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

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Sat Sep 1


order number 80

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & RIAS Kammerchor / René JacobsJ.S. Bach: Matthäus Passion

Opera in the church, how scandalous! Bach’s music may well enjoy an unassailable position today; however, his contemporaries were sometimes far from ready for the extremely lyrical tendency of the extended da capo arias or the vehement choruses. The operatic conductor and living legend René Jacobs is fully attuned to this expressivity. Open your ears to a dramatic StMatthewPassion with an exclusively Berlin team and several of the greatest voices of our day.

soloists:

Werner Güra, evangelist

Johannes Weisser, Christ

Sunhae Im, soprano

bernarda fink, alto

Topi Lehtipuu, tenor

Konstantin Wolff, bass

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BL!NDMAN [sax] / Eric Sleichim32 Foot/Bach

The works of Sweelinck and Bach span 150 years of music. While the former stood with one foot still in the Renaissance, the Thomascantor represents the musical pinnacle of the Baroque. The organ is the key link: without Sweelinck no Bach! The musicians of BL!NDMAN recreate the monumental Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582 with their four saxophones, with the aid of electronics to provide just that little bit extra: a digital 32-foot register.

Sat Sep 1

11.30 p.m.Domkerk

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Early Music Marketmultiplelocations

Stimu SymposiumAcademiegebouw

BachMarathonAula,Pandhofentrance

Summer School: Kathryn CokSenaatszaal,Academiegebouw


Playing the bells / Children’s guided tour 5+DomTower


Bernard FoccroulleNicolaïkerk


Red Herring / Patrick DeneckerGeertekerk

Les Folies FrançoisesVredenburgLeeuwenbergh


The Royal Wind MusicDomkerk

Gesualdo Consort / Harry van der KampPieterskerk

Festival bulletin / AVRO-Radio4VredenburgLeidscheRijn

Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe HerrewegheVredenburgLeidscheRijn

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Sun Sep 2

10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.Museum Speelklok

€ 5

free admITTanCe

for frIendS

Ready for a BachMarathon?For those who are itching to sing after nine days of listening, a BachMarathon will be held on the final Festival day. Two cantatas (BWV 10 and 21) and one of the Missae breves (BWV 236) will be tackled during a five-hour session under the direction of Erik Van Nevel. You may opt to sing along with one or more, or all of the works. Young professionals will take on the solo parts and play in the orchestra. For more information and scores please visit www.oudemuziek.nl/bachmarathon.

Sun Sep 2

10.00 a.m.-4.15 p.m.Aula, Pandhof entrance

free

Early Music Market


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Playing the bellsChildren’s guided tour 5+

This Sunday morning children are welcome to explore the Dom Tower and the 17th century carillon made by the Hemony brothers. In the Egmond Chapel on the first floor they can listen to the city carillonneur Malgosia Fiebig playing on the children’s carillon, after which they will continue the ascent to a height of 70 metres, where they can hear the real carillon at close range. Earplugs are recommended!

Summer School: Kathryn CokBasso continuo in the Netherlands

Between 1600 and 1800 countless manuals appeared in the Netherlands on how to play basso continuo on the harpsichord, fortepiano or organ. The researcher and musician Kathryn Cok obtained her doctorate on this theme in 2011. In a lecture-performance,part of the Leonhardt symposium, she will explain how it came about that authors in the Netherlands were exceptionally well informed with regard to international trends.

Sun Sep 2

11.00 a.m.Senaatszaal, Academiegebouw

order number 82

€ 5

Sun Sep 2

11.30 a.m.Dom Tower

order number 83

€ 5

adult supervision required

in association with Toerisme

utrecht


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Bernard FoccroulleBach and his masters: organ works

From a very young age Johann Sebastian Bach showed extreme ambition, which was not so unusual for a boy genius brimming with ideas. His walking pilgrimage to visit Buxtehude is a well-known example of Bach’s great eagerness to learn, however, the less renowned Böhm and Bruhns also left their mark on him. The master organist Bernard Foccroulle sketches a quadriptych, including the FantasiaandFugueinGminor BWV 542 and three chorales from the Klavier-ÜbungIII.

Malgosia FiebigPure Bach

For the conclusion of the Early Music Carillon Festival today, Malgosia Fiebig will only play Bach, who many music buffs view as being the Alpha and the Omega of music, after all. The programme features his French Suite no. 2 in C minor and the harpsichord concertos BWV 1056 and 1053.

Sun Sep 2

12.30 p.m.Dom Tower, Pandhof

free

Sun Sep 2


order number 84

€ 18 / € 16 / € 7

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Sun Sep 2

3.00 p.m.Geertekerk

order number 85

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

b € 18 / € 16 / € 7

Red Herring / Patrick DeneckerDie allerbeste Zeit: Bernhard, Schütz, Schein, Bach

The subtly dissonant opening of Bach’s ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ is almost unsurpassed in its beauty. Recorders were used for special occasions, not only here in Bach’s case, but also by Schütz and his contemporaries. The flautist Patrick Denecker has put together a refined programme of motets, cantatas and suites in which his own instrument plays a well-deserved leading role.

Les Folies Françoises / Patrick Cohën-AkenineBach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, Brandenburg Concerto in D major, English Suite in A minor

Les Folies Françoises put their harpsichordist Béatrice Martin fully in the spotlight with a programme that promises to be an absolute feast of familiar works. You will hear her performing solo in an English Suite, appearing as soloist in the well-known harpsichord concerto in D minor and also featured prominently in the festive Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, with its highly virtuosic harpsichord cadenza.

Sun Sep 2


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€ 21 / € 19 / € 7

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Gesualdo Consort / Harry van der Kamp Sweelinck and the students of Gabrieli

Sweelinck’s Rimesfrançoisesetitaliennes (1612) include arrangements of five madrigals from Italy. It is not known whether he had first-hand knowledge of these pieces or had only come across them in print, however the influence of Andrea Gabrieli, Luca Marenzio and their circle is unmistakable. This third concert given by Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam explores the influence of the Italian Renaissance madrigal on the northerners Schütz, Grabbe, Pederson, Nielsen and naturally Sweelinck himself.

Sun Sep 2

5.00 p.m.Domkerk

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a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

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Sun Sep 2


order number 88

a € 21 / € 19 / € 7

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The Royal Wind MusicBlokfluitconsorts uit de Nederlanden en Recorder consorts from the Netherlands and northern Germany

The Royal Wind Music is a unique consort boasting an entire range of tiny to jumbo-sized Renaissance recorders. The 13 players have previously appeared in Utrecht, then under the direction of Paul Leenhouts. The students and former students of the Amsterdam Conservatoire perform today without conductor, offering a mixture of polyphonic psalms, songs and dance suites by Scheidemann, Scheidt, Sweelinck, Van Noordt and their contemporaries.

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Collegium Vocale / Philippe HerrewegheBach & Buxtehude: Mit Fried und Freud

Together with his Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe concludes the 31st Utrecht Early MusicFestival in style with Bach’s festive Mass in G major. Also on the programme: the cantatas ‘Schauet doch und sehet’ BWV 46 and ‘Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin’ BWV 125, supplemented by Buxtehude’s cantata based on the same text. Featuring a soloist line-up of top stars this will be a closing concert for listeners to relish. The journey has come to an end.

Sun Sep 2


order number 89

a € 35 / € 50 / € 15

b € 30 / € 27 / € 7

soloists:

dorothee mields, soprano

damien Guillon, altus

Thomas Hobbs, tenor

peter Kooij, bass

19.30uur7.30p.m.

Order tickets online (www.oudemuziek.nl) Tickets can be bought online through your personal account, after June 1 2012. Vrienden/Friends of the Utrecht Early Music Festival can log in and order ahead of non-Friends (May 15 for Friends donating € 80 or more, May 22 for Friends donating up to € 80).

You can either use your existing log-in details or create a new personal account. Accepted methods of payment are credit cards for international guests and iDEAL for Dutch bank account holders. Tickets ordered less than five days in advance of the concert will not be posted by mail, but can be collected at the Festival box office or at the concert location.

For each ticket you will pay € 1,50 transaction fee, with a maximum of € 7,50 per order.

Tickets and practical information

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Written orderYou can order tickets by filling out the order form: http://oudemuziek.bo9.nl/contentfiles/bestelformulier%20festival%202012.pdf

Orders will be handled in the order that they are received, with priority being given to Friends. You can pay via bank account transfer (or authorisation if you have a Dutch bank account). A € 5 handling fee will be added.

Please send your form, completed and signed, to:Organisatie Oude Muziek Postbus 19267 3501 DG UtrechtThe Netherlands

Festival Box Office and reservation lineThe Festival Box Office will be located in the Pandhof (Domplein), and opens Friday August 24. Opening hours are 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. daily.

To reserve by phone, please call +31 (0)30 2329010. Opening hours during the Festival:August 20 – August 23: 10.00 a.m. – 3.00 a.m. August 24 – September 2: 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.

NB: tickets reserved by phone can be picked up at the Festival Box Office no later than two hours before the concert. After this time you can pick up your tickets at the concert location, which opens 30 minutes before the concert starts. Uncollected tickets may be resold from 15 minutes before the concert.

ReductionsThe reduced rates for Vrienden (Friends) are available for a maximum of two tickets per concert. If you have a CJP/youth card or a student card, you can benefit from even cheaper tickets.

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WheelchairsNot every venue is easily accessible for wheelchair users. Please let us know your needs, as experience has taught us how we can help. Don’t forget to select wheelchair seats where possible online, or tick the ‘wheelchair’ box on the order form.

ConditionsPlease take good care of your tickets and contact us immediately if you think you have lost them. Once issued, tickets cannot be returned.

Price ranking and seatingAt some locations, the seating arrangements have been organised according to price rankings. Rank A offers the best places, rank B seats might be not as good, but they are cheaper.

Concert lengthMost concerts last an hour and do not have an intermission. Concerts starting at 8.00 p.m. usually end before 10.00 p.m., unless stated otherwise.

Sold out concertsWe will inform you about sold out concerts through our website and Festival Box Office. We will contact you personally if your written order arrives after a concert has been sold out.

Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn and Vredenburg LeeuwenberghVisitors of the concerts at both Vredenburg-locations can make use of GVU Bus transport to and from the concert location for free, by showing the concert ticket (with GVU-logo) to the bus driver.

Visitors of the concerts at both Vredenburg-locations can make use of GVU Bus transport to and from the concert location for free, by showing the concert ticket (with GVU-logo) to the bus driver.

Buses 19, 28 and 39 will take you to Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn (stop VB Leidsche Rijn); Bus 2 will take you to Leeuwenbergh (stop Catharijneconvent). The concert ticket is valid for bus transport on the same day, from 3 hours before the concert up to and including the last bus service of the day (evening concerts) or until four hours after the concert (morning or afternoon concerts).

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Every year more than 60.000 early music lovers visit our concerts in the Festival Oude Muziek and Seizoen Oude Muziek − more than 200 concerts all together!

Do you like early music and do you think it is important to support talent? Then become a Friend of the Utrecht Early Music Festival. In return, you will receive our Tijdschrift Oude Muziek four times a year (in Dutch) and get a discount on all of our tickets.

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Advantages of being a Friend for € 40 a year are:• reduced rates for all concerts during the Early Music Festival and Season• discount on cd’s, dvd’s, music tours• four issues of Tijdschrift Oude Muziek each year• you can order Festival-tickets ahead of everyone else (May 22 instead of

June 1 in 2012) even cheaper rates for the Vriendenconcert (in 2012, the Opening Concert), you will pay € 25 instead of € 35

• free admission to the Early Music Market (value € 5)

Friend Extra: from € 80 you will get:• all of the advantages mentioned above• more than two weeks of ordering ahead (May 15 instead of June 1 in 2012)• two tickets for the price of one, for one Season concert

Friend VIP: from 160 per year• all of the advantages mentioned above• two tickets for the price of one, for one Season concert

In the Netherlands there are tax benefits for large donations. In other countries that may be different. Please check with your tax advisor whether you are eligible for tax benefits.

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Brochure Festival Oude Muziek 2012 & Seizoen Oude Muziek 12/13© 2012

editors: Tamar Brüggemann (copy editor), Jiska Schoneveldtexts: Albert Edelman, Xavier Vandammelay-out: Kea Dunantprint: Drukkerij Practicum, Soestpublished: May 15 2012. May be subject to change.

cover design: Marco Borggreve en Daan Noppen, model: Anne-Wytske Hoekstraphotography: Uwe Arens, Stéphane Barbier, Emiko Bellocq, Hans van den Bogaard, Marco Borggreve, Eugénie Boterf, Koen Broos, Tamar Brüggemann, Sergio Caminata, Vico Chamla, Michel Chassat, Tatiana Daubek, Philippe Demoulin, Merlijn Doomernik, Luk Van Eeckhout, Robert Etcheverry, Dorothee Falke, Kristof Fischer, Jan Gates, Erik van Gurp, Jean-Marc Haddad, Tim Heirman, Wouter Jansen, Ton Kastermans, Ronald Knapp, Guy Kolkken, Pablo Kornfeld, Feiko Koster, Marc Krone, Vaclav Luks, Ivan Maly, Sandrine Marchand, Marco Mertens, Erik De Mildt, Tim Mintiens, K. Miura, Alberto Panzani, Philippe Parent, Miel Peters, Josh Photography, Stephane Puopolo, Ola Renska, Remke Spijkers, Frederic Taes, Hélène Tobler, Annelies van der Vegt, Jacques Verrees, Lutz Voigtländer, Allard Willemse, Alvaro Yanes, Rebecca Young and Ida Zenna

Media partners: AVRO/Radio 4 and Trouw

The 31st Utrecht Early Music Festival is made possible with support of: The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Utrecht, City of Utrecht Cultural Affairs, SNS Reaal Fonds, Institut Descartes / Culturesfrance, Goethe Institut

Co-produced with: Vredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht University, NTR, VPRO, Museum Speelklok, Museum Catharijne-convent, The Hague Royal Conservatoire, Utrecht School of the Arts, RASA Wereldculturencentrum, MAfestival, Stichting Vrienden Oude Muziek and Stichting Muziekhistorische Uitvoeringspraktijk (STIMU), Gaudeamus Muziekweek

We would like to thank: The (Royal) Society for Music History of The Netherlands (KVNM), Utrecht Centrum voor de Kunsten, Toerisme Utrecht, Utrechts Klokkenluiders Gilde, Utrechtse Klokkenspel Vereniging, Het Utrechts Archief, Oud London, De Bietjes, Jiska Schoneveld, Albert Edelman, Wouke de Jong, James Murray, Seeing & Hearing, Henk van der Feest, Sies Jonkman, Yvonne Postma, volunteers Centrale Utrecht, Kerken Kijken Utrecht, Uitfeest Utrecht, Giuseppe Accardi, Henk Klop harpsichords and organs, Jan Kalsbeek harpsichords, managers, sacristians and employees of said institutions and festival locations, and all festival volunteers

Organisatie Oude Muziek P.O. Box 19267NL-3501 DG UtrechtThe NetherlandsT +31 (0)30 232 [email protected]

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Organisatie Oude Muziekdirector, programming: Xavier Vandamme artistic advisor: Jed Wentzexternal artistic advisor: Reitze Smitsadministrator: Frank Rijndersproducers: Tamar Brüggemann and Cato Ootes assistant producers: Eelke Bakker (intern), Marijse Poutsma, Go Bruênscommunication: Susanne Vermeuleneditor: Jolande van der Klisgraphic design: Hilde Woltersbox office: Wilmer de Jongassistants box office: Marijse Poutsma,Germaine Anema, Krista de Jong and Julia Zoetoffice manager: Marijse Poutsmafestival tuners: Eduard Bos and Edwin Beunktransport: Matthijs Kappers

Board Stichting Organisatie Oude Muziekchair: Mrs. P.C. Lodders-Elfferichtreasurer: Mr. J.H. van der Tol RAmembers: Mrs. P.L. Meurs and Mr. R.C. van der Giessen

Board Stichting Vrienden Oude Muziekchair: Mr. D. Hoektreasurer: Mr. J.H. van der Tol RAmember: Mr. J.H.A. Tromp

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Locations Utrecht Early Music Festival 2012

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