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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (photo Martina Simkovicova)
Series 24-25

Early Music

Unexpected delights, so much to experience!

As always, the Early Music series is brimming with unexpected delights. A musical voyage to China with 13th-century explorer Marco Polo. Baroque lamentations by Bach&Co. A Montenegrin guitarist offers a fresh perspective on Handel, Vivaldi and Rameau. And of course, the great masterpieces are also on the programme. Such as Scarlatti’s magnificent Stabat Mater and Bach’s unbeatable, energetic Brandenburg Concertos. So much to experience!

Lecture series Early Music by Jan Van den Bossche 
Before each of the four concerts, a lecture by Jan Van den Bossche provides background and context. As the former director of the Utrecht Early Music Festival and the Netherlands Bach Society, he is the perfect lecturer to guide you through the multi-coloured early music. The themes of the lectures in the Grote Zaal perfectly complement that evening’s concerts.

Dates & themes:
Sat 5 Oct / Bach and the alto voice 
Fri 22 Nov / The world before Bach
Sun 19 Jan / Find the women
Thu 6 March / The Brandenburg Concertos

Events in this theme

  • Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte

    PRJCT Amsterdam + Maarten Engeltjes + lecture Jan Van den Bossche
    Sat 5 Oct 2024 20:15

    Light in the darkness
    JS Bach, JC Bach, Buxtehude, Erlebach a.o

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • The Canterbury Songs

    Netherlands Chamber Choir
    Sun 6 Oct 2024 15:00

    The greatest English choral music of the 16th century
    Gibbons, Tallis, Ward, Knight

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Ein deutsches Barockrequiem

    Vox Luminis + lecture Jan Van den Bossche
    Fri 22 Nov 2024 20:15

    The emotions and soul in baroque music
    Geist, Förtsch, Hammerschmidt, Schein

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • The musical journeys of Marco Polo

    En Chordais, Ensemble Constantinople + Kyriakos Kalaitzidis
    Sun 1 Dec 2024 20:15

    A medieval road movie

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Mysterious muses

    Ensemble Correspondances + lecture Jan Van den Bossche
    Sun 19 Jan 2025 20:15

    Forgotten music for women from the Baroque and Renaissance
    Luzzaschi, Agostini, Frescobaldi, Boësset a.o.

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Stabat Mater

    Cappella Amsterdam
    Sat 25 Jan 2025 20:15

    Beautiful Italian choral sounds capture Mary’s suffering
    Borzelli, Gualandi, Scarlatti, Leo, Lotti

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell

    PRJCT Amsterdam, Maarten Engeltjes + Alexander Chance
    Sat 1 Feb 2025 20:15

    Intimate ode to the genius of Purcell
    Purcell, Blow a.o.

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Baroque

    MILOŠ + Arcangelo
    Fri 21 Feb 2025 20:15

    A remarkable classical guitarist of our time: impressive, expressive, and virtuoso
    Vivaldi, Boccherini, Bach, Rameau a.o.

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra + Ton Koopman + lecture Jan Van den Bossche
    Thu 6 Mar 2025 20:15

    80-year-old Koopman has been sharing the inventiveness and joy of Bach for 45 years
    Bach

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Brotherly in baroque

    Théotime Langlois de Swarte + Justin Taylor
    Sun 4 May 2025 21:00

    Unearthed gems
    Debuisson, Francoeur Couperin, Royer, Eccles, Purcell, Marcello, Corelli

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets