Musica Antica da Camera has been established in 1995 with the aim to promote historical performance practise on period instruments of music before 1850. The organisation offers a platform to young professional musicians by taking responsibility for the youngest generation of specialized musicians.
Concert series on period instruments in various historical settings in The Hague and Voorschoten.
A bi-annual musical award is made available to the International van Wassenaer Competition for early music ensembles.
| Thu. September 23 20:15 hrs - Paleiskerk |
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Restoration Companydirected by Will Wroth On the fringe of the festival ‘Crying in The Hague’ there will be a vocal/instrumental programme of symphonic anthems and songs with texts on lamenting and sometimes ‘weeping’ themes set to music by Henry Purcell and his contemporaries Pelham Humfrey and John Blow. We will hear compositions dating back to shortly after the restoration of the English throne. This unique and colourful compositional art will be played by an ensemble which specialises in this repertoire. |
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€ 19,50 pp (cjp and students € 9,50 at the door) |
| Fri. October 1 17:00 hrs - Lutherse kerk |
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Bach & De MondonvilleThe Bach Ensemble of the Royal Conservatoire Bach was the main protagonist in the development of protestant church music. At the same time in France, the so-called “grands motets” were developed in the Catholic Church during the reign of Louis XIV. This is impressive music, which is not often heard on Dutch podia. On each occasion one of Bach’s cantatas from his Weimar period will be programmed alongside a Grand Motet. In this concert you will hear from Jean-Joseph Casanea De Mondonville the grand motet "In exita Isräel" (psalm 123) and from J.S Bach the cantata "Wachet, Betet", BWV 70. |
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€ 7,00 pp No advance bookings. Tickets at the door only from 16.15 hrs |
| Sun. October 3 15:30 hrs - Ambachts- en Baljuwhuis |
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La Barca Leydendirected by Raymond Honing Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, Duke of Juelich-Berg and treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire, was a great music lover and patron of the arts. He employed excellent musicians, and well-known composers such as Handel and Bonporti were his regular guests. Corelli’s famous concerti grossi were dedicated to Johann Wilhelm. We will hear music by Handel and Weiss, and concerti grossi by Corelli as arranged by one of his contemporaries. |
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€ 18,50 pp (cjp and students € 8.50 at the door) |
| Fri. October 15 20:15 hrs - Lutherse kerk |
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Barokorkest en Koor Koninklijk Conservatorium o.l.v. Chales Toetdirected by Charles Toet The Maria Vespers by Claudio Monteverdi mark one of the most important moments in the revival of early music in The Netherlands. In 1972 Nikolaus Harnoncourt was brought to The Hague by the then director Jan van Vlijmen to lead a school-wide Monteverdi project of two weeks duration. At the time almost everyone was sceptical about the use of historical instruments, but with this project Van Vlijmen gave the starting signal for a new department of Early Music. It was in this period that Van Vlijmen gave Charles Toet, then a student in modern trombone with a great deal of time for the contemporary repertoire, the task of finding suitable instruments. Tickets at the ticketshop of the Royal Conservatory:
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€ 22,50 pp (cjp / ooievaarspas € 17.50) |
