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Mozart - Requiem with the Nivelles Orchestra

27/10/2022

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The European Union Choir is invited by the Orchester Symphonique de Nivelles under the direction of Arnaud Giroud to perform Mozart's Requiem accompanied by soloists Céline Rémy, Marie-Laure Coenjaerts, Sébastien Romignon Ercolini, Bruno Silva Resende.

As a prelude, the Overture to the "Flûte Enchantée" and the delicate "Concerto for clarinet" (soloist: Bethsabée Hatzfeld).

These concerts will take place on December 4 in Nivelles and December 11 in Brussels.

The programme for this concert takes us back to 1791, Mozart’s last year, during which he composed some of his most famous works.
The concert opens with the Overture to “The Magic Flute”, one of Mozart’s last operas (a Singspiel), which starts with three stately chords that are repeated regularly throughout the opera.
It continues with the graceful “Clarinet Concerto” (soloist: Bethsabée Hatzfeld), one of the first of its kind and probably one of the most beautiful. Written for his friend, virtuoso clarinettist Anton Stadler, it has the classical structure of concertos, with 3 movements. The 2nd movement has become one of the most popular tunes of classical music, partly thanks to Sidney Pollack’s film, Out of Africa. For the concerto, the orchestra accompanies clarinettist Bethsabée Hatzfeld.
The concert closes with the monumental and mythical “Requiem” (soloist: Céline Rémy, Marie-Laure Coenjaerts, Sébastien Romignon Ercolini, Bruno Silva Resende). Shrouded in mystery, the story behind it, drawing on the context in which it was composed and the way it is portrayed in Milos Forman’s film Amadeus, is far too complex compared to the facts. The only certainty is that the “Requiem” was a commissioned work that Mozart was not able to complete himself due to his untimely death.


Sunday December 4, 2022 - 17h30
Collégiale Sainte Gertrude Nivelles
> Reservations Nivelles

Sunday December 11, 2022 - 16h00
Kerk of Saint Jacques sur Coudenberg, Bruxelles

Under the High Patronage of Marya Gabriel, European Commissioner, Honorary President of the Women of Europe Association
> Reservations Brussels

Concert for the benefit of the humanitarian projects of the Women of Europe Association
  Femmes d'Europe
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Carmina Burana - C.Orff - November 17, 2022                                            The Royal symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides - Coxyde

21/10/2022

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The municipality of Koksijde has maintained a sponsorship relationship with the he Royal symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides for 15 years. On the occasion of this anniversary, the Royal symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides will present Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, in collaboration with the Beauvarlet choir from Koksijde, the Choirs of the European Union, the choir from Arenberg and 3 soloists from the Music Chapel Queen Elizabeth.
A concert not to be missed on November 17, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. at Notre-Dame des Dunes Church.

​Tickets: via the municipality of Coxyde
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16.10.2022 - 6 pm - with the Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles Lobgesang - MENDELSSOHN & Cello concerto op 33 - Saint-Saëns Center for Fine Arts Brussels

16/10/2022

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L’Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles (dir. Jacques Vanherenthals),  the European Union Choir (dir. Dirk De Moor) performing at the Center for Fine Arts in Brussels  on OCTOBER 16, 2022 6 p.m.

The magnificent and talented Marie Hallynck will perform the Camille Saint Saëns (1872) interpretation  of the Concerto in A minor opus 33 for cello.  Many composers, including Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff, have considered this concerto one of the  greatest of all cello concertos. 
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In addition, this brilliant performer also has a surprise in store for us…. 

Félix Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang Symphony-cantata" is a masterpiece made specially for large choirs. In  addition 3 soloists, organ and orchestra appear in this work. Based on Biblical text, this grandiose hymn  was composed and premiered in 1840 in Leipzig. This solemn work celebrates the 400th anniversary of  the discovery of the Gutenberg press.  Its current form is a version that has been reworked and refined many times by the composer himself. A work that is reminiscent of the ‘Ode to Joy’ by L. van Beethoven (1824). 

Julie Gebhart, soprano
Katarina Van Droogenbroeck, mezzo-soprano
Markus Ennsthaller, tenor
​​​​​​​Pierre Brunello, organo


You will not want to mois the unique, vocal and musical stylings provided by the performers, enhanced by  the originality of the works and the rarity of their performance in concert. 

Tickets: www.tickets.bozar.be

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