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Oude Muziek Agenda

  1. July 2026

  2. Organ Concert by Erwin Wiersinga

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series 'Organ Summer Groningen 2026' by Erwin Wiersinga, titular organist of the Martinikerk Groningen.

    • organ
  3. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 2

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally been on Wednesday evenings. In July and August, a selection from five centuries of organ music is performed every Wednesday by organists from …

    • early music
    • organ
  4. Organ Concert Rebecca Lee

    13:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    The second concert in the summer series of organ drop-in concerts at the Pelstergasthuiskerk will be performed by young talent, organist Rebecca Lee. She will play the Schnitger organ, which …

    • organ
  5. Market Concert Jacobikerk Uithuizen

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    On July 11, 2026, Annemiek Zeldenrust will give a market concert on the Arp Schnitger organ in the Jacobikerk in Uithuizen.

    • organ
  6. Organ Concert Pieter Jelle de Boer

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Pieter Jelle de Boer, organist and conductor in Metz.

    • organ
  7. Rembrandt Organ Series – Pieter-Jelle de Boer

    13:00-13:30 Westerkerk

    Rembrandt Organ Series

    • church concert
    • organ
  8. Organ Concert Sietze de Vries and Eran Wajsenblum

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    On July 12, there will be a concert at the Magnuskerk in Bellingwolde at 16:00 featuring Sietze de Vries on organ and Eran Wajsenblum on flute.

    • organ
    • flute
  9. Organ Concert Stef Tuinstra

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Stef Tuinstra will give an organ concert on the Freytag organ in Warffum.

    • organ
  10. Organ Concert Stef Tuinstra

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Stef Tuinstra will perform an organ concert on the Freytag organ in Warffum.

    • organ
  11. Claire-Marie Le Guay

    12:15 30CC

    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Partita I, BWV 825Italian Concerto, BWV 971 In her recent Bach recording, warmly received by the press, Claire‑Marie Le Guay combines a...

  12. Organ Concert by Klaas Stok

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series 'Orgelzomer Groningen 2026' by Klaas Stok, organist of the Walburgis Church in Zutphen.

    • organ
  13. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 3

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally been held on Wednesday nights. In July and August, every Wednesday features a selection from five centuries of organ music, performed by …

    • early music
    • organ
  14. Organ Concert Janny de Vries

    13:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Resident organist of the Pelstergasthuis, Janny de Vries, will perform the third concert during the summer series of organ drop-in concerts at the Pelstergasthuiskerk. She will play the …

    • organ
  15. Organ Concert Andreas Fischer

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Andres Fischer, cantor-organist at St. Katharinenkirche in Hamburg.

    • organ
  16. Organ Concert by Maarten Wilmink

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert by Maarten Wilmink.

    • organ
  17. Rembrandt Organ Series – Jos van der Kooy

    13:00-13:30 Westerkerk

    Rembrandt Organ Series

    • church concert
    • organ
  18. Organ Concert by Francesca Ajossa

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series ‘Organ Summer Groningen 2026’ by Francesca Ajossa, organist of the Church in 't Woudt (NL) and artist in residence of the Contius Foundation in Leuven.

    • organ
  19. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 4

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally been on Wednesday evenings. In the months of July and August, every Wednesday features a selection from five centuries of organ music, …

    • early music
    • organ
  20. Organ Concert Bert Wisgerhof

    11:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert by Bert Wisgerhof on the Hinsz organ in the Nicolaïkerk in Appingedam.

    • organ
  21. Organ Concert Dirk Molenaar

    12:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    A concert on the Lohman organ (1817) in Eenrum by organist Dirk Molenaar.

    • organ
  22. Organ Concert

    12:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert by Dirk Molenaar on the Lohman organ on Saturday, July 25, 2026, starting at 12:30 PM at the Fabianus & Sebastianus Church in Eenrum. Admission free.

    • organ
  23. Organ Drop-In Concert Pietro Paganini

    13:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Again young talent. Pietro Paganini plays the Schnitger organ originally dating from 1627. This is the closing concert of the summer series of organ drop-in concerts at the …

    • organ
  24. Market Concert Tobias Groeneveld

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    On July 25, 2026, Tobias Groeneveld will give a market concert on the Arp Schnitger organ in the Jacobikerk in Uithuizen.

    • organ
  25. Organ Concert Sietze de Vries

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Sietze de Vries, artistic director of the Organ Education Center Groningen.

    • organ
  26. Rembrandt Organ Series – Maarten Wilmink

    13:00-13:30 Westerkerk

    Rembrandt Organ Series

    • church concert
    • organ
  27. Cappella Pratensis

    12:15 30CC

    Change of location: For organisational reasons, this concert has been moved to the Sint-Geertruikerk (instead of the...

  28. Bach by Candlelight

    22:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    On the anniversary of JS Bach's death, Henk de Vries will perform an organ concert by candlelight in the Petruskerk in Zuidbroek.

    • organ
  29. Bach by Candlelight

    22:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    On the anniversary of JS Bach's death, Henk de Vries will perform an organ concert by candlelight in the Petruskerk in Zuidbroek.

    • organ
  30. Evan Bogerd – BachNight Concert – Bach by Candlelight

    23:30-00:30 Westerkerk

    Bach by Candlelight

    • church concert
  31. Organ Concert by Matteo Imbruno

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series 'Organ Summer Groningen 2026' by Matteo Imbruno, organist of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.

    • organ
  32. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 5

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally taken place on Wednesday evenings. In July and August, a selection of organ music from five centuries is performed every Wednesday by organists …

    • early music
    • organ
  33. Il Pomo d'Oro

    20:00-22:05 Concertgebouw Brugge

    MA Festival opens with the outstanding baroque orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev treats us to two symphonies and a special concerto for natural horn by Mozart. However, …

    • early music
    • orchestra
  34. August 2026

  35. Pseudonym

    11:30-12:45 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Pseudonym, featuring MA Competition laureate and harpsichordist Gabriel Smallwood, and flutist Liane Sadler, explores the Italian music from the early 17th century. Just like back then, the …

    • early music
    • ensemble
    • harpsichord
  36. Organ Concert Henk de Vries

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Henk de Vries, organist of Petruskerk in Zuidbroek.

    • organ
  37. Opening Concert IMOCG 2026

    15:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Opening concert of the international organ competition IMOCG featuring Erwin Wiersinga (organ) and a vocal ensemble led by Óscar Rodríguez Pastora.

    • organ
    • vocal
    • ensemble
  38. IMOCG 1st round Appingedam

    15:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Day 1 of the first round of the International Martini Organ Competition Groningen. The twelve participants perform on the De Mare/Hinsz organ in the Nicolaïkerk in Appingedam.

    • organ
  39. Jean Rondeau

    16:30-18:30 MAfestival Brugge

    • early music
  40. Vox Luminis

    20:00-22:00 MAfestival Brugge

    • early music
  41. IMOCG 1st Round Martinikerk

    15:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Day 2 of the first round of the International Martini Organ Competition Groningen. The twelve participants perform on the Schnitger organ in the Martinikerk.

    • organ
  42. IMOCG Organ Concert Jury Members

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert in the series ‘Organ Summer Groningen 2026’ at the Martinikerk, by organists Rie Hiroe, Jeremy Joseph, and Juan Maria Pedrero.

    • organ
  43. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 6

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally been held on Wednesday evenings. Throughout July and August, a selection of five centuries of organ music is performed every Wednesday by …

    • early music
    • organ
  44. Marc Sabbah

    12:15 30CC

    Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)Fantasia 3 per il violino senza basso, TXV 40:16 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Suite No. 4 for solo cello, BWV 1010 On the viola, Marc...

    • solo
    • viola
    • cello
  45. IMOCG Semi-Final

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Semi-final of the International Martini Organ Competition Groningen where the six semi-finalists will play on the Schnitger organ in the Akerk.

    • organ
  46. Organ Tour ‘Little Schnitger Gems’

    10:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ tour to three historic organs in the province of Groningen led by organist Theo Jellema.

    • organ
  47. The BanXhies

    11:30-12:45 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Four top French musicians of the new generation take you on a journey through the musical landscapes of the Republic of Venice and Vienna during the time of Antonio Caldara. We explore the …

    • early music
  48. IMOCG Organ Concert Jury Members

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert in the series 'Organ Summer Groningen 2026' at Akerk, by the organists Leo van Doeselaar and Wolfgang Zerer.

    • organ
  49. Market Concert Kees Steketee on Hinsz Organ at Nicolaïkerk Appingedam

    11:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    On Saturday, August 8, Kees Steketee will give an organ concert in the summer market concert series on the Hinsz organ in the Nicolaïkerk. Kees Steketee is the cantor-organist of the …

    • organ
  50. Organ Concert Rudi Diekstra

    14:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Rudi Diekstra plays the Freytag organ in the Sebastiaankerk in Warffum.

    • organ
  51. IMOCG 2026 Final

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Final of the International Martini Organ Competition Groningen where the three finalists will perform their best pieces one last time on the Schnitger organ in the Martinikerk. The winner …

    • organ
  52. Organ Concert Manuel Tomadin

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Manuel Tomadin, organist at the Lutheran Church in Trieste (Italy).

    • organ
  53. Sunday Afternoon Concert Gijs and Emma van Schoonhoven

    15:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Sunday afternoon concert featuring the small organs in the Petruskerk by Gijs (organ) and Emma van Schoonhoven (violin).

    • organ
    • violin
  54. Violaine Le Chenadec - La Guilde des Mercenaires

    12:15 30CC

    Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Concerto for Two Trumpets, RV 537 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)Eternal source of...

  55. Organ Concert by Peter Westerbrink

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series 'Orgelzomer Groningen 2026' by Peter Westerbrink on the Schnitger organ in the Akerk.

    • organ
  56. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 7

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally been held on Wednesday evenings. In the months of July and August, a selection of five centuries of organ music is performed every Wednesday by …

    • early music
    • organ
  57. Organ Concert by Jan Luth

    14:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Jan Luth will perform on the Freytag organ at the Sebastiaankerk in Warffum.

    • organ
  58. Organ Concert Jan Luth

    14:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Jan Luth plays the Freytag organ in the Sebastiaan Church in Warffum.

    • organ
  59. Organ Concert Francesca Ajossa

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Francesca Ajossa, organist at 't Woudt.

    • organ
  60. Grachtenfestival: Orgel En Trombone

    15:00 Orgelpark

    This concert is a collaboration with Grachtenfestival: https://www.grachtenfestival.nl/ Musicians Jeroen Koopman, organ Wilco Kamminga, trombone Program Works by Bach, Pärt en Guilmant

    • organ
  61. Sunday Afternoon Concert Jelte Hulzebos and Marian van der Heide

    15:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Jelte Hulzebos (organ) and Marian van der Heide (soprano).

    • organ
    • soprano
  62. Organ Concert by Andrzej Szadejko

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series ‘Organ Summer Groningen 2026’ by Polish organist Andrzej Szadejko on the Schnitger organ in the Akerk.

    • organ
  63. Organ Concert by Michael Bennett

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series ‘Organ Summer Groningen 2026’ by Michael Bennett on the Schnitger organ in the Akerk in Groningen.

    • organ
  64. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 8

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally been held on Wednesday evenings. In the months of July and August, each Wednesday features a selection of five centuries of organ music, …

    • early music
    • organ
  65. Summer Evening Concert Leonore Lub

    19:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Summer evening concert on the Arp Schnitger organ in the Pancratius Church in Godlinze.

    • organ
  66. Tenebrae

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Tenebrae

    • early music
  67. Organ Concert Vincent van Laar

    11:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert by Vincent van Laar on the Hinsz organ in the Nicolaïkerk in Appingedam.

    • organ
  68. Organ Concert Dirk Molenaar

    12:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert on the Lohman organ (1817) in Eenrum by organist Dirk Molenaar.

    • organ
  69. Organ Recital by Jellegeert Postma

    14:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Jellegeert Postma will play the Freytag organ in Warffum.

    • organ
  70. Organ Concert Jellegeert Postma

    14:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Jellegeert Postma will play the Freytag organ in Warffum.

    • organ
  71. K L A N G c o ll e c t i v e — D O W L N D R A K E

    19:00-20:30 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Annelies van Gramberen en Sim Van Thienen slaan een brug tussen luitist John Dowland en singer-songwriter Nick Drake

    • early music
    • lute
  72. Organ Concert Tymen Jan Bronda

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Tymen Jan Bronda, cantor-organist of the Lutheran Church in Groningen.

    • organ
  73. Stile Antico

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Stile Antico

    • early music
  74. Huelgas Ensemble

    22:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Huelgas Ensemble

    • early music
    • ensemble
  75. Organ concert by Geerten van de Wetering

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series 'Organ Summer Groningen 2026' by The Hague organist Geerten van de Wetering on the Schnitger organ in the Akerk.

    • organ
  76. Eusebius Church – Summer Evening Concert No. 9

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The summer evening concerts have traditionally taken place on Wednesday evenings. In the months of July and August, a selection of five centuries of organ music is performed every Wednesday …

    • early music
    • organ
  77. New York Polyphony

    13:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    New York Polyphony

    • early music
  78. Huelgas Ensemble — Festivalprelude: Paris 1200

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Festivalprelude: Paris 1200 — Middeleeuwen

    • early music
    • ensemble
  79. Utrecht Early Music Festival – August 28

    19:00-21:15 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    When two voices sing their own melody simultaneously, the wonder of polyphony unfolds. In the Renaissance, it was understood: with each additional voice, the richness grows – a third, a …

    • early music
  80. Vox Luminis

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Vox Luminis

    • early music
  81. Le Concert Spirituel — Openingsconcert: Polyfonie x40

    20:00-21:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Openingsconcert: Polyfonie x40 — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  82. Summer School Closing Concert

    11:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Laus Polyphoniae 2023: A group of singers study old sources of music in the annual summer school organised by Musica, Cappella Pratensis and AMUZ. For this edition, a selection was made …

    • early music
  83. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    11:00-12:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  84. Musica Gloria — Musick for a While: the Purcells

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Musick for a While: the Purcells — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  85. Scratch for Amateur Singers — Led by Lionel Meunier

    11:00-15:30 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Under the direction of Lionel Meunier — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  86. Classical Music Mini Course

    13:00 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is more than just music, and in these mini-courses you will learn all of the most important moments and secrets.

    • early music
  87. Gli Angeli Genève — Ich habe genug: Bach for bass

    13:00-14:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Ich habe genug: Bach for bass — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • bass
  88. Pieter-Jan Belder — The Playing Byrd 1: Byrd & Tomkins

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 1: Byrd & Tomkins — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  89. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    15:00-16:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  90. Dialogos — Putsch in the Cathedral

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Putsch in the Cathedral — Middle Ages

    • early music
  91. L'Achéron — Favorites of Marais

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Favorites of Marais — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  92. Utrecht Early Music Festival – August 29

    16:15-18:00 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    Musica Gloria opens with an imaginary Baroque opera, where the music of Henry and Daniel Purcell merges with arias, dance, and instrumental pieces. Gli Angeli Genève follows in the afternoon …

    • early music
    • solo
    • ensemble
    • choir
  93. Patrick Ayrton & Friends — Astrophil & Stella

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Astrophil & Stella — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  94. Sollazzo Ensemble — Anonyma

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Anonyma — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • ensemble
  95. Candlelight Concerts: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

    18:30 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Candlelight Concerts bring the magic of live music to Muziekgebouw Eindhoven.

    • early music
  96. The Gesualdo Six

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Gesualdo Six

    • early music
  97. Ensemble Correspondances — Notre-Dame de Paris: Campra's requiem

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Notre-Dame de Paris: Campra's requiem — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  98. Organ Concert Wolfgang Zerer

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Wolfgang Zerer, organist in Hamburg.

    • organ
  99. Le Salon: Emma-Lisa Roux — Music and Poetry from the French Baroque

    22:15-23:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Music and poetry from the French Baroque — More than music

    • early music
  100. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    11:00-12:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  101. Daria Spiridonova — The Voice of the People on Violin

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The voice of the people on violin — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • violin
  102. Catalina Vicens — The Playing Byrd 2: Byrd & Dowland

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 2: Byrd & Dowland — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  103. Música Temprana (extra concert!) — Stemmen in spiegelbeeld

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stemmen in spiegelbeeld — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  104. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    15:00-16:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  105. The Marian Consort — The Forgotten Voice of Lusitano

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Forgotten Voice of Lusitano — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  106. Organ Concert Peter van der Zwaag

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Peter van der Zwaag from Leeuwarden, titular organist of Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden, will perform an organ concert on the large Schnitger/Freytag organ in Zuidbroek.

    • organ
  107. Organ Concert by Peter vd Zwaag

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organist Peter van der Zwaag from Leeuwarden, titular organist of the Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden, will perform an organ concert on the large Schnitger/Freytag organ in Zuidbroek.

    • organ
  108. Mozaïque — An Italian in Vienna: Caldara’s Cantatas

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    An Italian in Vienna: Caldara’s cantatas — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  109. Música Temprana (ook om 13:00 uur) — Stemmen in spiegelbeeld

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stemmen in spiegelbeeld — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  110. L'Arpeggiata — The Three Countertenors

    20:00-21:20 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Three Countertenors — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  111. Erik Bosgraaf c.s. — Uytnemende Phoenixen

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Uytnemende Phoenixen — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  112. Maciej Skrzeczkowski — The Playing Byrd 3: Byrd & Bull

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 3: Byrd & Bull — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  113. Intesa — Voices of San Lazzaro

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Voices of San Lazzaro — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  114. Phaedrus & Jonatan Alvarado — Holy Ghost

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Holy Ghost — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  115. Patrick Ayrton & Friends — The Italian Project

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Italian Project — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  116. The Marian Consort — The Singing Byrd 1: Singing in Secret

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Singing Byrd 1: Singing in Secret — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  117. Utrecht Early Music Festival – August 31

    19:00-21:20 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    The Early Music Breakfast Show opens the day with coffee, conversation, and music at Het Gegeven Paard. There, Jed Wentz hosts musicians who will perform later on. In the Hertz, recorder …

    • early music
    • recorder
  118. La Tempête — Nocturne of Loss and Hope

    20:00-21:20 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Nocturne of Loss and Hope — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  119. September 2026

  120. Teodoro Baù & Andrea Buccarella — Bach's Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Bach's sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • harpsichord
    • viola da gamba
  121. Irene Roldán — The Playing Byrd 4: Byrd & Cabezón

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 4: Byrd & Cabezón — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  122. La Néréide — Hart of hoofd?

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Hart of hoofd? — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  123. Ordo Virtutum — Notre-Dame de Paris: the polyphonic monastery

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Notre-Dame de Paris: the polyphonic monastery — Middle Ages

    • early music
  124. Festival of Early Music Utrecht – September 1

    16:15-18:30 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    Historical sources often compare the viola da gamba to the human voice. In Bach's sonatas for gamba and harpsichord, everything sings: no one is master, no one is servant. Taking these …

    • early music
    • ensemble
    • choir
    • harpsichord
  125. Ensemble Masques — Händels Acis and Galatea

    17:00-18:30 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Händels Acis and Galatea — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  126. The Lyons Mouth — The Singing Byrd 2: A Flyght Around the Sun

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Singing Byrd 2: A Flyght Around the Sun — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  127. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    11:00-12:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  128. Emmanuelle Dauvin — Violin and Organ for One

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Violin and organ for one — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • organ
    • violin
  129. Andrea Buccarella — The Playing Byrd 5: Byrd & Sweelinck

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 5: Byrd & Sweelinck — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  130. Utrecht Early Music Festival – September 2

    14:15-16:00 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    An absolute must-see on this day is the stunning multitasker Emmanuelle Dauvin, who plays violin and organ simultaneously in the Grote Zaal. In the afternoon, Ensemble Odyssee will perform …

    • early music
    • ensemble
    • organ
    • violin
  131. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    15:00-16:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  132. Ensemble Leones — The Voice of Oswald

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Voice of Oswald — Middle Ages

    • early music
    • ensemble
  133. Ensemble Odyssee — Theater zonder stemmen

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Theater zonder stemmen — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  134. La Tempête — From Darkness to Light

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    From Darkness to Light — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  135. Stile Antico — The Singing Byrd 3: England’s Nightingale

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Singing Byrd 3: England’s Nightingale — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  136. Gabrieli Consort & Players — Vriendenconcert: Kroning in Venetië, 1595

    20:00-21:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Vriendenconcert: Kroning in Venetië, 1595 — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  137. Organ Concert by Stephan van de Wijgert

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series 'Organ Summer Groningen 2026' by Amsterdam organist Stephan van de Wijgert on the Schnitger organ in the Akerk.

    • organ
  138. Le Salon: Ivo Haun — Muziek en poëzie rond Dowland

    22:15-23:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Muziek en poëzie rond Dowland — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  139. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    11:00-12:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  140. Ayrton, Coolen & Zipperling — Passagiata

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Passagiata — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  141. Bertrand Cuiller — The Playing Byrd 6: Byrd & Ligeti

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 6: Byrd & Ligeti — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  142. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    15:00-16:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  143. Nari Baroque Ensemble — Son rosignolo

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Son rosignolo — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  144. Per-Sonat — Notre-Dame de Paris: Voices Vault

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Notre-Dame de Paris: Voices Vault — Middle Ages

    • early music
  145. Utrecht Early Music Festival – September 3

    16:15-18:00 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    The Early Music Breakfast Show opens the day with coffee, conversation, and music at Het Gegeven Paard. There, Jed Wentz welcomes musicians who will perform later that day. Following this, …

    • early music
    • ensemble
    • soprano
    • vocal
  146. Ensemble Castelkorn & Hana Blažíková — Traces of Moravia

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Traces of Moravia — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  147. Tenebrae Choir — The Singing Byrd 4: Mass for Five Voices

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Singing Byrd 4: Mass for Five Voices — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  148. Le Salon: Giovanna Baviera — Music and Poetry from the Italian Early Baroque

    22:15-23:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Music and poetry from the Italian early baroque — More than music

    • early music
  149. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    11:00-12:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  150. Aapo Häkkinen — The Playing Byrd 7: Byrd & J.S. Bach

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 7: Byrd & J.S. Bach — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  151. Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht – September 4

    14:15-16:00 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    We kick off the last festival weekend with violinist Sophie de Bardonnèche, gambist Lucile Boulanger, and keyboardist Justin Taylor, showcasing music by female composers from the French …

    • early music
    • violin
  152. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    15:00-16:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  153. Vincent Dubois — Organists of Notre-Dame de Paris

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Organist(s) of Notre-Dame de Paris

    • early music
    • organ
  154. La Fonte Musica — Notre-Dame de Paris: from Leoninus to Reich

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Notre-Dame de Paris: from Leoninus to Reich — Middle Ages

    • early music
  155. Tenebrae Choir — The Singing Byrd 5: Crown & Cross

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Singing Byrd 5: Crown & Cross — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  156. A nocte temporis

    19:00-22:15 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    The young ensemble a nocte temporis is known for its passionate performances of forgotten French baroque music. Founder and conductor Reinoud Van Mechelen is renowned for his 'haute-contre' …

    • early music
    • ensemble
    • vocal
    • tenor
  157. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    11:00-12:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  158. Ensemble Castelkorn — Schmelzers speelveld

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Schmelzers speelveld — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  159. Rachel Doubijanski — The Playing Byrd 8: Byrd & J.C. Bach

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 8: Byrd & J.C. Bach — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  160. ĀRT HOUSE 17 — Arlecchina: An Early Musical

    15:00-16:15 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Arlecchina: An Early Musical — Meer dan muziek

    • early music
  161. RossoPorpora — Diva Laura

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Diva Laura — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  162. Couperin & Clerambault organ & vocal

    15:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    A French concert featuring two French composers. Organist and artistic director of Orgeldelta, Henk de Vries, will perform this concert. More info can be found at www.orgeldelta.nl (coming …

    • organ
    • vocal
  163. Couperin & Clerambault Organ & Vocal

    15:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    A French concert featuring two French composers. Organist and artistic director of Orgeldelta Henk de Vries will present this concert. More information will be available at www.orgeldelta.nl

    • organ
    • vocal
  164. Pulcinella & Sandrine Piau — Klacht en capriool

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Klacht en capriool — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  165. Le Poème Harmonique — Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus

    20:00-21:05 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
  166. Gertine Hoefnagel Organ Concert

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Gertine Hoefnagel, organist at Ikazia Hospital in Rotterdam.

    • organ
  167. Organ Concert by Ludolf Heikens

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Played on the Hints organ in Midwolda by Ludolf Heikens.

    • organ
  168. Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht – September 6

    10:15-12:00 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    The final day of the festival starts with The Early Music Breakfast Show and the Early Music Market. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien brings Marais' Les Voix Humaines to life. In the afternoon, …

    • early music
    • ensemble
  169. Scaramuccia

    11:00 Musis Arnhem

    The virtuosic baroque trio Scaramuccia has once advocated for the Venice of other composers from the time of Antonio Vivaldi. This time, the trio follows one composer and presents Venice …

    • early music
    • violin
  170. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien — Marais’ Les Voix Humaines

    11:00-12:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Marais’ Les Voix Humaines — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  171. Ensemble Hemiolia — Gasparini’s Atalia

    13:00-14:20 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Gasparini’s Atalia — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  172. Skip Sempé — The Playing Byrd 9: Byrd & Chambonnières

    13:00-14:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 9: Byrd & Chambonnières — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  173. Ensemble Castelkorn & Céline Scheen — Soave devozione

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Soave devozione — Barok

    • early music
    • baroque
    • ensemble
  174. Sollazzo Ensemble — Secrets of the Jester

    15:00-16:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Secrets of the Jester — Medieval

    • early music
    • ensemble
  175. Organ Concert Zandeweer

    15:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert by Peter Westerbrink on the Hinsz organ in Zandeweer.

    • organ
  176. Organ Concert Zandeweer

    15:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Organ concert by Peter Westerbrink on the Hinsz organ in Zandeweer.

    • organ
  177. Dionysos Now! — Notre-Dame de Paris: Brumel

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Notre-Dame de Paris: Brumel — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  178. The Spirit of Gambo — The Playing Byrd 10: Byrds Consorts

    17:00-18:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Playing Byrd 10: Byrds Consorts — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  179. Vox Luminis XL — Slotconcert: Tallis’ Spem in alium

    20:00-21:20 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Slotconcert: Tallis’ Spem in alium — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  180. Organ Concert by Leonore Lub

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series 'Organ Summer Groningen 2026' by Leonore Lub on the Schnitger organ in the Akerk.

    • organ
  181. 150 Years of Van Oeckelen in Noordlaren

    15:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    The Van Oeckelen organ of the Bartholomeuskerk in Noordlaren is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. To mark this occasion, Van Oeckelen specialist Peter van Dijk will give a lecture …

    • organ
  182. Organ Concert Jochem Schuurman

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert by Jochem Schuurman, organist of Martinikerk in Franeker.

    • organ
  183. Holland Baroque & Voces Suaves

    15:00 Musis Arnhem

    'Play the music as if you are singing it,' was the adage of Johann Sebastian Bach. This is certainly true for the playful yet sublime Die Kunst der Fuge. Judith and Tineke Steenbrink of …

    • early music
  184. Organ Concert Winfried Dahlke

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    The Organeum hosts annual organ concerts in the Magnus Church. These are usually given by Winfried Dahlke and Darija Schneiderova.

    • organ
  185. Organ Concert by Daniel Seeger

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Concert in the series ‘Orgelzomer Groningen 2026’ by Daniel Seeger on the Timpe organ in the Nieuwe Kerk in Groningen.

    • organ
  186. Adriaan Hoek - Bachs Goldberg Variations

    13:13 Orgelpark

    When this masterpiece was premiered first, it was played on harpsichord. The Goldberg Variations by Bach were made famous by pianists like Glenn Gould, and they were also arranged for many …

    • organ
    • harpsichord
  187. Utopia Ensemble

    20:00-21:35 Concertgebouw Brugge

    In the late 16th century, Orlandus Lassus composed his Lamentations as a poignant testament to human despair. This is music that elevates the sobriety of Holy Week to pure art. The delicate …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • ensemble
  188. Muze Van Zuid: Voor wie een zwaan wil horen zingen

    14:15 Orgelpark

    String quartet ADAM and musician Laurens de Man will convince the audience this afternoon why Amsterdam should stay an 'open city', for the Lutherans could not have survived here if it …

    • organ
    • piano
    • violin
    • cello
  189. Tunder and Buxtehude

    15:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Collaborative concert with the Martinikerk by Peter Westerbrink featuring works by Franz Tunder and Dieterich Buxtehude.

    • organ
  190. Tunder and Buxtehude

    15:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Collaborative concert with the Martinikerk by Peter Westerbrink featuring works by Franz Tunder and Dieterich Buxtehude.

    • organ
  191. Jan Liebermann - Bach, Mendelssohn, Liszt

    20:00 Philharmonie Haarlem

    Jan Liebermann, world-class organist, performs masterworks by Bach, Mendelssohn and Liszt. A remarkable talent.

    • organ
  192. Menno Van Delft Speelt Pedaalclavichord

    13:13 Orgelpark

    During the renaissance and baroque period, composers wrote music for key instruments without specifying what key instrument exactly. It is known that Johann Sebastian Back owned a …

    • organ
    • clavichord
  193. Ode to the classics — Ere Lievonen + Raymond Honing

    11:00-12:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    The ideal introduction to the Fokker organ

    Clive So Courante (world premiere) Piers Hudson from ‘Suite in 31edo’: III. Gigue (world premiere) Charles Delusse Air à la Grecque Adriaan Fokker …

    • early music
    • organ
  194. Cappella Pratensis

    14:15 Orgelpark

    Capella Pratensis performs Jacob Obrechts breathtaking Missa Maria Zart, described by musicologist Rob Wegman as 'The Sphinx'. It is seen as a masterpiece within the French Flemish …

    • organ
    • choir
  195. The beauty of difference — Nederlandse Bachvereniging

    15:00-17:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    From Bach to Pärt

    Johann Sebastian Bach Alles nur nach Gottes Willen BWV 72 / Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069 / Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg BWV 149 …

    • early music
  196. Lucie Horsch & Luthers Bach Ensemble

    15:00-19:00 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Vocal and instrumental baroque with Lucie Horsch on recorder and as a singer.

    • early music
    • ensemble
    • recorder
    • vocal
  197. Jan-Willem Rozenboom with Bach's Wohltemperierte Klavier

    10:30-11:00 The Concertgebouw

    Pianist Jan-Willem Rozenboom presents a selection from Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Bach's two collections exploring all major and minor keys. With what critics describe as 'honest' playing, …

    Selectie

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • piano
    • cello
  198. InAlto

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Monteverdi’s Mariavespers Baroque Orchestras Series You must hear the Marian Vespers by Claudio Monteverdi at least once in your life. You must hear the Vespro della Beata Vergine at least …

    • early music
  199. The beauty of difference: Bach to Pärt — De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Johanna Soller

    20:15 Amare Den Haag

    "From differences arises the most beautiful harmony" (Heraclitus). Artistic director Johanna Soller opens the season with a programme that embraces conflict, with works by J.S. Bach, …

    • early music
  200. October 2026

  201. Monteverdi’s Mariavespers — InAlto

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    InAlto liet een renaissance-orgel bouwen om de ‘Mariavespers’ te spelen zoals Monteverdi ze zelf heeft gehoord. Spoiler: dit werkt!

    • early music
    • organ
  202. Dowland 400 — Thomas Dunford + Jupiter

    20:15-22:05 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    The John Lennon of the 16th century

    John Dowland Selection from Lachrimae, or Seven Tears / Come again / Go crystal tears / Flow, my tears / and other works

    • early music
  203. Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques: Campra's Messe de Requiem

    14:15-16:15 The Concertgebouw

    Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques bring French music from around 1700 to life in an inimitable way.

    Missa Assumpta est Maria, H. 11 Messe de Requiem

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • ensemble
  204. Candlelight Concerts: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

    19:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Candlelight Concerts bring the magic of live music by candlelight to the Paterskerk!

    • early music
  205. Noé Inui

    12:00 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Violinist Noé Inui takes on the challenge with Bach’s First and Second Suites and with Violin Sonata No. 6 by Eugène Ysaÿe, written in the spirit of Bach.

    • early music
    • violin
  206. Van Koraal Tot Klankvisioen

    13:13 Orgelpark

    Organist Stephan van de Wijgert not only presents works by Bach and Welmers, also Reger's impressive work Fantasie und Fuge (opus 135b) will be heard this afternoon. Musician Stephan van de …

    • organ
  207. Erwin Wiersinga

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Collaboration concert with the A-church featuring works by Buxtehude and Tunder.

    • organ
  208. Aurora Vocis Zingt Palestrina

    14:15 Orgelpark

    2025 was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's 500th birth year. In celebration, ensemble Aurora Vocis performs his six-part harmony Missa Papae Marcelli. Several pieces will be alternated with …

    • organ
    • ensemble
  209. Tenebrae Choir — Playlist for the Tudors

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Playlist for the Tudors — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  210. Tenebrae Choir

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Playlist for the Tudors Choirs Series Experience the absolute pinnacle of choral music. Experience the absolute pinnacle of choral music. Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and …

    • early music
    • choir
    • vocal
  211. Tenebrae Choir — Playlist for the Tudors

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Playlist for the Tudors — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  212. Tenebrae Choir — Playlist for the Tudors

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Playlist for the Tudors — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  213. Tenebrae

    19:15-22:59 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    The top choir Tenebrae, under the direction of Nigel Short, paints a beautiful portrait of a turbulent period in England. Lesser-known composers such as John Mundy and Robert White are also …

    • early music
    • choir
  214. Tenebrae Choir — Playlist for the Tudors

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Playlist for the Tudors — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  215. Gerben Budding En Nanette Mans

    13:13 Orgelpark

    Soprano Nanette Mans and organist Gerben Budding have been working together as a duo since 2018. The duo plays regularly in Sint-Jans church in Gouda, both in liturgical practice and in …

    • organ
    • soprano
  216. English splendour from the sixteenth century — Tenebrae

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Fascinating choral music from an era of religious upheaval

    Robert White Christe qui lux es III and IV / Exaudiat te Dominus William Byrd Mass for four voices Thomas Tallis Loquebantur / O sacrum convivium / …

    • early music
    • choir
  217. Tenebrae Choir — Playlist for the Tudors

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Playlist for the Tudors — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  218. Tenebrae Choir — Playlist for the Tudors

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Playlist for the Tudors — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
    • choir
  219. Lucas en Arthur Jussen spelen Beethovens Pianoconcerten nr. 1 en 2

    11:00-12:00 The Concertgebouw

    Vivaldi's four famous violin concertos, which together form The Four Seasons, are an ode to outdoor life. Summer babbling brooks, barking dogs, autumn storms, frozen landscapes, and winter …

    Concerto in D Pianoconcert nr. 1 in C, op. 15 Pianoconcert nr. 2 in Bes, op. 19

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • violin
  220. Luthers Bach Ensemble

    14:15 Orgelpark

    Luthers Bach ensemble performs several motets by Bach. Musicians Luthers Bach Ensemble o.l.v. Tymen Jan Bronda Program Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit …

    • organ
    • ensemble
  221. Bach op zijn best — Cappella Amsterdam & Daniel Reuss

    15:00-17:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Zelden te horen en toch onmiskenbaar Bach: deze glanzende showcase wil je niet missen

    • early music
  222. Autumn Concert Organ & Trumpet

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Cantor-organist Henk de Vries and good friend Tom Vink will present an autumn concert on the famous organ in Loppersum.

    • organ
    • trumpet
  223. Autumn Concert Organ & Trumpet

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Cantor-organist Henk de Vries and good friend Tom Vink will give an autumn concert on the famous organ in Loppersum.

    • organ
    • trumpet
  224. Marie-Ange Nguci: Bach, Chopin and Ravel

    20:15-22:00 The Concertgebouw

    The Bach Collegium Japan ranks among the finest performers of Bach's works on period instruments. Tonight, under the inspiring baton of Masato Suzuki, the musicians will present four or the …

    Fantasia Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 31 Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, op. 53 Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39 Gaspard de la nuit …

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • ensemble
  225. Les Trouveurs & Marc Mauillon — Stemmen rond 1300

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stemmen rond 1300 — Middeleeuwen

    • early music
  226. Les Trouveurs & Marc Mauillon — Stemmen rond 1300

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stemmen rond 1300 — Middeleeuwen

    • early music
  227. French Chaos-the birth of the Symphony — Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

    20:15 Amare Den Haag

    The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century returns with French Chaos to the French Baroque roots that made it world-famous over forty years ago under Frans Brüggen. Now, more than ten years …

    • early music
    • orchestra
  228. In stillem Vertrauen — PRJCT Amsterdam, Maarten Engeltjes + Anna Dennis

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Inner peace in an uncertain world

    Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut BWV 199 / Cantata Ich habe genug BWV 82 / Mein Jesu, ziehe mich nach dir from BWV 22 / …

    • early music
  229. Les Trouveurs & Marc Mauillon — Stemmen rond 1300

    15:00-16:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stemmen rond 1300 — Middeleeuwen

    • early music
  230. Les Trouveurs & Marc Mauillon — Stemmen rond 1300

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stemmen rond 1300 — Middeleeuwen

    • early music
  231. French Chaos — Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw + Emmanuelle de Negri

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    The innovative power of visionary French Baroque composers

    Jean-Féry Rebel Les élémens Michel-Richard Delalande Suite from Les éléments Jean-Philippe Rameau Ouverture from Naïs Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Le …

    • early music
    • orchestra
  232. Lucie Horsch, Nicolas Altstaedt and Thomas Dunford

    20:15-22:35 The Concertgebouw

    Celebrated musician Lucie Horsch has her own Spotlight series at The Concertgebouw this season. She brings varied programmes to life on her recorder, singing and as a pianist in the Main …

    Triosonate in g, PB 439 Rondeau Gay Gigue Sonate nr. 2 in d Le Rossignol-en-amour Les voix humaines Grand ballet Suite nr. 2 in d minor, BWV 1008 …

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • piano
    • recorder
  233. Les Trouveurs & Marc Mauillon — Stemmen rond 1300

    20:30-21:40 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stemmen rond 1300 — Middeleeuwen

    • early music
  234. Jan-Willem Rozenboom

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    The music of Johann Sebastian Bach continues to be a fascinating quest for the ultimate performance, both for musicians and the audience. Pianist Jan-Willem Rozenboom recently recorded …

    • early music
    • piano
  235. Dutch Bach Society

    20:00-00:00 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Comforting music around All Souls' Day

    • early music
  236. Close Up: Haydn & Dvořák — Residentie Orkest

    20:15 Amare Den Haag

    Een intieme avond met kamermuziek van Haydn, Martin en Dvořák: sprankelende strijkers, subtiele humor en rijke lyriek in de sfeervolle Nieuwe Kerk.

    • early music
    • orchestra
  237. All Souls’ Day — Nederlandse Bachvereniging

    20:00-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    The sound of silence

    Johann Kuhnau Gott, sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte Johann Rosenmüller Sinfonia Undecima à 5 / Sinfonia Quarta à 5 Johann Schelle Herr, lehre uns …

    • early music
  238. Bach & Breakfast — Giovanni Gnocchi

    09:30-10:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Start your day with a Bach Cello Suite

    Breakfast is included in entrance fee. Buffet is open from 8.45. Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No 1 in G And a solo piece to be announced

    • early music
    • solo
    • cello
  239. Bach's motets — Solomon's Knot

    20:15 Amare Den Haag

    With this programme, Solomon's Knot devotes itself to the impressive motets of Johann Sebastian Bach: music in which comfort, trust and jubilation come together in their purest form.

    • early music
  240. November 2026

  241. Bach & Breakfast — Nicolas Altstaedt

    09:30-10:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Start your day with a Bach Cello Suite

    Breakfast is included in entrance fee. Buffet is open from 8.45. Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No. 5 in C minor And a solo piece to be announced

    • early music
    • solo
    • cello
  242. The Italian Cello — Bruno Cocset, Amarilis Dueñas + Holland Baroque

    11:30-12:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    World premieres from the Baroque Era

    Cello Contertos by Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Giuseppe Brescianello and Giorgio Antoniotto Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for two cellos in G minor

    • early music
    • cello
  243. Handel's Messiah

    14:00 Musis Arnhem

    On Sunday, November 1, 2026, Toonkunst Arnhem will perform Messiah by Georg Friedrich Handel in the atmospheric Muzenzaal at Musis Arnhem.

    • early music
  244. Sunday Afternoon Baroque: Solomon's Knot

    15:00-16:30 The Concertgebouw

    On Sunday afternoon, a selection of musicians will bring Baroque music to life. Today, the English vocal-instrumental ensemble Solomon's Knot will perform motets by Bach. This leading …

    Motet 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied' Motet 'Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf' Motet 'Jesu, meine Freude' Motet 'Fürchte dich nicht'

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • vocal
    • ensemble
  245. Dutch Bach Society

    19:15-21:59 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    A collective silence of more than four minutes to commemorate the dead? This can undoubtedly only be achieved by placing John Cage's 4’33’’ alongside somber baroque works. The silent piece …

    • early music
    • solo
    • ensemble
  246. Dutch Bach Association

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    Silence and reflection on death, this is the theme of this All Souls' Day by the Dutch Bach Association. Johanna Soller takes the orchestra and soloists on a journey through the works of …

    • early music
    • solo
    • orchestra
  247. Bach & Breakfast — Marie-Elisabeth Hecker

    09:30-10:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Start your day with a Bach Cello Suite

    Breakfast is included in entrance fee. Buffet is open from 8.45. Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No 2 in D minor And a solo piece to be announced

    • early music
    • solo
    • cello
  248. Bach & Breakfast — Emmanuelle Bertrand

    09:30-10:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Start your day with a Bach Cello Suite

    Breakfast is included in entrance fee. Buffet is open from 8.45. Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No 3 in C And a solo piece to be announced

    • early music
    • solo
    • cello
  249. Lucie Horsch, Lucile Boulanger & Justin Taylor

    19:15-21:59 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    Former artist in residence and celebrated recorder player Lucie Horsch brings her musical friends Lucille Boulanger and Justin Taylor for a captivating baroque programme of the French kind. …

    • early music
    • solo
    • ensemble
    • orchestra
  250. Organ and Orchestra: Conflict and Dialogue — Francesca Ajossa & Soundwave Collective

    20:15 Amare Den Haag

    Accompaniment, dialogue and imitation: the relationship between organ and orchestra is remarkably rich. Historically, the organ functioned as the foundation and binding force in continuo …

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • organ
  251. Bach & Breakfast — Giovanni Sollima

    09:30-10:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Start your day with a Bach Cello Suite

    Breakfast is included in entrance fee. Buffet is open from 8.45. Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No 6 in D And a solo piece to be announced

    • early music
    • solo
    • cello
  252. Arpeggio Chamber Choir

    16:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    The Arpeggio Chamber Choir from Assen is a choir oriented towards classical music. The choir performs a varied repertoire of songs from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and Romantic …

    • organ
    • choir
  253. Tears into Light — Sofie Vanden Eynde & Imago Mundi

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    John Dowland ontmoet Armeense rouwmuziek in deze liefdesbrief aan de melancholie

    • early music
  254. Duo Zeffiretti: sopranista Maayan Licht and harpsichordist Guy Maori

    20:15-22:35 The Concertgebouw

    Sopranista Maayan Licht and harpsichordist Guy Maori perform dazzling Baroque arias once written for the legendary castrati, alongside virtuoso works on a Flemish Ruckers-style harpsichord. …

    Aria 'Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fu' Un pensiero nemico di pace (Bellezza) Zeffiretti che sussurate Sonate in A minor Sonata in A major, K 208 Sonata …

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • vocal
    • harpsichord
  255. Handel's Agrippina with Magdalena Kožená & Julia Lezhneva

    13:00-16:25 The Concertgebouw

    With star soloists Magdalena Kožená and Julia Lezhneva, the decadence and intrigue of the Roman Empire will be brilliantly brought to life in Handel's opera Agrippina.

    Agrippina

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • solo
  256. La Fonte Musica / Michele Pasotti — Selva Morale

    19:00-22:55 deSingel Antwerpen

    Monteverdi’s Selva morale e spirituale is a musical testament in which he collated his church music towards the end of his life. The collection reflects his years at San Marco in Venice and …

  257. The Counterpoints

    15:00 Musis Arnhem

    For anyone who still thinks that the recorder is merely an instrument for the first steps on the musical path, this concert is a must. The Dutch 'recorder wizard' (De Standaard) Thomas …

    • early music
    • recorder
  258. La Dolce Stravaganza — The Counterpoints

    20:00-22:10 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Nederlandse blokfluitwizard kaapt concerti van Vivaldi

    • early music
  259. International Portative Organ Day

    14:15 Orgelpark

    International Portative Organ Day is a new initiative by Orgelpark in collaboration with portative organ player Catalina Vicens. This day is about introducing the portative organ that was …

    • organ
  260. Combattimento

    20:15-00:15 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    A combination of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Durante

    • early music
  261. Lunch Concert on the Organ 1

    12:30 Musis Arnhem

    Musis has the privilege of owning a beautiful Kam and van der Meulen organ from 1842. The two-manual organ was originally built as a salon organ and later outfitted with a pipe facade. Since …

    • early music
    • organ
  262. Louise Acabo — The Myth of Chambonnières

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Myth of Chambonnières — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  263. Louise Acabo — The Myth of Chambonnières

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Myth of Chambonnières — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  264. Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri — Pygmalion

    20:15-21:45 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    The impressive masterpiece that leads to Bach

    Dietrich Buxtehude Membra Jesu nostri Dietrich Buxtehude Herzlich lieb hab ich dich o Herr Johann Sebastian Bach Selection from Schemellis Gesangbuch …

    • early music
  265. Louise Acabo — The Myth of Chambonnières

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Myth of Chambonnières — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  266. Louise Acabo — The Myth of Chambonnières

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The myth of Chambonnières — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  267. Yves Rechsteiners “explorateur”

    20:15 Orgelpark

    Swiss organist Yves Rechsteiner brings his impressive 'Explorateur ' to Orgelpark. Rechsteiner built this mobile organ in collaboration with Orchestrionix. His instrument is a so called …

    • organ
  268. Yves Rechsteiners “explorateur”

    14:15 Orgelpark

    Swiss organist Yves Rechsteiner brings his impressive 'Explorateur ' to Orgelpark. Rechsteiner built this mobile organ in collaboration with Orchestrionix. His instrument is a so called …

    • organ
  269. The Road to Bach: The Development of the Sonata

    14:15-16:35 The Concertgebouw

    Baroque violinist Sayuri Yamagata and harpsichordist Noriko Amano lead Pearls in Baroque in sparkling performances of sonatas ranging from Rosenmüller to Bach. The sonata, which originated …

    Triosonate nr. 1 in g Partita nr. 5 in g Sonate nr. 10 in D Triosonate nr. 6 in G major Sonate in G major

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • harpsichord
    • violin
  270. Louise Acabo — The Myth of Chambonnières

    15:00-16:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    The Myth of Chambonnières — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  271. Ensemble Pygmalion & Raphaël Pichon

    19:15-22:59 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    It is actually strange that Raphaël Pichon and his renowned Ensemble Pygmalion have not been heard live in Utrecht before. No conductor is as 'hot' as he is, wrote the Volkskrant about this …

    • early music
    • ensemble
    • countertenor
  272. Yves Rechsteiners “explorateur”

    10:00 Orgelpark

    Swiss organist Yves Rechsteiner brings his impressive 'Explorateur ' to Orgelpark. Rechsteiner built this mobile organ in collaboration with Orchestrionix. His instrument is a so called …

    • organ
  273. December 2026

  274. Handel's Messiah with Maarten Engeltjes and PRJCT Amsterdam

    19:30-21:50 The Concertgebouw

    What Bach's St Matthew Passion is to the Netherlands, Handel's Messiah is to England. Handel's immensely popular oratorio, brimming with musical imagination, is in the hands of PRJCT …

    Messiah, HWV 56

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • countertenor
  275. Monteverdi’s madrigalen: il terzo libro — Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Als je de madrigalen van Claudio maar één keer wil horen, laat het dan vanavond zijn

    • early music
  276. Hadewych van Gent — Lunchtime concert Dutch Classical Talent

    12:30-13:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Resonances

    Music by Hildegard von Bingen, Rebecca Clarke and Fazıl Say

    • early music
  277. Le Concert d'Astrée

    18:30-22:29 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    Every Valley, He Shall Feed His Flock and of course the liberating Hallelujah: enthusiasts will recognize them immediately. Handel knew how to captivate his audience with touching arias and …

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • solo
  278. Monteverdi's madrigals — Concerto Italiano + lecture Saskia Törnqvist

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    ‘Songs’ on the cusp of the Renaissance and the Baroque

    19.00 uur / Grote Zaal / Early Music Lecture (Dutch spoken) Monteverdi’s poignant dissonances by Saskia Törnqvist 20.15 uur / Grote Zaal / Main …

    • early music
  279. PRJCT Amsterdam

    19:30 Musis Arnhem

    Every Valley, He shall feed his flock and of course the liberating Hallelujah. Handel knew how to captivate his audience with moving arias and catchy sing-alongs. The man who made oratorio …

    • early music
    • solo
    • countertenor
    • choir
  280. Bachs Triosonates

    13:13 Orgelpark

    Johann Sebastian Bach's Triosonates are seen as the most important works that the maestro composed for organ. Aart Bergwerff performs a selection of these sonatas on Orgelpark's Utopa …

    • organ
  281. L'Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar — Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo

    19:00-22:55 deSingel Antwerpen

    In 1600, Emilio de’ Cavalieri created one of the earliest musical theatre works in Western music history with his Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo. Even before the first operas emerged …

    • ensemble
  282. Le Caravansérail

    19:15-21:29 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    On Tuesday, March 24, the exclusive presale for this concert begins. Use the code to gain access. The general sale starts on Tuesday, March 31. In Couperin's Leçons de Ténèbres, the age-old …

    • early music
    • solo
    • viola
    • viola da gamba
  283. Le Caravansérail — Couperin's Leçons de ténèbres: light in the darkness

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Couperin's Leçons de ténèbres: light in the darkness — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  284. Le Caravansérail — Couperin's Leçons de ténèbres: light in the darkness

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Couperin's Leçons de ténèbres: light in the darkness — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  285. Holland Baroque & Les Itinérantes

    20:15-23:15 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Christmas program where baroque and folk music go hand in hand

    • early music
  286. Misa Criolla — Música Temprana

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    A vibrant and moving Latin American Christmas

    Ariel Ramírez Misa Criolla Baroque villancicos from Mexico: works by, among others, Antonio Salazar, Juan Antonio Zéspedes, Gaspar Fernandes and Juan …

    • early music
  287. Klee Dreams Bach

    20:15 Orgelpark

    Klee dreams Bach is a colourful performance that combines music, image and language. Parts of Musikalisches Opfer by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) are being accompanied by projections of …

    • organ
  288. Festival of Lessons and Carols

    20:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Festival of Lessons and Carols, performed by choir Northern Voices conducted by Edwin Velvis, Organist, Henk de Vries.

    • organ
    • choir
  289. Le Caravansérail

    14:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    With a brilliant performance, Le Caravansérail lets a glimmer of light break through the darkness of Couperin's Leçons de ténèbres.

    • early music
  290. Le Caravansérail — Couperin's Lessons of Darkness: Light in the Darkness

    14:15-15:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Couperin's Leçons de ténèbres: light in the darkness — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  291. Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam Zingt Britten

    14:15 Orgelpark

    Yearly Christmas concert by Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam in Orgelpark is always a succes. As usual, the main work of this afternoon will be Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols. The whole of …

    • organ
    • vocal
  292. Cantoría

    15:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Cantoría

    • early music
  293. Der Messias — NDR Vokalensemble, Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw & Klaas Stok

    15:00-17:30 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Absolute kerstklassieker met een toefje sauerkraut

    • early music
    • orchestra
  294. Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam Zingt Britten

    17:00 Orgelpark

    Yearly Christmas concert by Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam in Orgelpark is always a succes. As usual, the main work of this afternoon will be Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols. The whole of …

    • organ
    • vocal
  295. Misa Criolla by Música Temprana

    19:15-21:29 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    For those who missed the infectious Christmas hit two years ago in the Grote Zaal: Misa Criolla by the Argentine composer Ariel Ramirez is back. Música Temprana brings this festive mass back …

    • early music
    • ensemble
  296. Christmas with Holland Baroque & Les Itinérantes

    19:15-21:29 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

    Baroque grandeur and folk music meet in this sparkling Christmas concert full of light and hope. Holland Baroque and vocal trio Les Itinérantes draw inspiration from ancient midwinter …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • lute
  297. Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres — Le Caravansérail + Bertrand Cuiller + lecture Saskia Törnqvist

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Light in the darkness

    19.00 uur / Grote Zaal / Early Music Lecture (Dutch spoken) The Eclipse of the Sun King by Saskia Törnqvist 20.15 uur / Grote Zaal / Main program …

    • early music
  298. Le Caravansérail — Couperin's Lessons of Darkness: Light in the Darkness

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Couperin's Lessons of Darkness: light in the darkness — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  299. Bach Collegium Japan

    20:15-00:15 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    World-famous Baroque orchestra presents beloved choral work from music history

    • early music
    • choir
    • orchestra
  300. Christmas with the Dutch Bach Society

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Bachs Magnificat The Netherlands Bach Society performs a Christmas program that moves from Gregorian darkness to the radiant Magnificat. From darkness to light… It is December and Christmas …

    • early music
  301. Zing-Cirkel Concertgebouw

    19:30-21:50 The Concertgebouw

    According to Argentine conductor Leonardo García Alarcón, time does not exist and music enables us to bring the souls of composers back to life. He will be doing just that this evening with …

    J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • choir
  302. Farinelli — Vivica Genaux

    19:45 Amare Den Haag

    For the very first time, the iconic film Farinelli comes live to the concert hall in a unique collaboration between the James Whale Orchestra and the Orquestra Barroca of Casa da Música in …

    • early music
    • orchestra
  303. Magnificat — Nederlandse Bachvereniging

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Christmas with the Bach family

    Anonymous Ave Maris Stella Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Sinfonia in D minor Fk 65 Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat BWV 243 with the addition of Bach’s …

    • early music
  304. Celebrate Christmas: Wishful Singing & VOCES8 Scholars Ensemble

    16:00-17:30 The Concertgebouw

    Flurries of snowflakes at dusk, a frozen lake in the moonlight: Wishful Singing and the VOCES8 Scholars Ensemble present Nix Immortalis, an enchanting winter concert featuring Gregorian …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • chamber music
    • ensemble
  305. Northern Netherlands Orchestra

    19:30-23:30 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Bach's Christmas Oratorio as the ultimate Christmas music

    • early music
    • orchestra
  306. Handels Messiah — Residentie Orkest

    20:15 Amare Den Haag

    Vanavond klinkt het wereldberoemde ‘halleluja’ uit Handels Messiah. Vier licht en warmte tijdens de donkerste dagen van het jaar.

    • early music
    • orchestra
  307. ¡Feliz Navidad! — Cantoría

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Festive Baroque from 16th-century Spain

    José de San Juan A la fiesta, zagales / Céfiros corra / Una noche que los Reyes (Xácara de Reyes) Traditional Españoletas instrumentaal (arr. Jeremy …

    • early music
  308. Netherlands Handel Society: the Messiah

    19:30-22:25 The Concertgebouw

    The renowned conductor Ed Spanjaard will be conducting Handel’s festive Messiah this Christmas with the Dutch Handel Society. The choir has already performed this magnificent masterpiece …

    Messiah, HWV 56

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • choir
  309. Nativity Play — Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam + Holland Baroque

    15:00-16:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Heartwarming theatrical family concert

    Ancient Christmas music, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era Attention: Dutch spoken

    • early music
    • vocal
  310. Nativity Play — Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam + Holland Baroque e

    19:30-21:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Heartwarming theatrical family concert

    Ancient Christmas music, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era Attention: Dutch spoken

    • early music
    • vocal
  311. Kent Nagano en The Snow Queen

    19:30-21:45 The Concertgebouw

    The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands will perform Handel’s world-famous Messiah, with soloists Olga Zinovieva, Aleksan Chobanov, Martinus Leusink and Thilo Dahlmann.

    The Snow Queen

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • solo
  312. Nativity Play — Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam + Holland Baroque

    10:30-12:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Heartwarming theatrical family concert

    Ancient Christmas music, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era Attention: Dutch spoken

    • early music
    • vocal
  313. Nativity Play — Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam + Holland Baroque

    13:30-15:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Heartwarming theatrical family concert

    Ancient Christmas music, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era Attention: Dutch spoken

    • early music
    • vocal
  314. Christmas Concert Organist + Mezzo-Soprano

    14:30 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    Christmas concert by Eeuwe Zijlstra (organ) and Anneloes Volmer (mezzo-soprano)

    • organ
    • soprano
  315. Eusebius - Boxing Day 2026

    15:45 Musis Arnhem

    Boxing Day and Easter Monday are church holidays that are traditionally accessible in nature and ideal for an organ concert and other musicians.

    • early music
    • organ
  316. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: Handel's Messiah

    19:30-21:45 The Concertgebouw

    The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands will perform Handel’s world-famous Messiah, with soloists Olga Zinovieva, Aleksan Chobanov, Martinus Leusink and Thilo Dahlmann.

    Messiah, HWV 56

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • solo
  317. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: Handel's Messiah - The Concertgebouw

    14:15-16:30 The Concertgebouw

    The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands will perform Handel’s world-famous Messiah, with soloists Olga Zinovieva, Aleksan Chobanov, Martinus Leusink and Thilo Dahlmann.

    Händel Messiah, HWV 56

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • solo
  318. Sunday Afternoon Baroque: Shunske Sato and Friends

    16:00-17:15 The Concertgebouw

    On Sunday afternoon, a selection of musicians brings Baroque music to life. Today, the inventive violinist Shunske Sato and his friends perform royal music. In the atmosphere of the …

    Trio Sonata in c minor Sonata in e minor, SpiF 75 selectie Sonata in b minor, Wq. 65/13 Musikalisches Opfer

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • violin
  319. New Year's Concert

    13:00 Stichting Groningen Orgelland

    By organist Arjen Leistra.

    • organ
  320. January 2027

  321. Ciao Adriano — Dionysos Now!

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Eeuwen voordat ‘Ode an die Freude’ de Europese hymne werd, schreven polyfonisten als Adriaan Willaert muziek die overal begrepen werd

    • early music
  322. Retour à Versailles — Musica Gloria

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Twee hofcomponisten schreven suites die driehonderd jaar stof verzamelden. Tot Musica Gloria de Swiffer bovenhaalde

    • early music
  323. Huygens’ passion — Laurens de Man, Ben Kazez + Eva Saladin

    11:00-12:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Historical performance practice at its most modern

    Constantijn Huygens Parts of Pathodia sacra et profana Johann Jakob Froberger Capriccio in G, FbWV 501 / Capriccio in g, FbWV 508 Charles van …

    • early music
    • violin
  324. Collegium Vocale Gent

    20:00-22:05 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Time stands still for no one, and before you know it, you're in your grave. This message is hidden in the cantatas BWV26 and 27 by Johann Sebastian Bach; meditations on impermanence, …

    • early music
  325. Vivaldi’s last opera: Rosmira Fedele - The Concertgebouw

    13:00-16:20 The Concertgebouw

    Vivaldi adapts music by Hasse, Pergolesi and Handel as building blocks for his final opera: Rosmira Fedele.

    Vivaldi Rosmira Fedele, RV 731 (Nederlandse première)

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • opera
  326. Brahms and Poulenc with Maxim Emelyanychev — IJ-Salon

    14:15-16:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    A musical jack-of-all-trades with soloists from the Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Johannes Brahms Piano quartet in C Minor Op. 60 Francis Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Dolcissimo ben mio And …

    • early music
    • solo
    • orchestra
    • piano
  327. Ricercar Consort & Philippe Pierlot

    20:00-21:30 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Deeply contemplative and profound: the flamboyant Ricercar Consort presents cantatas about the suffering and resurrection of Christ, compiled under the title Salvator Mundi. They embrace you …

    • early music
  328. Pynarello

    20:15-00:15 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Baroque with Muscles: a battle between bravado and fragility

    • early music
  329. Anja Lechner

    11:00 Musis Arnhem

    Where does Bach's music come from? What was his influence on later composers? Anja Lechner offers possible answers to this question with her solo recital. The German cellist seamlessly moves …

    • early music
    • viola
    • cello
    • viola da gamba
  330. a nocte temporis, Reinoud Van Mechelen & Anna Besson

    16:00-17:25 Concertgebouw Brugge

    ‘I have had enough’ is what the old Simeon says when he beholds the Messiah. He can now die in peace. In Bach's time, death was embraced as a release from earthly sorrow, and therefore this …

    • early music
  331. Collegium Vocale Gent

    19:00-20:45 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Bach loved to give his best music a second life by rearranging his greatest hits for new occasions. Thus, at the end of his life, the mighty Mass in B minor was created. Learned polyphony, …

    • early music
  332. Machos — Pynarello

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Baroque composers flex their muscles

    Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Tartini, Pietro Locatelli, Barbara Strozzi and others

    • early music
  333. Jakub Józef Orliński sings works by Giovanni Alberto Ristori

    20:15-22:35 The Concertgebouw

    Jakub Józef Orliński, the breakdancing countertenor, is winning the hearts of classical music lovers, including a new generation of fans. Traditional Baroque music and modern flair go hand …

    A quest'ombre che di pena son cagione in F major, IGR 25 Temistocle, IGR 29 Adriano in Siria, IGR 1 Un Pazzo ne fa cento ovvero Don Chisciotte …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • ensemble
    • countertenor
  334. Fee Suzanne de Ruiter

    12:30 Musis Arnhem

    Mezzo-soprano Fee Suzanne de Ruiter is one of the rising stars of the Dutch vocalists' legion. 'With her beautiful warm and free voice and great originality, Fee completely captivates her …

    • early music
    • piano
    • soprano
  335. Carmina Latina — Cappella Mediterranea & Leonardo García-Alarcón

    20:00-21:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Leonardo García-Alarcón zet de tent op stelten met Iberische polyfonie uit Latijns-Amerika

    • early music
  336. Collegium Vocale Gent

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Bachs Hohe Messe Baroque Orchestras Series A unique opportunity to hear Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the Netherlands true “Passion country” the St Matthew Passion and the St …

    • early music
  337. Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe — De Hohe Messe van Bach

    19:00-22:55 deSingel Antwerpen

    Aware of his historical position, the elder Bach dedicated the final decade of his life to both past and future. He finalised definitive versions of his most important works and laboured on …

  338. Dido and Aeneas — Vox Luminis + lecture Saskia Törnqvist

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Henry Purcell's musical masterpiece

    19.00 / Grote Zaal / Early Music Lecture The formula for Dido and Aeneas by Saskia Törnqvist 20.15 / Grote Zaal / Main program Henry Purcell Dido and …

    • early music
  339. Chœur de Chambre de Namur & Il Gardellino: Bach's Hohe Messe

    15:00-17:00 The Concertgebouw

    Baroque specialists such as Il Gardelino and Chœur de Chambre de Namur, together with top soloists Tim Mead, Joanne Lunn and Krešimir Stražanac, perform Bach's beloved Hohe Messe.

    Mass in b minor, BWV 232 'Hohe Messe'

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • solo
  340. Vox Luminis

    19:00-20:45 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Henry Purcell was about 25 years old when he penned one of the masterpieces of baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas. Intense, poetic, and filled with recognizable and deeply human emotions, this …

    • early music
    • soprano
  341. February 2027

  342. Johan Luijmes

    12:30 Musis Arnhem

    Musis is privileged to own a beautiful Kam and van der Meulen organ from 1842. This two-manual organ was originally built as a salon organ and later fitted with a pipe front. Since 1931, the …

    • early music
    • organ
  343. Holland Baroque

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    ‘A wonderful celebration of a resonant fusion,’ was how the renowned Gramophone described the album Silk Baroque by Holland Baroque and sheng player Wu Wei a few years ago. On the occasion …

    • early music
  344. Heavenly sounds: Vivaldi, Corelli and their French contemporaries

    20:15-22:35 The Concertgebouw

    A festive programme celebrating French and Italian Baroque, in which style, imagination and instrumental virtuosity come together. Masterpieces by Jean-Philippe Rameau and François Couperin …

    Quatrième concert (from 'Pièces de clavecin en concert') Tombeau pour Monsieur de Lully Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli Triosonate nr. 8 in D …

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • ensemble
    • harpsichord
  345. Combattimento — Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw, Ian Bostridge + Anna Prohaska

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Gesualdo and Monteverdi in a fever dream

    Claudio Monteverdi Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda And other compositions by, among others, Claudio Monteverdi and Carlo Gesualdo

    • early music
    • orchestra
  346. Eusebius | Icon 4 | Star Organist Olivier Latry

    20:15 Musis Arnhem

    The world-renowned organist Olivier Latry presents a program with works by Bach and improvisations.

    • early music
    • organ
  347. Mikhail Pletnev

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    In this concert, this master pianist performs works by Grieg, Bach & Schumann.

    • early music
    • piano
  348. Lighten Mine Eies — Près de votre oreille

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Hij sneuvelde op het slagveld, maar zijn revolutionaire muziek leeft voort: de barokke bommetjes van William Lawes

    • early music
  349. Enough — Nederlandse Bachvereniging + Václav Luks

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    About ambition

    Jan Dismas Zelenka Orchestral Suite in F major ZWV 188 / Lamentationes pro hebdomada sancta ZWV 53 Johann Georg Pisendel Violin concerto in G minor …

    • early music
    • violin
  350. O Vilanella — Céline Scheen & L'Achéron

    11:00-12:30 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Vergeet ‘O sole mio’ en gooi het deze Valentijn over een classy boeg met een boeketje renaissance-villanelle

    • early music
  351. Bach & Zonen — Tamara Stefanovich

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    De Bachjes: had een realityserie kunnen zijn, maar gelukkig is het een februarifris recital van Tamara Stefanovich

    • early music
  352. The Magic of the Seasons

    17:00-18:15 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Dive into a magical adventure where music, nature, and live animation come together. The world-renowned baroque orchestra Les Talens Lyriques makes Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Rebel's stormy …

    • early music
    • orchestra
  353. Fasch, Graupner and Telemann — Sweelinck Barokorkest

    14:15-16:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Three contemporaries of the late Baroque era in a versatile programme

    Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerto in D Christoph Graupner Cantate Aus der Tiefen rufen wir Georg Philipp Telemann Die Donner-Ode

    • early music
  354. De Johannespassie — B'Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs

    20:00-22:30 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Drie hele grote namen op één affiche: B'Rock en Jacobs brengen Bachs felste en meest genadeloze passie

    • early music
    • orchestra
  355. Isabelle van Keulen & Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    In Vivaldi Recomposed, Isabelle van Keulen and Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein breathe new life into The Four Seasons.

    • early music
  356. Julia Lezhneva, Maarten Engeltjes & PRJCT Amsterdam

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Baroque Orchestras Series Soprano Julia Lezhneva and countertenor Maarten Engeltjes unite their voices in Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. “The most …

    • early music
    • countertenor
    • soprano
  357. Solisten Anima Eterna Brugge

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Solisten Anima Eterna Brugge

    • early music
    • solo
  358. Metamorfosi — Cappella Mariana

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Gregoriaans meets tarab. Deze zagen we ook niet aankomen

    • early music
  359. Voces Suaves — Stabat Mater: de Scarlatti’s in Lent

    20:15-22:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stabat Mater: de Scarlatti’s in Lent — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  360. Scarlatti from Scratch — with Adrían Rodríguez Van der Spoel

    10:30-15:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    with Adrían Rodríguez Van der Spoel — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  361. Francesco Corti — Bending without Breaking: Keyboard Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti

    14:00-15:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Bending without Breaking: Keyboard Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • keyboard
  362. Scherzi Musicali — Scarlatti's Arcadia: shepherds with heartache

    16:00-17:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Scarlatti's Arcadia: shepherds with heartache — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  363. Voces Suaves — Stabat Mater: de Scarlatti’s during Lent

    20:15-22:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stabat Mater: de Scarlatti’s tijdens de vastentijd — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  364. Scarlatti from Scratch — under the baton of Adrián Rodríguez Van der Spoel

    10:30-15:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Sing Alessandro Scarlatti’s choral music yourself

    Alessandro Scarlatti Parts of Missa Defunctorum and other choral works

    • early music
    • choir
  365. Scarlatti from Scratch — with Adrían Rodríguez Van der Spoel

    10:30-15:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    with Adrían Rodríguez Van der Spoel — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  366. Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas — Francesco Corti

    11:30-12:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Bending without breaking

    Harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti

    • early music
    • keyboard
    • harpsichord
  367. Francesco Corti — Bending Without Breaking: Keyboard Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti

    11:30-12:30 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Bending Without Breaking: Keyboard Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
    • keyboard
  368. Quirine Viersen & Vincent van Amsterdam

    12:00 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Cellist Quirine Viersen and accordionist Vincent van Amsterdam are among the best in their field. Today, they present a program ranging from Bach to Piazzolla.

    • early music
    • cello
  369. Scarlatti’s Arcadia — Scherzi Musicali

    14:00-15:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Intimate cantatas about heartbroken shepherds

    Alessandro Scarlatti Imagini d’orrore / O penosa lontananza / Sovra carro stellato / Tu resti, o mio bel nume

    • early music
  370. Scherzi Musicali — Scarlatti's Arcadia: shepherds with heartache

    14:00-15:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Scarlatti's Arcadia: shepherds with heartache — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  371. Léa Desandre & Thomas Dunford

    15:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Léa Desandre & Thomas Dunford

    • early music
  372. Sunday Afternoon Baroque: Ensemble Diderot - The Concertgebouw

    16:00-17:15 The Concertgebouw

    On Sunday afternoon, a selection of musicians will bring Baroque music to life. Today, the renowned Ensemble Diderot will perform trio sonatas. The musicians from Paris, praised for their …

    Goldberg Trio Sonate in C major J.M. Leclair Trio sonate nr. 3 in D major, op. 4 J.S. Bach Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV 529 F. Couperin Trio …

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • ensemble
  373. Stabat Mater — Voces Suaves

    20:15-21:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    The Scarlattis during Lent

    Domenico Scarlatti Laudate pueri à 8 Alessandro Scarlatti Missa à 8 / Salve Regina à 4 Antonio Lotti Crucifixus à 8 Gregorio Allegri Miserere Domenico …

    • early music
  374. Voces Suaves — Stabat Mater: Scarlatti's during Lent

    20:15-22:00 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Stabat Mater: Scarlatti's during Lent — Baroque

    • early music
    • baroque
  375. March 2027

  376. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with Maarten Engeltjes, Julia Lezhneva and PRJCT Amsterdam

    20:15-22:00 The Concertgebouw

    Pergolesi's Stabat Mater: music that does not sound distant, but touches the heart directly, written at the end of his short life. This is not marble church music, but pure emotion. Maarten …

    In furore iustissimae irae Nisi Dominus in g minor, RV 608 Stabat Mater in F major

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
  377. Zefiro Torna

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Zefiro Torna

    • early music
  378. Julia Lezhneva, Maarten Engeltjes & PRJCT Amsterdam

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Julia Lezhneva, Maarten Engeltjes & PRJCT Amsterdam

    • early music
  379. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: St Matthew Passion

    14:15-17:15 The Concertgebouw

    Bach’s St Matthew Passion is certainly the Netherlands’ favourite composition during the pre-Easter (‘Passion’) season, and it’s firmly embedded in our culture. Today, you can hear it …

    St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • choir
  380. PRJCT Amsterdam

    15:00 Musis Arnhem

    ‘A bullseye, especially due to the combination of craftsmanship, text imagery, and engagement.’ This is how OpusKlassiek described the CD of PRJCT Amsterdam featuring both Vivaldi’s Nisi …

    • early music
    • countertenor
    • vocal
    • orchestra
  381. Countertenor Tim Mead sings the most beautiful Baroque arias: from Monteverdi to Purcell

    15:00-17:00 The Concertgebouw

    Tim Mead and Korneel Bernolet have put together a programme of the most beautiful Baroque arias especially for this concert. It includes well-known arias such as 'Oblivion soave' and …

    Lamento d' Arianna 'L'asciate mi morire' Oblivion soave O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice Crown the Alter If Music Be the Food of Love E pur io torno qui …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • countertenor
  382. Lucile Richardot & Ensemble Correspondances

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Lucile Richardot & Ensemble Correspondances

    • early music
    • ensemble
  383. St. Matthew Passion — The Netherlands Bach Society + Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    19:00-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    A universal masterpiece

    Johann Sebastian Bach St Matthew Passion BWV 244

    • early music
  384. Dutch Bach Society

    14:30-18:35 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    One of the most impressive stories ever, told with moving music and song

    • early music
  385. Northern Light — Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé + Lucile Richardot + lecture Saskia Törnqvist

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Sacred music from the Stockholm court

    19.00 uur / Grote Zaal / Early Music Lecture (Dutch spoken) The Athens of the North by Saskia Törnqvist 20.15 uur / Grote Zaal / Main program David …

    • early music
    • ensemble
  386. Bach’s St Matthew Passion

    19:30 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Live performance by the Philips Philharmonic Choir and Florilegium Musicum of a timeless Dutch Easter tradition.

    • early music
    • choir
  387. Ayo

    19:30-21:30 The Concertgebouw

    Experience Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s moving Stabat Mater at The Concertgebouw. This world-famous Baroque work is one of the most beloved religious compositions ever written. The music is …

    Pergolesi Stabat Mater in F major Vivaldi Stabat Mater, RV 621 Boccherini Stabat Mater in f minor, G. 532, op. 61

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
  388. Trauermusik — Le Banquet Céleste

    20:00-22:00 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

    Deze geniale schicht van een piepjonge Bach is misschien wel de mooiste paasmuziek ooit

    • early music
  389. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: St Matthew Passion - The Concertgebouw

    19:30-22:15 The Concertgebouw

    Bach’s St Matthew Passion is certainly the Netherlands’ favourite composition during the pre-Easter (‘Passion’) season, and it’s firmly embedded in our culture. Today, you can hear it …

    J.S. Bach St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • choir
  390. Olga Pashchenko & Il Gardellino

    20:00 AMUZ Antwerpen

    Olga Pashchenko & Il Gardellino

    • early music
  391. Utopia Orchestra & Choir / Teodor Currentzis — Bachs Matteüspassie

    19:00-22:55 deSingel Antwerpen

    Bach’s St Matthew Passion regularly returns to DE SINGEL as one of the season’s great landmarks, while Teodor Currentzis has delivered iconic concerts in recent years. But together? This is …

    • choir
    • orchestra
  392. Northern Netherlands Orchestra

    19:30-23:30 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Bach's St. Matthew Passion with a unique interpretation

    • early music
    • orchestra
  393. Bach's St Mattew Passion with the Concertgebouw Orchestra

    12:00-14:20 The Concertgebouw

    Baroque specialist Leonardo García-Alarcón steps into the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s great Passion tradition when he leads Bach’s St Matthew Passion, with vocal contributions from the …

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • solo
  394. Matthäus Passion, J.S. Bach, BWV 244

    14:00 Musis Arnhem

    In 2027, Toonkunst Arnhem will again perform the Matthäus Passion. Traditionally on Palm Sunday, accompanied by Phion, in the Parkzaal of Musis Arnhem.

    • early music
  395. Il Gardellino & Olga Pashchenko

    15:00-17:15 Concertgebouw Brugge

    In the last ten years of his life, Mozart regularly looked to a great example: Johann Sebastian Bach. He adapted several preludes and fugues by Bach into a classical style. On Bach's 342nd …

    • early music
    • piano
  396. Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah — Huelgas Ensemble + Paul Van Nevel

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Lamentations full of hope

    Orlando di Lasso Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae

    • early music
    • ensemble
  397. Bachs Matthäus-Passion

    19:00 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    The Netherlands Bach Society demonstrates why Matthäus-Passion has been a grand Easter tradition in the Netherlands for so long.

    • early music
  398. Bach's St Matthew Passion with Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

    19:30-21:50 The Concertgebouw

    The internet is the new church, the smartphone seems to be everyone's God. In addition to that fact, Bach's St Matthew Passion is a comforting phenomenon. The Dutch St Matthew tradition is a …

    St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • choir
  399. Matthäus-Passion 2027 — Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orchestra

    19:30 De Doelen Rotterdam

    Discover the power of the St. Matthew Passion, conducted by Baroque star Johanna Soller and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

    • early music
    • orchestra
  400. Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Cappella Amsterdam

    19:30 Musis Arnhem

    Bach's Matthäus-Passion is one of the most moving works in music history. A gripping and poignant musical narrative of the last days of Jesus.

    • early music
    • orchestra
  401. Seven Last Words — Dudok Quartet

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Haydn staged as a contemplative drama

    Joseph Haydn Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze

    • early music
  402. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: St Matthew Passion

    13:30-16:15 The Concertgebouw

    Bach’s St Matthew Passion is certainly the Netherlands’ favourite composition during the pre-Easter (‘Passion’) season, and it’s firmly embedded in our culture. Today, you can hear it …

    St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • choir
  403. Northern Netherlands Orchestra

    14:00-18:00 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Bach's St Matthew Passion with a unique interpretation

    • early music
    • orchestra
  404. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: St Matthew Passion

    14:15-17:15 The Concertgebouw

    Bach’s St Matthew Passion is certainly the Netherlands’ favourite composition during the pre-Easter (‘Passion’) season, and it’s firmly embedded in our culture. Today, you can hear it …

    St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • choir
  405. Philzuid

    19:00 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    St. Matthew Passion Philzuid Keuzeabonnement Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is back! Overwhelming choral passages and delightful arias lift the soul. Chief conductor Benjamin Goodson of the …

    • early music
    • choir
  406. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater

    19:00-21:00 The Concertgebouw

    Experience Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s moving Stabat Mater at The Concertgebouw. This world-famous Baroque work is one of the most beloved religious compositions ever written. The music is …

    Stabat Mater in F major Stabat Mater, RV 621 Stabat Mater in f minor, G. 532, op. 61

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
  407. Johannes-Passion — a nocte temporis + Chœur de Chambre de Namur

    19:30-21:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    A dream line-up for 'Bach's only opera'

    Johann Sebastian Bach St Johns Passion

    • early music
  408. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands: Handel's Messiah

    14:15-16:30 The Concertgebouw

    Experience Handel’s world-famous Messiah on Easter Sunday at The Concertgebouw. This special performance brings a centuries-old tradition back to life. Although the Messiah is often …

    Messiah, HWV 56

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • choir
  409. April 2027

  410. Ratas del Viejo Mundo — Obsessed with the Italian Madrigal

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Obsessed with the Italian madrigal — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  411. Ratas del Viejo Mundo — Obsessed with the Italian Madrigal

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Obsessed with the Italian madrigal — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  412. Carel Kraayenhof Quartet & Nuala McKenna

    12:00 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Together with classical cellist Nuala McKenna, bandoneon player Carel Kraayenhof and his quartet perform the program Bach in Buenos Aires.

    • early music
    • cello
  413. Ratas del Viejo Mundo — Obsessed with the Italian Madrigal

    15:00-16:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Obsessed with the Italian madrigal — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  414. Rats of the Old World — Obsessed with the Italian Madrigal

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Obsessed with the Italian madrigal — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  415. Ratas del viejo Mundo

    20:15 Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

    Four voices and a lute follow love through all its moods, from soft tenderness to fierce passion.

    • early music
    • lute
  416. Ratas del Viejo Mundo — Obsessed with the Italian Madrigal

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Obsessed with the Italian madrigal — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  417. Ratas del Viejo Mundo — Obsessed by the Italian Madrigal

    20:30-21:40 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Obsessed by the Italian madrigal — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  418. Aural Spaces – Space as a Collective Sonic Instrument (listening session)

    14:15-16:35 The Concertgebouw

    Mandolin virtuoso Alon Sariel and Combattimento form a dream partnership in a dazzling Baroque programme. Music by Vivaldi and his contemporaries Barbella, Albinoni and Arrigoni creates a …

    Albinoni Sinfonia in g minor Colizzi Concerto in D major Vivaldi Concert in d minor, RV 128 Barbella Show all works

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • mandolin
  419. Matilda Lloyd & Concerto de' Cavalieri

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    Matilda Lloyd is the new trumpet sensation from England. Her debut album Casta Diva, featuring bel canto repertoire, has proven critics right that 'the trumpet can be just as expressive as …

    • early music
    • trumpet
    • ensemble
  420. Beethoven Unfiltered

    20:00-22:15 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Experience the inauguration of the brand new copy of Beethoven's Conrad Graf piano, a masterpiece crafted by Piano’s Maene as part of an exciting research project led by Tom Beghin, in …

    • early music
    • piano
  421. Händel’s Neun Deutsche Arien — PRJCT Amsterdam + Maarten Engeltjes

    20:15-21:30 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Personal and contemplative work by a great Baroque composer

    Georg Friedrich Händel Neun deutsche Arien HWV 202–210 / Hoboconcert HWV 287 / Vioolsonate HWV 364a

    • early music
  422. Netherlands Bach Society & Lucie Horsch: Bach then & now - The Concertgebouw

    14:15-16:35 The Concertgebouw

    The Netherlands Bach Society shares the stage with Lucie Horsch. They will perform music by Bach and Stravinsky and present the world premiere of a new work by Mathilde Wantenaar!

    J.S. Bach / Stravinsky Prelude in b (from Four Preludes and Fugues from 'Das wohltemperierte Klavier' (orch. I. Stravinsky)) J.S. Bach Brandenburg …

    • early music
    • orchestra
  423. Barokopera Amsterdam

    20:15-00:15 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Purcell's baroque music intertwined with migration stories and sounds from South America

    • early music
  424. An Encore in Words

    20:00-21:45 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Marco Beasley, a charismatic and warm defender of the Italian Renaissance song, turns 70 in 2027. Late last year he announced his final concert. Katharina Lindekens talks with him about how …

    • early music
  425. Proms: The Four Seasons — Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orchestra

    20:30 De Doelen Rotterdam

    Experience Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons performed by Shunske Sato and enjoy a masterful musical portrayal of the seasons

    • early music
    • orchestra
  426. The Tallis Scholars

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    Arvo Pärt and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: two composers who, each in their own time, made choral music radically clear. The Tallis Scholars juxtapose their sound worlds in a serene …

    • early music
    • choir
  427. From Bach to Handel with the Concertgebouw Orchestra

    20:15-22:35 The Concertgebouw

    Jan Willem de Vriend leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in exceptional and exciting music from the eighteenth century, including works by Rebel, Handel and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. …

    Les élémens Vioolconcert in d minor Sinfonia Symfonie in D major Concerto a due cori in F major, HWV 333

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • violin
  428. May 2027

  429. The Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina & Muhly

    14:15-16:15 The Concertgebouw

    The Tallis Scholars have been a fixture for years, worldwide and certainly also on Dutch stages. But rarely do they present a programme in which Renaissance music is so interwoven with …

    Surge illuminare Jerusalem Stabat mater Dum complerentur Marrow Rough Notes Lamentations a 6 (Lectio III Sabbato Sancto) Recordare, domine A Glorious …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • contemporary
  430. Perrine Devillers & Ariel Abramovich — El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça

    20:30-21:40 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  431. Perrine Devillers & Ariel Abramovich — El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça

    20:15-21:25 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  432. Perrine Devillers & Ariel Abramovich — El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  433. Perrine Devillers & Ariel Abramovich — El Parnasso: The Voice of Esteban Daça

    11:00-12:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    El Parnasso: The Voice of Esteban Daça — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  434. Perrine Devillers & Ariel Abramovich — El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    El Parnasso: the voice of Esteban Daça — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  435. Netherlands Chamber Choir

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    All six motets by Bach in one concert. An intense and virtuosic choral program full of expression and spirituality.

    • early music
    • choir
  436. Pieter Wispelwey

    20:15-23:15 SPOT De Oosterpoort Groningen

    Bach and Britten: timeless cello suites full of depth, tension, and musical beauty

    • early music
    • cello
  437. Bach’s motets — Nederlands Kamerkoor

    14:15-16:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    A demonstration of vocal strength and spiritual expression

    Johann Sebastian Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225 / Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachtheit auf BWV 226 / Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 / Fürchte …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • choir
  438. Vivaldi's Four Seasons

    14:15-16:15 The Concertgebouw

    Enjoy Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, performed by The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands, with soloist Enrique Gómez-Cabrero Fernández. He’ll bring this music to life as it never has been before …

    The Four Seasons, op. 8 aria's

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • solo
  439. Morales’s Requiem — Vox Luminis

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Grandeur and the rich colours of the Spanish Renaissance

    Cristóbal de Morales Officium defunctorum / Missa pro defunctis

    • early music
  440. Transition — Nederlandse Bachvereniging + Grete Pedersen

    20:15-22:00 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

    Two seemingly clashing worlds converge

    Johann Sebastian Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225 / Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV 226 / Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 / Komm, …

    • early music
  441. Imago Mundi & Sofie Vanden Eynde

    20:00-21:25 Concertgebouw Brugge

    Tears into Light is a musical journey through melancholy and darkness towards a glimpse of hope. From Dowland's iconic Lachrymae or Seven Tears, this new production weaves ‘tears’ with new …

    • early music
  442. Vivaldi's Four Seasons

    14:15-16:15 The Concertgebouw

    Enjoy Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, performed by The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands, with soloist Enrique Gómez-Cabrero Fernández. He’ll bring this music to life as it never has been before …

    The Four Seasons, op. 8 aria's

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • solo
  443. Sunday Afternoon Baroque: Bach's Goldberg Variations with Justin Taylor

    16:00-17:30 The Concertgebouw

    Bach's Goldberg Variations have been described as 'a Rubik's cube of ingenuity and architecture'. During this Sunday afternoon concert, Justin Taylor will play them on harpsichord. Reviews …

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • harpsichord
  444. Música Temprana — Shepherds at the Spanish Court

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Shepherds at the Spanish Court — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  445. Johan Luijmes

    12:30 Musis Arnhem

    Musis is privileged to own a beautiful Kam and van der Meulen organ from 1842. The two-manual organ was built as a salon organ and later equipped with a pipe front. Since 1931, the organ …

    • early music
    • organ
  446. Nikolai Lugansky

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    ‘Beethoven on fire and with feeling.’ ‘A perfect glimpse of the wild and untamed quality of Beethoven's sonatas.’ These are just a few phrases from reviews of Nikolai Lugansky's Beethoven …

    • early music
    • piano
  447. Música Temprana — Shepherds at the Spanish Court

    20:30-21:40 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Shepherds at the Spanish Court — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  448. Música Temprana — Shepherds at the Spanish Court

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Shepherds at the Spanish Court — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  449. Orkest Phion

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    A program where East meets West.

    • early music
    • orchestra
  450. Música Temprana — Shepherds at the Spanish Court

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Shepherds at the Spanish Court — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  451. Andrea Marcon & La Cetra: Vivaldi & Muffat

    14:15-16:20 The Concertgebouw

    Imagine yourself in Venice with Andrea Marcon and La Cetra. The programme includes Vivaldi's exuberant Gloria and a polyphonic mass by Muffat, for which the ensemble spreads out across the …

    Gloria in D major Missa in labore requies

    • early music
    • orchestra
    • vocal
    • ensemble
  452. Música Temprana — Shepherds at the Spanish Court

    20:00-21:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Shepherds at the Spanish Court — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  453. Musica Amphion & Gerben van der Werf

    11:00 Musis Arnhem

    Fantastic baroque musicians from our own country dive into the works of the greatest baroque composers from Italy and Germany. Musica Amphion performs the moving Nisi Dominus by Antonio …

    • early music
    • solo
    • countertenor
  454. Música Temprana — Shepherds at the Spanish Court

    15:00-16:10 Organisatie Oude Muziek Utrecht

    Shepherds at the Spanish Court — Renaissance

    • early music
    • renaissance
  455. June 2027

  456. From canon to concerto: Pachelbel, Bach, Vivaldi & Leclair

    20:15-22:35 The Concertgebouw

    A sparkling Baroque programme in which virtuosity and ensemble playing take centre stage. From Johann Pachelbel’s famous Canon to Antonio Vivaldi’s effervescent concertos: the richness of …

    Canon and gigue in D major Sonata per il violino e violone (uit 'Concerti ecclesiastici') Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 Concerto in A minor, RV 522, …

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • ensemble
    • violin
  457. Stabat Mater & Nisi Dominus: altus Alexander Chance & soprano Silvia Frigato

    15:00-17:00 The Concertgebouw

    Alexander Chance and Silvia Frigato will give an unforgettable performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus. They will be accompanied by Il Gardelino, conducted by …

    Stabat Mater in F major Nisi Dominus in g minor, RV 608 Laudate Pueri Dominum in c minor, RV 600 Concert in d minor, RV 406 Concerto grosso in d minor …

    • early music
    • vocal
    • orchestra
    • soprano
  458. Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

    20:15-21:20 The Concertgebouw

    One of the most delightful pieces in classical music is Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. These four short violin concertos from 1723 depict seasons full of hope, blossoming, and growth, but also …

    The Four Seasons, op. 8

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • violin
  459. Masterpieces Unboxed: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons - The Concertgebouw

    20:30-21:45 The Concertgebouw

    In Masterpieces Unboxed, we dissect masterpieces of chamber music. Tonight: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Together with the ADAM Quartet, double bassist Gabriel Abad Varela and harpsichordist …

    Vivaldi The Four Seasons, op. 8

    • early music
    • chamber music
    • other
    • harpsichord
  460. Maya Fridman & Introdans

    20:00 Musis Arnhem

    A diverse conclusion to a special season at Musis as Spotlight Artist

    • early music

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