songs of nature
händel meets henderickx
programme
georg Friedrich Händel
Neun deutsche Arien, HWV 202-210
Wim Henderickx
new compositions for instrumental ensemble (commissioned by B’Rock Orchestra)
about
Those going in search of the philosophical roots of the worldwide climate anxiety will sooner or later end up in the eighteenth century. A thinker such as Rousseau is not just the patron saint of social criticism and romanticism, but also of contemporary environmental movements.
The new kind of awareness of nature that arrived at the end of the baroque period was also documented in Georg Friedrich Händel’s Neun deutsche Arien. In this intimate song cycle, Handel used the poetry of the early romantic Barthold Heinrich Brockes. He wrote with great passion of the moving beauty of nature.
The Belgian baroque ensemble B’Rock and soprano Ilse Eerens juxtapose the Neun deutsche Arien with brief compositions for baroque ensemble by the Antwerp composer Wim Henderickx. The Chinese theatre director Shuang Zou and Muziektheater Transparant provide the stage concept for this production.
Watch now
Watch Songs of Nature in premiere on 25 March at 21:00 on Podium 19. Or watch the performance when you like on demand until the end of April.
Podium 19 on your television
On Proximus Pickx channel 19 or channel 269 from Brussels or Wallonia (attention: only available for the Proximus Pickx subscription) or on Telenet TV channel 99 (attention: only available for Telenet digital TV) or on Orange TV channel 20.
credits
production
B’Rock, Muziektheater Transparant
coproduction
Klarafestival, BOZAR, Perpodium, Concertgebouw Brugge
in collaboration with
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts New York, O. Festival for Opera. Music.Theatre. and Shanghai MISA Festival
with the support of
Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, deSingel, Kaaitheater
thanks to
deSingel
streamed from / in collaboration with
Kaaitheater
Image © Dan Potra
