Have you ever seen in real life a room filled with enchanting baroque music and dancers in lavish costumes à la Louis XIV? This winter, the Kunstorkest invites you to an evening back in time with our programme ‘Voulez-Vous danser’! We dance to Desmarets and Lully through 17th century France, where we breathe new life into unknown music, but also well-known works such as the Folia Variations. To catch our breath, we sit back listening to stunning music by Graaf…
This June, Kunstorkest invites you to experience the coming of summer in full bloom. Florilegium brings to you an exciting and diverse program featuring music from Gabrieli, Geminiani, Pergolesi and more. As a listener, you will experience the sounds of spring, delivered as a fresh hand-picked bouquet of musical flowers. Our program will take you on a journey through time and history, from early renaissance to late baroque, from Naples to Berlin. Could you imagine a better way to prepare…
Have you always been wondering what howling cats, scratching chickens and barking dogs sound like on a violin? Do you like humorous chamber music and are you a fan of beautiful baroque music? On April 5, the Kunstorkest will be performing a programme centered around the theme of deceptions and illusions. Among others, the programme includes the ouverture from Mozart’s opera La Finta Semplice, literally “The Fake Innocent”. The programme also includes Farina’s “Capriccio Stravagante”, where we will show how…
This year, the Kunstorkest joins Ensemble Illustre with the programme “Fête de Noel”, conducted by Adrián Rodríguez van der Spoel and Hans Lub. On the repertoire is the Messe de Minuit by M.A. Charpentier, as well as works composed by Carissimi, Bach and Locatelli and more. The concert takes place on Friday December 22nd, at 20:15 in the Pieterskerk in Utrecht. Tickets are available via pieterskerkconcerten.nl.
To celebrate the 40-year lustrum, the Kunstorkest will cooperate with Kamerkoor Reykur to perform Purcell’s legendary opera Dido and Aeneas!
On March 24th, 2023, the Kunstorkest plays a concert full of English music in Spring mood. The program will include music by Purcell, Boyce, Locke and more!
On December 10th and 11th, 2022, the Kunstorkest plays a winter concert, with music appropriate for Christmas times: Corelli, Gluck, Bach and more.
On June 24th and 26th, the Kunstorkest plays the program Other Echoes, with old music, as well as new music composed by Sarah Neutkens!
Op de valreep speelt het Kunstorkest toch nog een concert! Voordat de cultuur weer in de winter verdwijnt, komt het Kunstorkest nog een keer samen om voor publiek te spelen. We sturen de bezoekers de lange, donkere dagen voor Kerst in met Mozart, Muffat, Telemann en Zelenka. We hebben al menig concert af moeten blazen. Daarom spelen we nu met graagte voor u. Komt dat horen!Zaal open: 15.00 uur.Aanvang concert: 15.15 uur.7.50/10 euro. Kaartverkoop aan de deur.
In the Christmas period of 2020, the Kunstorkest plays music from Jan Dismas Zelenka and Johann David Heinichen and others, with the theme L’amour malade. Two concerts will take place on December 11th and 12th.