 À la recherche du temps perduRemembrance of things past.
The musical journey undertaken by the Huelgas Ensemble consists of two parts that form each other’s mirror image. The first part sets off during the Baroque...  TALLIS | Spem in aliumTallis's 40-part "Spem in Alium"
This concert is a dream, or rather several dreams of Paul Van Nevel’s, which all come true at once. In one and the same space ( Antwerp’s...  Ou lit de pleurs 1500 - 1640This program illustrates the Renaissance longing for unattainable love ( saudade –nostalgic yearning) that is translated into the melancholic compositions so typical of that...
 Ou lit de pleurs 1260 - 1500The Romanticism of the nineteenth century was a reaction to the strict Classicism of the eighteenth century. In numerous 19th-century sources Romanticism is defined as “the taste of the Middle Ages”...  Mirabile MysteriumEuropean Music for Christmas 1350 – 1800
The Christmas story is probably the most popular, and vividly picturesque, bible narrative of the church year. The journey to Bethlehem, the birth...  L’esprit du Madrigal Italien en Europe
The madrigal is Italy’s contribution to the history of European music during the sixteenth century. The ideals of the madrigal (texts by the great Italian poets, the representation of both the...
 Le mystère de “Malheur me bat”The anonymous three-voice chanson “Malheur me bat” must have had a special appeal to composers of the High Renaissance: not only was the song revised and recomposed time and again, but numerous...  La Quinta EssentiaIn this programme the Huelgas Ensemble demonstrates how mulifaceted the sixteenth century was. Two figureheads of the Renaissance are confronted with each other: Lassus and Palestrina, the latter being...  Jacob ClementJacob Clement, alias Clemens non Papa | An eventful life.
The program illustrates the mastery of Jacob Clement, alias Clemens non Papa, covering all its facets: from the simple Souterliedekens...
 Et Lux | Wolfgang RihmIt was a request from the Berliner Festspiele that resulted in a performance by the Huelgas Ensemble, in collaboration with the Minguet Quartet, of this piece lasting over an hour. This composition...  Claude Le Jeune | Livre de MelangesLe trésor de Claude Le Jeune (1528-1600) | Livre de Melanges (Plantin 1586)
Possibly themost underrated Franco-Flemish composer of thesixteenth century, Claude Le Jeune was born...  Alla battaglia!!The Huelgas Ensemble presents a bellicose repertoire in this programme, ranging from military music, written in response to battles in Europe, to literature which reflects the conflict and confrontation...
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