Upcoming Concerts
- December 13 @ 19:30 at Vereeniging Nijmegen
J.S. Bach Weihnachtsoratorium with Bachkoor Nijmegen
- December 18 @ 19:30 at St James’s Piccadilly
Christmas with Handel, Bach and Vivaldi by Candlelight with the London Octave
- March 30, 2025 @ 08:00 - 17:00 at Maartenskerk Doorn
Matthäus Passion – J.S. Bach (Doorn)
- April 13, 2025 @ 14:00 - 17:30 at Philharmonie Haarlem
Matthäus Passion – J.S. Bach met Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam
- April 16, 2025 @ 19:30 at Vereeniging Nijmegen
Matthäus Passion – J.S. Bach met Bachkoor Nijmegen
Media
Johannes Brahms - Zwei Gesänge
Together with my long-standing duo partner Kanako Inoue and my mum, who happens to be a brilliant viola player, I spent an afternoon singing these two beautiful songs by Brahms in the magical studio of Norbert Veel. Without any particular goal in mind we seized the opportunity to take time and make music together when our calendars were suddenly empty. We decided it would be nice to share the result of our chamber music session with all of you, as a Christmas greeting, for a moment of contemplation.
Many thanks to Hiske de Goeje for the artwork.
NPO Radio 4: 'Vrij Spel'
For a Radio 4 item, I adapted Schumann’s Träumerei, inspired by Vladimir Horowitz’s performance. The text originates from Schumann’s poem “Mondnacht,” which I used to create my own melody, set to the music of Träumerei.
St. Matthew Passion in fifteen minutes by Rosina and Reinier
Friday 13th of March 2020 was the day that all upcoming performances of the St. Matthew Passion were cancelled. The disappointment of having to miss performing or hearing this monumental piece of music by J.S. Bach could be felt by musicians and audience alike. In the Netherlands – where traditionally over two hundred performances of this piece take place every year – the churches were unusually quiet in the days approaching Easter. Soon after this news had began to sink in, an idea popped up: Wouldn’t it be magnificent if there was a way to perform this comforting and dearly missed music of Bach? Perhaps the Music Boat of Reinier would provide a means to perform his music with voice, trumpet and barrel organ, gliding through the deserted canals of Holland… The deed soon followed the idea and Reinier created a miniature version of the St. Matthew Passionon his barrel organ: “The St. Matthew quarter-of-an-hour” (in Dutch “Het Matthäus Kwartier”). Fun fact: It became the biggest book that he ever made for his barrel organ! Due to the necessity of keeping distance we had to avoid gatherings alongside the canals. For this reason we chose to perform in the dome-like spaces underneath bridges. We were delighted with the acoustics provided by these ‘cathedrals’ of the canals!
On the traditional days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, we took to the water to play and sing. Whilst manouvering from bridge to bridge, we serenaded passers-by and all in their house boats or balconies with snippets of this great music. For those who missed these glimpses of our performance, we filmed our journey. Reinier spent many long nights making this impression of our ‘live’ performance, using footage from within and alongside the boat. This film is our way of sharing our performance with those who we think will enjoy witnessing this (very Dutch…) adventure. To us this project has proven to be incredibly fullfilling. We would therefore like to thank all of those who supported us and were involved in helping us reach our goal; our friends who filmed us on our journey; all audience members for their attentiveness and overwhelming response (during which they maintained the mandatory 1,5 meters distance…), the local police in the city of Dordrecht who supported us enthusiastically by sharing their video’s online, and everyone across the world who helped us to share this music. Thank you!
Photo by Aad van Vliet
Es ist Vollbracht - J.S. Bach (St. Johns Passion) IJ-Salon Amsterdam
Registration of the aria Es ist Vollbracht from the St. Johns Passion of J.S. Bach (2019 at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ)