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Series 25-26

Early Music 25/26

Early music is thriving like never before

Early music is thriving like never before. New finds, fresh insights and innovative musicians are breathing new life into the genre. The Early Music series brings it all together: from Bach and Handel to folk songs about women. And from the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to Pygmalion and countertenor Valer Sabadus. Early music sounds new again.

Events in this theme

  • Passion, betrayal and longing

    PRJCT Amsterdam + Maarten Engeltjes
    Sun 21 Sep 2025 20:15

    Rarely heard cantatas by Handel and Vivaldi
    Händel, Vivaldi

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Athalia

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir + Ton Koopman
    Sat 18 Oct 2025 20:15

    Handel’s rarely performed English oratorio
    Händel

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Venus

    B'Rock + Jeanine De Bique
    Wed 5 Nov 2025 20:15

    Ode to love in famous and lesser-known opera arias
    Lully, Rameau, Blow, Purcell, Händel, Legrenzi e.a.

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Echoing Travelogues: The Beyond and Us

    Emine Bostanci + Dareyn Ensemble
    Sun 16 Nov 2025 20:15

    A journey through time and space past places of worship, squares and palaces

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Franciscus & de Sultan

    Holland Baroque + Ensemble Constantinople + lecture by Saskia Törnqvist
    Sun 23 Nov 2025 20:15

    An appeal to international dialogue and peace
    Von Bingen, Ufki, Tabassian, Steenbrink

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Welt, gute Nacht

    Pygmalion
    Fri 6 Feb 2026 20:15

    From wartime sorrow to Bach’s first cantatas
    J. C. Bach, Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, J.M. Bach, Erlebach, Bruhns

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Orlando, a melancholic portrait

    La Tempête + lecture by Saskia Törnqvist
    Wed 18 Feb 2026 20:15

    The adventurous versatility of Orlando di Lasso
    Orlando di Lasso

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Voci Bianche

    PRJCT Amsterdam, Maarten Engeltjes, Valer Sabadus + Daan Esch
    Fri 20 Feb 2026 20:15

    The triumph and tragedy of the castrati
    Händel, Porpora, Mozart, Lotti, Broschi, Hasse

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • La Folia

    Dorothee Oberlinger, Núria Rial + Ensemble 1700
    Wed 25 Feb 2026 20:15

    An intoxicating bassline with countless variations
    Strozzi, Monteverdi, Händel, Lully, Vivaldi e.a.

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Barbara Strozzi: A portrait in five acts

    Hana Blažíková, Dorothee Mields + Hathor Consort + lecture by Saskia Törnqvist
    Sun 8 Mar 2026 20:15

    The long road to musical recognition
    Strozzi

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Wonder Women

    L'Arpeggiata + Christina Pluhar
    Fri 1 May 2026 20:15

    Songs about and by women
    Strozzi, Campana, Leonarda e.a.

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • A ladder to paradise

    Collegium Vocale Gent + lecture by Saskia Törnqvist
    Sat 9 May 2026 20:15

    Repentance and divine grace
    Agostini, De Rore, De Wert, Gesualdo, Luzzaschi

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00

  • Salve Susato

    Utopia
    Sat 16 May 2026 20:15

    The most beautiful chansons by an Antwerp printer
    Susato, Gombert, Desprez, Crecquillon e.a.

    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 25 Mar 2025 12:00