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2013
2014
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Program
Revival of the succesfull debut of B'Rock at De Munt/ La Monnaie.

Orlando

27 Jul 2013
02 Aug 2013
09, 11, 13, 16, 19 Jun 2014
A wayward journey through dark Baroque scores of Dowland, Purcell and Muffat that goes on to the 20th century with Hindemith's Trauermusik and Britten's Lachrymae.

Tears of Melancholy

25 Aug 2013
04 Sep 2013
Mozart's oratorio tells the intriguing story of Judith, who hacked off the head of the Babylonian general Holofernes to liberate her city, Betulia.

La Betulia Liberata

10, 11 Sep 2013
B'Rock's Mozart Project continues with the much-praised cellist Christian Poltéra and countertenor Bejun Mehta making his worldwide conducting debut

Joyful Sorrow

10, 11, 12 Oct 2013
Multimedial music theater project that frames an indictment of the absurdity of war.

Songs of War

10, 13, 15 Nov 2013
B'Rock and the Choeur de Chambre de Namur will be presenting a festive Purcell programme rich in emotion, expression and virtuosity.

Music for a while

16, 19, 20 Dec 2013
Along with recorder Maurice Steger, B'Rock will be linking some of Vivaldi's most exuberant concerti for recorder and/or strings to works by such famous predecessors and contemporaries.

From Vivaldi with Love

08, 11, 12, 13 Feb 2014
A modern tale inspired by the quest of the Breton King Arthur to free his fiancée from the grip of his sworn enemy, the Saxon King Oswald.

Arthur

19, 20, 21 Mar 2014
22, 23 May 2014
From the Lutheran devotion of Bach's solo cantatas to the New Age ideas of Goeyvaerts comes the conviction that music can transcend earthly reality.

Bach - Goeyvaerts

04, 06 Apr 2014
The myth of Orpheus narrates the impossible return from the death of his beloved who is mortally wounded.

Orfeo ed Euridice

12, 14, 16, 18 May 2014

<<Songs of war is a purified, distelled musical indictment to the madness of war. It is full of striking linkages. How heartbreaking death and destruction are: today, we feel today the same powerlessness as four hundred years ago.>>

Geert Van der Speeten
De Standaard, 04.06.2013
About: The Mozart Project 1

<<Thanks to a marvellous B'Rock, who took the young Mozart seriously, I didn't only hear the dimensions of the mature genious, but also flagrances of for example Beethoven.>>

Stefan Grondelaers
De Standaard, 18.03.2013
About: 8 Seasons

<<B'Rock confirms its highly characteristic, generous and homogenous, rather round sound (...) Gone with the extravaganza of the '90!...>>

Martine D. Mergeay
La Libre Belgique, 27.10.2012
About: Orlando

<<René Jacobs leads the strong Belgian orchestra B'Rock and reaches many stirring climaxes. (...) Many delicate surprises in the performance of the continuo part.>>

Mischa Spel
NRC Handelsblad, 24.04.2012
About: Orlando

<<René Jacobs leads a near-perfect cast and lifts the Belgian Baroque Orchestra B'Rock to a world-top level with ease.>>

Stephan Moens
De Morgen, 23.04.2012
About: Orlando

<<By far the revelation of the evening>>

Serge Martin
Le Soir, 18.04.2012
About: Antonio Vivaldi / John Cage Cd

<<"The Vivaldi is given an invigorating performance, full of atmosphere, with some exquisite violin playing from Rodolfo Richter."

"No prizes for guessing that Rodolfo Richter's renditions are first class and as B'Rock are fast making themselves a reputation as one of the more exciting baroque orchestras on the continent, their contribution is every bit as lively and attentive.">>

Andrew Benson-Wilson & BC
Early Music Review, 01.12.2011
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©Koen Broos

Rave reviews of Songs of War

We happily announce that Songs of War received rave reviews in the Netherlands and Belgium. Here are some reactions:

 

"Songs of war is a purified, distelled musical indictment to the madness of war. It is full of striking linkages. How heartbreaking death and destruction are: today, we feel today the same powerlessness as four hundred years ago." **** - De Standaard

 

"By letting the female members of baroque ensemble B'Rock read the texts at little lamp light, Goebbels creates an atmosphere of subdued domesticity." **** - NRC Handelsblad

 

"Stein's texts read aloud by the musicians themselves, works really well: the lecture is realistic and the timing is perfect. " *** - Volkskrant

 

"It sounded magnificent" **** - Theaterkrant

©Pieter Bruegel De Oude

Season 2013 - 2014 is online

The 2013-2014 season once again looks very promising! More than 35 concerts are scheduled in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Austria, as well as debuts in Latvia and Poland. With a core of first-class musicians from all over the world, B'Rock is taking a bold and adventurous direction that goes beyond simply performing baroque music.

 

This season we are presenting the second concert of our Mozart Project. Moreover, B'Rock continues to invest in productions in which old and new music meet. Opera and musical theatre also remain an essential part of our artistic activity.

 

See you soon!

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A firstclass first Mozart

Part one of our prestigious Mozart Project has got five stars in the press and a lot of enthusiastic reactions. Read the full article here (translated in English).

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