ĀRT HOUSE 17 & Friends

ĀRT HOUSE 17 & Friends

In Baroque opera, the boundaries between male and female roles were often surprisingly fluid. Men played women, women played men, and castrati occupied a space somewhere in between. ĀRT HOUSE 17 picks up on this theme with a colourful performance in which various styles and ideas from past and present come together.

Music by Bach, Handel, Bertali, Schmelzer and Vivaldi is combined with songs such as Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens and Somewhere over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz. Everything is performed on historical instruments, just as they were used during the Baroque period.

The choreography is by the renowned Antwerp-based artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. In addition, some 250 members of the inclusive The Space Choir take to the stage, alongside clowns, dancers and acrobats. The result is a festive and surprising performance that celebrates the power of diversity.

Also live on www.emtv.online.

With an introduction by Annelies Andries (19:15 hrs, in Dutch) and a Q&A session (after the concert, in English), both taking place in the Fentener van Vlissingen Foyer (limited capacity)

Programme

• Georg Friedrich Händel

  The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  Allegro
  (from: Solomon, HWV 67, Londen 1748)
  
  Ombra mai fu
  (from: Serse, HWV 40, Londen 1738)

  1685-1759
• Antonio Bertali

  Sonata no. 3 a 3
  (from: Prothimia Suavissima, 1672)

  1605-1669
• Georg Friedrich Händel

  Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!
  (from: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Londen 1718)

• Johann Sebastian Bach / Thomas Höft

  Choral no. 26 ‘In meines Herzens Grunde’
  Arioso no. 19 ‘Betrachte, mein Verstand’
  Aria no. 20 ‘Erwäge’
  Choral no. 40 ‘Ach ja, ob da lieb Engelein’
  (from: Utrechter Passion, after BWV 245, 2022)

  1685-1750 / *1961
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

  Sonata I a otto in C major
  Allegro
  (from: Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, Salzburg 1676)

  1644-1704
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

  Saltarello
  (from: Creso, Vienna 1678)
  Sonatina zu der Kayserlichen Serenade
  Allegro
  Presto
  (from: Sonata con Aria, Vienna 1672)
  Gigue
  (from: Il pomo d’oro, Vienna 1668)

  c1623-1680
• Dinah Washington / Max Richter / arr. Michael Hell

  This Bitter Earth

  1924-1963 / *1966 / *1976
• Antonio Vivaldi

  Concerto per flautino in G major, RV 443
  Largo
  Allegro molto

  1678-1741
• Johann Sebastian Bach

  Schlummert ein, Ihr matten Augen
  (from: Geschwinde, geschwinde ihr wirbelnden Winde, BWV 201)

• Sufjan Stevens / arr. Lucas Vermeer

  Mystery of Love

  *1975 / *1998
• Philipp Jacob Rittler

  Ciaccona a 7

  c1637-1690
• Harold Arlen / arr. Michael Hell

  Somewhere over the Rainbow
  (from: The Wizard of Oz, 1939)
  
  Programme subject to change

  1905-1986

Musicians

• Thomas Höft presentator
• Johanna Rosa Falkinger soprano
• Sophie Daneman soprano
• Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor
• Dietrich Henschel baritone
• Anca Huma, Klara Beyeler, Anne-Marie Warburton dance
• Jonas Vandekerckhove, EASTMAN Company dance
• Mareike Franz clown, dance
• Adrián Schvarzstein clown
• The Space Choir
• Lucas Vermeer choir director
• ĀRT HOUSE 17
• Maria Kubizek concert master, violin I
• Blanca Prieto, Sofija Krsteska violin I
• Manako Ito, Raffaele Nicoletti, Agata Front violin II
• Barbara Konrad viola
• Hannah Freienstein, Silvain Rullier cello
• Georg Kroneis viola da gamba, violone
• Kurt Körner, Peter Weinzierl clarinet
• Ester van der Veen bassoon, contra bassoon
• Ivan Trenev accordion
• Sofie Vanden Eynde theorbo, guitar
• Ana Nicolás de Cabo percussion
• Michael Hell musical direction, recorder, harpsichord, organ
• Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Mareike Franz choreography
• Thomas Höft dramaturgy
• Bettina Dreissger costumes
• Georg Kroneis head of production
• Bart Abeel facilitator