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 Handel

  The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  Allegro
  (from: Solomon HWV 67, London 1748)
  
  Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!
  Andante
  (from: Acis and Galatea HWV 49, London 1718)

  1685-1759
• Antonio Bertali of Samuel Capricornus

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

  1605-1669 / 1628-1665
• Johann Sebastian Bach

  Ich habe genung, BWV 82
  Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen

  1685-1750
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

  Saltarello (from: Creso, Vienna 1678)
  Gigue (from: Il pomo d’oro, Vienna 1668)
  Aria 3 (from: Balletto di Matti, Vienna 1670)
  Aria 1 (from: FechtSchuel a 4)

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

  This Bitter Earth / On the Nature of Daylight

  1924-1963 / *1966 / *1976
• Carl Friedrich Abel / arr. Michael Hell

  Arpeggio

  1723-1787
• 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)

  *1961
• Antonio Vivaldi

  Concerto per flautino, RV 443
  Largo
  Allegro molto

  1678-1741
• Sufjan Stevens / arr. Lucas Vermeer

  Mystery of Love

  *1975 / *1998
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold / arr. Michael Hell

  Mariettas Lied ‘Glück, das mir verblieb’
  (from: Die tote Stadt, Cologne 1920)

  1897-1957
• Harold Arlen / arr. Michael Hell

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

  1905-1986

Musicians

• Thomas Höft presenter
• Johanna Rosa Falkinger soprano
• Sophie Daneman soprano
• Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor
• Dietrich Henschel baritone
• Gregory Frateur vocals
• Morgan Lugo dance
• Mareike Franz clown
• Adrián Schvarzstein clown
• The Space Choir
• Lucas Vermeer choir director
• Eastman
• Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui choreography
• ĀRT HOUSE 17
• Maria Kubizek concert master
• Blanca Prieto, Manako Ito, Raffaele Nicoletti, Agata Front, Sofija Krsteska violin
• Barbara Konrad viola
• Hannah Freienstein, Sylvain Rullier cello
• Georg Kroneis viola da gamba, violone
• Ivan Trenev accordion
• Sofie Vanden Eynde theorbo, guitar
• Ana Nicolás de Cabo percussion
• Michael Hell musical direction, recorder, harpsichord
• Thomas Höft dramaturgy
• Bettina Dreissger costumes
• Georg Kroneis head of production
• Bart Abeel facilitator