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The Counterpoints

The travelling musician | 10 - 15 March 2025

The Counterpoints

The travelling musician  
Globalisation: new phenomenon or old hat? Even around 1700, people travelled a lot: the rich went on a 'Grand Tour' to learn and experience, merchants and artists to buy and sell, musicians to spot trends or start a craze. The Counterpoints follow in the footsteps of the 'Musicista Itinerante' with music by Geminiani, Purcell, McGibbon, Corelli and Vivaldi, recalling the special connection between Italy and the British Isles.

Tournees 2024/2025

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Mon 10 Mar 2025 / 20:00 - Zeist, Kerk van de Evangelische Broedergemeente
Tue 11 Mar 2025 / 20:30 - Maastricht, Sint Janskerk
Wed 12 Mar 2025 / 20:15 - Maasmechelen Sint-Pieterskerk Leut
Thu 13 Mar 2025 / 20:15 - Westzaan, Zuidervermaning
Fri 14 Mar 2025 / 20:15 - Deventer, Penninckshuis
Sat 15 Mar 2025 / 20:00 - Almere, Goede Rede

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About the performers

When recorder player Thomas Triesschijn and harpsichordist Aljosja Mietus met while studying at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, a duo was born that soon conveyed its passion for Baroque music to an international audience. Soon after they were joined by cellist Petr Hamouz and violinist Matthea de Muynck. Since then the chamber music collective known as The Counterpoints has focused on the 'together' element of ensemble playing: the dynamic interaction between the ensemble musicians, the unique bond between performer and audience, and the miraculous note-against-note games of Bach and his contemporaries. 

Programme & Musicians

Thomas Triesschijn recorder
Matthea de Muynck violin
Petr Hamouz cello
Aljosja Mietus harpsichord
Giulio Quirici theorbo, guitar

Henry Purcell 1659-1695 Sonata no. 10 in D major (from: 10 Sonatas in Four Parts, 1697) 
Adagio 
Canzona 
Grave 
Largo – Allegro 

Arcangelo Corelli 1652-1713
Trio sonata in G major op. 4 no. 6 (1694, originally E major) 
Preludio: adagio – allegro 
Adagio 
Allegro – Adagio 
Allemanda: allegro 
Giga: allegro 

Ground for violin  

Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Concerto da Camera in F major, RV 100 
Allegro 
Largo 
Allegro 

Ground for recorder  

Francesco Geminiani 1687-1762 
Cello sonata 
Trio Sonata no. 2 ‘Bush Aboon Traquair: Andante’ 
(from: A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick, 1749) 

Georg Friederich Händel 1685-1759
Trio Sonata op. 2 no. 1b in B minor, HWV 386b 
Andante 
Allegro 
Andante 
Allegro 

James Oswald 1710-1769 
Serenata no. 11 in F major (originally in D major) 
Pastorale: andante 
Allegro 
Andante: affettuoso 
Conspirito: giga 

Programme subject to change

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