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PRJCT Amsterdam / Maarten Engeltjes

Baroque bravura | 10 - 18 Oct 2025

PRJCT Amsterdam / Maarten Engeltjes

Baroque bravura
The portion of high baroque served up by PRJCT Amsterdam can safely be called generous: grand and royal! The program includes music by Vivaldi, in which the strings rule and in which the crystalline voice of Maarten Engeltjes triumphs. Just as moving as the motet Filiae maestae Jerusalem and the incomparable Stabat Mater by Vivaldi, is the Salve Regina by Johann Adolf Hasse that is on the programme here: in 18th-century Italy it was a hit, sung by the castrato singer Farinelli.

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About the performers

‘A voice that you want to keep listening to,’ is how de Volkskrant newspaper praised Dutch countertenor Maarten Engeltjes on the occasion of his most recent CD release. Engeltjes’ voice - rounded and soothing, honest and glowing and with that golden edge that elevates ‘beautiful’ to ‘excellent’, Engeltjes' voice has over roughly twenty years taken him to the most renowned opera houses and concert stages. With a passion for Baroque and contemporary repertoire, Engeltjes ensures that during every performance his own wonderment at both well-known and lesser-known masterpieces is also experienced intensely by the audience.

With their debut CD on the Sony record label (Bach: Forgotten Arias), 2019 proved a boom year for the career of baroque orchestra PRJCT Amsterdam. The ensemble, founded in 2017 by countertenor Maarten Engeltjes, is not only a breeding ground for talented musicians, but also a safe haven guaranteeing baroque performances with vision and temperament. With its mix of sweet allure and crystal-clear counterpoint, PRJCT Amsterdam stands for baroque with salt and pepper, which will appeal to both aspiring melomaniacs and connoisseurs. 

Programma & musicians

Maarten Engeltjes countertenor
Tomoe Badiarov, Joseph Tan violin
Francesco Bergamini viola
Ntb cello
Jesse Feves double bass
Edoardo Valorz organ

Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Sovente il sole
Concerto for violin in G major (from: La Stravaganza, RV316a)
Introduzione al miserere ‘Filiae maestae Jerusalem’
Stabat Mater

Johann Adolf Hasse 1699-1783
Salve Regina in A major

Programme subject to change