Authentic or traditional, historical or modern, ancient or modern instruments?
Interpreters of ‘monstre sacré’ J.S. Bach’s music have long been mesmerized by these dilemmas. That is why also Het Collectief, having won over its audiences with performances of the twentieth century chamber music repertoire, wants to formulate its own answer to these questions. The group presents its very personal reconstruction of the Musical Offering, not shying away from the instrumental and stylistic innovations of nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century music. This approach results in a seethingly modern, refreshing, colourful and many-sided execution of this ‘magnum opus’. In this Bach program, Het Collectief is in search of a new aesthetics, and although the group never denies its contemporary bearings, it always shows the greatest respect for the musical score. In one word, it wants to be ‘authentic’ in its own way.
In between Bach’s numerous canons and ricercars, each musician plays from Luciano Berio’s Sequenze the sequenza written for his own instrument or another composer’s work.
Thomas Dieltjens, piano
Wibert Aerts, violin
Martijn Vink, cello
Toon Fret, flute
Julien Hervé, clarinet
Calendar
2020.11.30 Saitenspiele Festival Wuppertal (D) - cancelled (covid-19)
2020.11.29 Saitenspiele Festival Wuppertal (D) - cancelled (covid-19)
2018.01.16 International Valetta Baroque Festival La Valetta (MT)
2015.09.19 Festival de Wallonie - Les nuits de septembre Liège (B)
2013.10.11 BICC Peer (B)
2011.12.03 Villarte Saint-Trond (B)
2011.07.22 Festival de Saintes (F)
2011.07.13 Festival de Inverno Campos do Jordao (BRA)
2010.04.09 Zeeuwse Concertzaal Middelburg (NL)
2009.12.13 Teatro Sergio Cardoso Sao Paulo (BRA)
2009.12.12 Teatro Sergio Cardoso Sao Paulo (BRA)
2009.12.11 Teatro Sergio Cardoso Sao Paulo (BRA)
2009.12.10 Teatro Sergio Cardoso Sao Paulo (BRA)
2009.12.08 Centro Cultural Sao Paulo (BRA)
2009.10.30 CC Sint-Niklaas (B)
2009.02.22 CC Genk (B)
2006.04.23 CC Kruispunt Diksmuide (B)
2006.04.06 CC Maasmechelen (B)
2005.12.15 GC De Markten Brussels (B)
2005.11.10 deSingel Antwerp (B)
2005.10.21 CC De Spil Roeselare (B)
2005.10.09 CC Leuven (B)
2004.12.05 Raamtheater Antwerp (B)
2004.12.02 Kasteel van Schoten (B)
2004.09.26 De Bijloke Ghent (B)