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Productions

Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Dido & Aeneas | Sun 07 Feb 2027
B'Rock Orchestra / Evgeny Sviridov
Royal Fireworks with Jeanine De Bique. 20 years of B'Rock | Thu 06 Nov 2025
Utopia Choir & Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis
Indian Queen | Fri 21 Feb 2025
B'Rock Orchestra / B'Rock Vocal Consort / Andreas Küppers
Rejoice Jeanine De Bique | Thu 21 Sep 2023
Guy Cassiers / Emmanuelle Haïm / Henry Purcell
The Indian Queen |
Quatuor Ébène
Purcell, Ligeti, Schumann | Wed 07 Dec 2022
Vox Luminis / Freiburger BarockConsort / Lionel Meunier
Funeral Anthems | Sun 14 Nov 2021
Julian Prégardien / Teatro del Mondo / Andreas Küppers
Orpheus: songs, arias & madrigals | Fri 22 Oct 2021
GEANNULEERD B'Rock Orchestra & Choir olv. Andreas Küppers
Leven en Dood / Purcell en Bach |
HUSH - Henry's Dream Machine
6+ | Wed 28 Oct 2020 - Sat 31 Oct 2020
B'Rock & Vox Luminis olv. Lionel Meunier
Dowland, Purcell, Gilles | Thu 17 Nov 2016
Muziektheater Transparant & Cappella Amsterdam & Barokorkest B'Rock
Arthur (naar H Purcell King Arthur) | Fri 12 Sep 2014
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent olv. Philippe Herreweghe
Anthems & Odes van Purcell | Thu 11 Sep 2014
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Sophie Daneman . Christianne Stotijn . Joseph Breinl
Fri 14 Jan 2011
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalconsort Berlin
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Sonia Wieder-Atherton . Imogen Cooper
Thu 11 Feb 2010
Barokorkest B'Rock & Lod . Frank Agsteribbe
Lecture Songs #1 - Een redenaarsconcert 'Adieu to the pleasures' | Fri 22 Jan 2010
Sophie Daneman . Christianne Stotijn . Joseph Breinl - UITGESTELD!
Sat 12 Dec 2009
Academy of Ancient Music . Richard Egarr
Wed 18 Nov 2009
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Works

'Ah how sweet' ea. songs voor sopraan en ensemble
Barokorkest B'Rock & Lod . Frank Agsteribbe
Lecture Songs #1 - Een redenaarsconcert 'Adieu to the pleasures' | Fri 22 Jan 2010
An Evening Hymn on a Ground, Z193
GEANNULEERD B'Rock Orchestra & Choir olv. Andreas Küppers
Leven en Dood / Purcell en Bach |
Anthem 'Hear my prayer, o Lord', Z15
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
Anthem 'I will give thanks unto the Lord', Z21
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
Anthem 'Jehova, quam multi sunt', Z135
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
Anthem 'Let mine eyes run down with tears", Z24
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent olv. Philippe Herreweghe
Anthems & Odes van Purcell | Thu 11 Sep 2014
Anthem 'Lord, how long wilt thou be angry', Z25
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
Anthem 'My heart is inditing', Z30
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
Anthem 'O, Sing unto the Lord, Z44'
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalconsort Berlin
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Barokorkest B'Rock & Vocalconsort Berlin olv. Gary Cooper
Fri 01 Dec 2006
Anthem 'Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem', Z46
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
Anthem 'Rejoice in the Lord Always', Z49
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalconsort Berlin
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Barokorkest B'Rock & Vocalconsort Berlin olv. Gary Cooper
Fri 01 Dec 2006
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent olv. Philippe Herreweghe
Anthems & Odes van Purcell | Thu 11 Sep 2014
Anthem 'Remember not, Lord, our offences', Z50
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
'A Symphony of the Flutes in the Air' uit 'Dioclesian', Z627
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Chaconne uit 'Dido and Aeneas', Z626
Chaconne voor strijkers in g, Z730
Anima Eterna - Jos van Immerseel
von Biber - Hollander - Purcell - Monteverdi - Vivaldi - Lotti - Pergolesi | Wed 01 Apr 1998
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Academy of Ancient Music . Richard Egarr
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Charon the peacefull Shade invides
Julian Prégardien / Teatro del Mondo / Andreas Küppers
Orpheus: songs, arias & madrigals | Fri 22 Oct 2021
'Come ye sons of art', Z323
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Delen uit 'Dido and Aeneas'
Claire Croizé & Etienne Guilloteau (BE/FR)
Dido | Thu 14 Feb 2008
Drie fantasieën
Lindsay String Quartet
Britten - Purcell - Tippett - Elgar | Sat 18 Jan 1997
Duetten en sololiederen van
Sophie Daneman . Christianne Stotijn . Joseph Breinl - UITGESTELD!
Sat 12 Dec 2009
Sophie Daneman . Christianne Stotijn . Joseph Breinl
Fri 14 Jan 2011
'Fairest Isle' uit 'King Arthur'
B'Rock Orchestra / Evgeny Sviridov
Royal Fireworks with Jeanine De Bique. 20 years of B'Rock | Thu 06 Nov 2025
'Fantazia: Three Parts upon a Ground' voor drie violen en continuo, Z731
Anima Eterna - Jos van Immerseel
von Biber - Hollander - Purcell - Monteverdi - Vivaldi - Lotti - Pergolesi | Wed 01 Apr 1998
Funeral Sentences, Z860
Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Dido & Aeneas | Sun 07 Feb 2027
B'Rock & Vox Luminis olv. Lionel Meunier
Dowland, Purcell, Gilles | Thu 17 Nov 2016
Funeral sentences, Z860, Z27, Z17, Z58c
Barokorkest B'Rock & Vocalconsort Berlin olv. Gary Cooper
Fri 01 Dec 2006
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent olv. Philippe Herreweghe
Anthems & Odes van Purcell | Thu 11 Sep 2014
'Hark! how the Songsters of the Grove', uit 'Timon of Athens', Z632
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
'Her charming strains' uit 'Celestial Music did the Gods Inspire', Z322
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
How doth the city sit solitary
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
Hymne 'Beati omnes qui timent Dominum', Z131
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
Hymne 'O, I’m sick of life', Z140
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent olv. Philippe Herreweghe
Anthems & Odes van Purcell | Thu 11 Sep 2014
In the midst of life, Z17a
Vox Luminis / Freiburger BarockConsort / Lionel Meunier
Funeral Anthems | Sun 14 Nov 2021
'In vain the am'rous Flute' uit 'Hail! Bright Cecilia', Z328
King Arthur, Z628
Muziektheater Transparant & Cappella Amsterdam & Barokorkest B'Rock
Arthur (naar H Purcell King Arthur) | Fri 12 Sep 2014
'Man is for the Woman Made' uit 'The Mock Marriage', Z605
Academy of Ancient Music . Richard Egarr
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Man that born of a woman, Z27
Vox Luminis / Freiburger BarockConsort / Lionel Meunier
Funeral Anthems | Sun 14 Nov 2021
'Music for a While' uit 'Oedipus', Z583
Academy of Ancient Music . Richard Egarr
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Sonia Wieder-Atherton . Imogen Cooper
Thu 11 Feb 2010
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
'No, Resistance Is but Vain' uit 'The Maid's Last Prayer', Z601
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Ode 'Arise My Muse', Z320
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Ode 'Hail, bright Cecilia', Z328
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale
Humphrey - Purcell | Thu 09 Nov 1995
Barokorkest B'Rock & Innsbrucker Festivalchor . Timothy Brown
Thu 03 Sep 2009
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent . Philippe Herreweghe
Thu 12 Nov 2009
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment . Cappella Amsterdam . Gustav Leonhardt
Fri 20 Jan 2006
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent olv. Philippe Herreweghe
Anthems & Odes van Purcell | Thu 11 Sep 2014
Ode 'Love's goddess sure was blind', Z331
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
Ode 'Now does the glorious day appear, Z332'
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment . Cappella Amsterdam . Gustav Leonhardt
Fri 20 Jan 2006
Ode 'Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum', Z335
Ode 'Welcome to all the pleasures', Z339
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
Purcell / Odes & Anthems | Tue 23 Sep 1997
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment . Cappella Amsterdam . Gustav Leonhardt
Fri 20 Jan 2006
Ode 'Who Can from Joy Refrain', Z342
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent . Philippe Herreweghe
Thu 12 Nov 2009
Ode 'Why, why are all the muses mute?', Z343
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504
O dive custos - Elegy on the death of the Queen Mary Z504
Vox Luminis / Freiburger BarockConsort / Lionel Meunier
Funeral Anthems | Sun 14 Nov 2021
Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Dido & Aeneas | Sun 07 Feb 2027
'One charming night' uit 'The Fairy Queen', Z629
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Opera 'Dido & Aeneas', Z626
Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Dido & Aeneas | Sun 07 Feb 2027
Jan Decorte & B'Rock . Richard Egarr
Dido & Aeneas van Henry Purcell | Fri 25 Jan 2008 - Sat 26 Jan 2008
Ouverture à 5, Z772
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalconsort Berlin
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Ouverture-Chaconne
Ouverture uit 'Bonduga or the British Heroine', Z574
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalconsort Berlin
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Ouverture uit 'The Tempest', Z631
Pavanne in Bes, Z750
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Prélude en symfonie, Z666 & Z332
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Round O, ZT684
Scènes uit 'The Indian Queen', Z630
New London Consort
Purcell | Fri 24 Nov 1995
Selectie uit anthems
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale
Purcell | Tue 19 Jan 1993
Selectie uit 'Dido and Aeneas', Z626
Academy of Ancient Music . Richard Egarr
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Selectie uit ‘Dido and Aeneas’, Z626
GEANNULEERD B'Rock Orchestra & Choir olv. Andreas Küppers
Leven en Dood / Purcell en Bach |
Selectie uit 'Fantasias'
Quatuor Ébène
Purcell, Ligeti, Schumann | Wed 07 Dec 2022
Selectie uit 'Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary'
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalconsort Berlin
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Selectie uit 'The Fairy Queen', Z629
Academy of Ancient Music . Richard Egarr
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Semi-opera 'The Fairy Queen', Z629
Gabrieli Consort & Players - Paul Mc Creesh
Purcell | Fri 06 Oct 1995
Song 'From silent shades and the Elysian Groves', Z370
Academy of Ancient Music . Richard Egarr
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Song 'If Ever More Riches I Desire', Z544
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Song 'If music be the food of love', Z379
Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leonardo García Alarcón
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Song 'I lov'd fair Celia', Z381
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Song 'O dive custos Auriacae domus', Z504
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
'Strike the viol, touch the lute' uit 'Come ye Sons of Art', S323
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Suite uit 'The Fairy Queen'
Barokorkest B'Rock & Lod . Frank Agsteribbe
Lecture Songs #1 - Een redenaarsconcert 'Adieu to the pleasures' | Fri 22 Jan 2010
Suite uit 'The Gordian Knot Untied', Z597
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalconsort Berlin
Wed 17 Mar 2010
'Sweetness of Nature' uit 'Love's goddess sure was blind', Z331
Ricercar Consort . Philippe Pierlot
Sat 24 Oct 2009
'Te Deum' en 'Jubilate Deo' in D, Z232
Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent . Philippe Herreweghe
Thu 12 Nov 2009
The Indian Queen, Z630
Guy Cassiers / Emmanuelle Haïm / Henry Purcell
The Indian Queen |
Utopia Choir & Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis
Indian Queen | Fri 21 Feb 2025
The modification and instrumentation of a famous hornpipe
Prometheus Ensemble olv. Etienne Siebens
Van Monteverdi tot The Beatles | Wed 14 Mar 2007
The Queen’s funeral Canzona, Z860
Vox Luminis / Freiburger BarockConsort / Lionel Meunier
Funeral Anthems | Sun 14 Nov 2021
The Queen's Funeral March, Z860
Vox Luminis / Freiburger BarockConsort / Lionel Meunier
Funeral Anthems | Sun 14 Nov 2021
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Purcell | Tue 16 Jan 1996
Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale
Purcell | Tue 19 Jan 1993
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333
Thou knowest, Lord Z58b
Vox Luminis / Freiburger BarockConsort / Lionel Meunier
Funeral Anthems | Sun 14 Nov 2021
Three Odes to St. Cecilia
New London Consort
Purcell | Fri 24 Nov 1995

Program booklet

B'Rock & Vox Luminis olv. Lionel Meunier
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Ricercar Consort - Philippe Pierlot
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Koor en orkest Collegium Vocale Gent
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Sophie Daneman, Christianne Stotijn, Joseph Breinl
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B’Rock & Vocalconsort Berlin
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Ainsley - Vignoles
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B'Rock & LOD
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Purcell
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Collegium Vocale Gent
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Muziektheater Transparant - Arthur
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Prometheus Ensemble
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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
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Marco Beasley & Accordone
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Academy of Ancient Music
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Video

Audio

20140912 inleiding Arthur (naar Purcell King Arthur)
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2014
20161117 inleiding B'Rock & Vox Luminis Lionel olv. Meunier
© CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2016
inleiding Koor & Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2014
20131220 inleiding Barokorkest B'Rock & Choeur de Chambre de Namur olv. Leona...
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2013
inleiding Koor en Orkest Collegium Vocale Gent olv. Philippe Herreweghe
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2009
20061201 Muziek: het nieuwe geluid van B'Rock
Radio 1
© VRT 2006
Mezzo / 350 jaar Henry Purcell
Radio 1
© VRT
inleiding Academy of Ancient Music
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2009
inleiding Sonia Wieder-Atherton / Imogen Cooper
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2010
inleiding Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin & Vocalsort Berlin
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2010
inleiding Ricercar Consort
© CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2009
20080125 Inleiding Jan Decorte & B'Rock / Dido & Aeneas
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2008
20100122 inleiding Lecture Song #1 - B'Rock & LOD olv. Frank Agsteribbe
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2010
Inleiding Prometheus Ensemble olv. Etienne Siebens
© © CC BY-SA 4.0 deSingel 2007

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