Performance of works including Poulenc’s Cello Sonata at the Dutch Embassy.

Jan Brokken reads from his book 'De Rechtvaardigen', about the rescue of many Jews from the Baltic States in World War 2. Lidy an Tobias accompany the story with Hebrew music.

During the story night you meet people from different centuries through theater and music. All this in special, secret and enchanting locations.

With a.o. Moussorgsky Paintings of an Exhibition

Jan Brokken reads from his work, Lidy an Tobias accompany the story with Lidy's arrangement of Moussorgsky's Pictures of an Exhibition.

Literary Concert with Tobias Borsboom (piano) and Jan Brokken (writer).  With Lidy's arrangement of Moussorgsky, Paintings of an Exhibition, and Jan Brokken's  story.

Performance during the final concert.

Christmas recital. Artist in residence-concert. Lidy Blijdorp (cello), Alexandr Shaikin (piano) and Yunmo Zhang (flute).

with pianist Tobias Borsboom Presentation of our new cd with cello-piano works by Franck, Debussy, Boulanger and Vermeulen. We delve into the world of the Société Nationale de Musique in this programme of late-romantic and early modern French chamber music. César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano was transcribed, with the composer’s approval, by Jules Delsart. Nadia Boulanger’s Trois Pièces for cello and piano date from 1914. These lyrical and playfully virtuosic works are proof of the master pedagogue's extraordinary talent for composition. Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano conjures up images of nocturnal encounters, in a form and proportions that are almost classical. A performance of this Sonata in Amsterdam in 1918 after Debussy’s death inspired Dutch composer Matthijs Vermeulen to write a cello sonata of his own. Shortly after, Vermeulen moved to France, where he would work as a journalist and keep composing until after the Second World War. With seven symphonies and a wide array of chamber music works to his name, we present Vermeulen's Sonate pour violoncelle et piano here.

Works by Bach, Beach, and Bacewicz.

Temple de Port Royal avec pianist Tobias Borsboom On explore l'univers de la Société Nationale de Musique dans ce programme consacré à la musique de chambre française de la fin du romantisme et du début du modernisme. La Sonate pour violon et piano de César Franck a été transcrite, avec l'accord du compositeur, par Jules Delsart. Les Trois Pièces pour violoncelle et piano de Nadia Boulanger datent de 1914. Ces œuvres lyriques et virtuoses sont la preuve du talent extraordinaire de la grande pédagogue en matière de composition. La Sonate pour violoncelle et piano de Debussy évoque des images de rencontres nocturnes, dans une forme et des proportions quasiment classiques. Une interprétation de cette sonate à Amsterdam en 1918, après la mort de Debussy, a poussé le compositeur néerlandais Matthijs Vermeulen à écrire sa propre sonate pour violoncelle. Peu après, il s'installe en France, où il travaille comme journaliste et continue à composer jusqu'après la Seconde Guerre mondiale : sept symphonies et un large éventail d'œuvres de musique de chambre sont à son catalogue. Nous présentons ici sa Sonate pour violoncelle et piano. We delve into the world of the Société Nationale de Musique in this programme of late-romantic and early modern French chamber music. César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano was transcribed, with the composer’s approval, by Jules Delsart. Nadia Boulanger’s Trois Pièces for cello and piano date from 1914. These lyrical and playfully virtuosic works are proof of the master pedagogue's extraordinary talent for composition. Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano conjures up images of nocturnal encounters, in a form and proportions that are almost classical. A performance of this Sonata in Amsterdam in 1918 after Debussy’s death inspired Dutch composer Matthijs Vermeulen to write a cello sonata of his own. Shortly after, Vermeulen moved to France, where he would work as a journalist and keep composing until after the Second World War. With seven symphonies and a wide array of chamber music works to his name, We present Vermeulen's Sonate pour violoncelle et piano here.