Programs

Like as the day
Melancholy. Wouldn’t we all choose this word to describe 16th century England? In order to be part of English society 400 years ago, one had to walk through the streets slouched over, absorbed in their own thoughts. These thoughts resulting in heavy facial expressions displaying memories of ancient times. With this painted scenario in mind, Red Rose Four presents their new program, “Like as a day”. The warm sounds created by the unique instruments used by Red Rose Four are the artists behind the brush. In this program, the night  is the stage for prayers of long lost lovers; with songs describing death and the desire for eternal sleep.
The night. She stirs up the deepest sadness, the most desires and the most desperate prayers inside us. Come along with the night and experience the melancholy expressed in songs written by John Dowland, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, and sung by soprano Kitty de Geus. But the night can also be exciting and spooky, watchtowers in the mist – was that a witch flying through the air just then? In conclusion, pull up a chair and join the pleasant company of King Henry VIII, drinking the night away with a nice glass of wine. Because that of course is another side of the night!

 
The King, the Artist and the Beggar
Renaissance music from England, Italy and the Netherlands

A program with music by Tallis, Taverner, Lappi, Isaac and others, with stories about a king (Henry VIII), an artist (Leonardo da Vinci) and a Dutch beggar called Japi.

 
The Concert in the Egg
Music in Flanders and the Netherlands around 1500

Compositions of Isaac, Non Papa and others, around the painting “Het Concert in het Ei” (”The Concert in the Egg”) painted by a descendant of Jheronimus Bosch. With Kitty de Geus (soprano), Liesbeth Vreeburg (harp)and Frank van Oosterhout (narrator).