This month, you can listen to concert recordings that we made during the eighth edition of the Muze van Zuid festival. The festival took place in Amsterdam from September 10-14 and had the theme Amsterdam-Zuid: Free Port for Music.
During the festival, top musicians, local residents and artists presented a varied programme of classical music, jazz, cabaret and groundbreaking crossovers. The Concertzender recorded twelve of these special performances and is broadcasting them in November in four episodes of the programme Concertzender Live.
If you attended this wonderful festival, you can relive it with these broadcasts. If you missed the festival, this is your chance to experience the diversity, quality and pleasure of the concerts that could be heard during this edition of Muze van Zuid.
Friday 7 November, 14:00 CET Concertzender Live
- Thijs Willers in the Concertgebouw. Lunch concert with works by Henriëtte Bosman, Joey Roukens, Frédéric Chopin and Sergej Rachmaninoff.
- From Deshima to Debussy. In the Thomaskerk, pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi and recorder player Juho Myllylä delve into the Japanese inspiration for Debussy and his admirer Rudolf Escher, together with works by Boris Bezemer, Ryohei Hirose, Raivis Misjuns and François Rossé.
- First part of The Heavenly Lyre. The VU Chamber Choir conducted by Krista Krista Audere and harpist Joost Willemze performed in the Obrechtkerk. A celebration where song and strings converge with the musical heritage and hidden splendor of the Obrechtkerk. The concert includes a tribute to Etty Hillesum, Kate Moore and choral works by major composers featuring street names in Amsterdam-Zuid.
Friday 14 November, 14:00 CET, Concertzender Live
- A celebration of polyphony in the Old Catholic Church. The Hollands Collectief sings music by composers after whom streets in Amsterdam-Zuid are named: Jacob Obrecht, Orlando Lassus, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Catherine of Rennes.
- Sumi-e: The Art of Omission, three musical friends in the Thomaskerk. Johannette Zomer, Maarten Ornstein and Mike Fentross perform their own arrangements of Arvo Pärt, J.S. Bach, and Reynaldo Hahn, as well as playing new works by Maarten Ornstein that are based on texts by Sappho and from Japanese poetry.
- First Part of the Closing concert in the Vondelkerk. Solisten onder de festivalmusici gaven samen het slotconcert van deze editie van Muze van Zuid. Part 1: violinist Shannon Lee, performing works by Eugène Ysaÿe and others.
Friday 21 November, 14:00 CET, Concertzender Live
- Lucy Legeland with Driftwood Heads: De Pijp before De Pijp. In the Oranjekerk, Lucy and her men from the Weijland Company sing about Doggerland – a sunken world beneath the North Sea. A vibrant cabaret performance in an authentic style.
- Yurina Hamano and Hirosato Ito: Lunch concert: Japanese folk singing with jazz guitar in the Thomaskerk. Songs about love and loss from Japanese traditions, performed with influences from jazz and improvisation. A contemporary take on compositions rooted in the old style of ‘Minyo’.
- Second part of The Heavenly Lyre. The VU Chamber Choir conducted by Krista Krista Audere and harpist Joost Willemze performed in the Obrechtkerk. A celebration where song and strings converge with the musical heritage and hidden splendor of the Obrechtkerk. The concert includes a tribute to Etty Hillesum, Kate Moore and choral works by major composers featuring street names in Amsterdam-Zuid.
- Second part of the Closing concert in the Vondelkerk. Soloists among the festival musicians performed together during the final concert of this edition of Muze van Zuid. Part 2: harpist Joost Willemze, featuring works by Gabriel Pierné and others.
Friday 28 November, 14:00 CET, Concertzender Live
- Theo Volente: Jazz concert, in the Orgelpark. A jazz concert starring Theo Loevendie. A few days after the concert, Theo turned 95. He celebrated his birthday during Muze van Zuid with young talent and his regular team of jazz musicians, including Ketija Ringa Karahona, Guus Janssen, Maarten van der Grinten, David Guerreiro Dominguez, Joost Lijbaart and Yuri Honing.
Friday 5 December, 14:00 CET, Concertzender Live (link will follow soon)
- Sibil.la Ensemble: Echoes of Holland: Amsterdam 1275-2025 in the Vondelkerk. A reimagining of the musical life of Amsterdam, from the birth of the city to contemporary new music. City composers from then to now, from Hadewijch of Brabant to Louis Andriessen.
- Third part of The Heavenly Lyre. The VU Chamber Choir conducted by Krista Krista Audere and harpist Joost Willemze performed in the Obrechtkerk. A celebration where song and strings converge with the musical heritage and hidden splendor of the Obrechtkerk. The concert includes a tribute to Etty Hillesum, Kate Moore and choral works by major composers featuring street names in Amsterdam-Zuid.
- Third part of the Closing concert in the Vondelkerk. Soloists among the festival musicians performed together during the final concert of this edition of Muze van Zuid. Part 3: classical accordionist Maksym Ovsiienko performing works by Moritz Moszkowski and others.
Listen to our recordings every day in Concertzender Live
