Music Chapel presents 'HOPE': a concert without public from the Royal Palace in Brussels

At the invitation of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel is pleased to to mark the Belgian National Day with an exceptional digital concert entitled “HOPE” that will be broadcast on 21 July 2020.
As a result of the unprecedented health crisis that has reached all corners of the world, performing artists, musicians among them, have been in lockdown. After three months of isolation, they are now very eager to come together on stage in a highly symbolic venue, the Hall of Mirrors of the Royal Palace in Brussels, in order to perform several chamber music pieces spanning two centuries of history, from Vivaldi and Bach to Offenbach and Fauré. This eclectic concert is bound to delight the online audience, to whom this concert is addressed. More than 20 musicians – including masters in residence at the Music Chapel, artists in residence, associate artists and alumni – will perform together during this concert, an event that is sure to be unforgettable.
This prestigious concert will take place in the Hall of Mirrors of the Royal Palace in Brussels and will be broadcast throughout the Belgian diplomatic network, on the Belgian public channels, on TV5 and on social networks (including the Music Chapel’s YouTube channel) as well as on the Pickx channel of Proximus.
A prestigious national concert and a sign of HOPE for everyone!
Bernard de Launoit – Music Chapel CEO
With the following artists (in alphabetical order):
Riana Anthony, cello - Hrachya Avanesyan, violin - Benedetta Bucci, viola - Alexandra Cooreman, violin - Miguel da Silva, viola - Tristan Driessens, oud - Augustin Dumay, violin - Lekan Fakeye, percussions - Lorenzo Gatto, violin - Marie Hallynck, cello - Yossif Ivanov, violin - Sophie Koch, mezzo soprano - Amalia Kokeza, viola - Louise Kuyvenhoven, soprano –

Isaline Leloup, double bass - Julien Libeer, piano - Philippe Riga, piano - Anouchka Scaillet, violin - Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano - Trio Zadig
Concert program:
A. Vivaldi/ arr. L. Gatto: Concerto No 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, Le quattro stagioni, “L'Estate”
J-S. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056, Largo
L. v. Beethoven: Piano trio in D Major, op. 70 No 1 “Geister trio”, Allegro vivace e con brio
F. Schubert: Quintet in A Major, D. 667 “Die Forelle”, Allegro Vivace (9’30)
J. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, op. 60, III. Andante (9’)
J. Brahms: Zwei Gesänge op. 91, II. Geistliches Wiegenlied
J. Massenet: Elégie
G. Fauré: Après un rêve for violin and piano
J. Offenbach: Barcarolle
G. Gershwin: Summertime
G. F. Haendel/J.Halvorsen: Passacaglia in G minor for Violin and Cello
J. Brahms: String Sextet No 1 in B-flat Major, op. 18, Allegro ma non troppo

We would like to thank ING, Proximus, Ginion, the National Lottery, the « Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles », the « Province du Brabant Wallon », the private Foundations, corporate partners and Maecenas for their support in all the projects of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.

[moniquelandrieux]

Wah! Super style ! C'est comme si c'était une nouvelle musique ! Bravo, j'adore ♥️

[clara.y.k]

That’s excellent. I’m very impressed. Thank you.

[tloondo]

Des moments tout simplement magnifiques et magiques!

[schoolcoach]

Thanks for this AWESOME GIFT! FYI, my self-contained medically fragile and differently abled class will be creating art as part of an inaugural Music: Intro to Rhythm and Vocal Performance Workshop in the virtual classroom at my special day school within the nation's second largest school district. In my dreams beyond COVID-19, these musicians would appear via ZOOM to introduce each piece. Even in the dark days of an earlier pandemic/war/ economic multicrisis, music saved lives...may it ALWAYS BE SO! 7.21.2020

[ronaldguttman]

Très bonne acoustique et belle interpretation...quelle bonne idée!
Vive notre Belgique!
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