Looking forward to another weekend with the medieval women’s group La Noeva, ‘en résidence’ at the Abbaye de Leffe here in Belgium. We will continue our preparations for two programmes that we will be performing in the fall: El Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, 14th century songs for pilgrims, and Nowel, Nowel. What a pleasure! Find […]
Last Sunday Aquarius12, under the inspired baton of Marc Michael De Smet, began a series of concerts in Flanders. The programme combines Hugo Distler works for chorus with violin duets by Bela Bartok and poetry by the late, great Paul Van Ostaijen. Next up is the Lakenhal on the Grote Markt in Herentals: this Friday […]
Last weekend La Noeva, a medieval ensemble of women’s voices with whom I sing, took part in “En Chemin”. This extraordinary, impressive show was put together by Sacred Places to celebrate 10 years since the founding of Open Churches Belgium. It was an amazing, unforgettable experience! We shared the stage with pilgrims, Japanese drummers, dancers, […]
I have not been keeping up to date with my blogs! In my defence, it has been a very busy summer. We took our new Kurt and the Sophisticated Lady programme, Weill at Sea to England for its première performance on Saturday July 22nd. We were appearing for the fourth year running as part of Roger […]
