12 - 16 FEBRUARY 2020
NIEUWE KERK DEN HAAG
BEETHOVEN
CONCERTS LECTURES FILMS
A FREE-THINKING, UNCONVENTIONAL, GROUNDBREAKING VISIONARY
Stephanie Desjardins
Pieter van Loenen
Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre
Isabelle van Keulen
Jozef De Beenhouwer
Alexander Warenberg
Thomas Hoppe
Quirine Viersen
Gideon den Herder
Aidan Mikdad
Alon Sariel
Tobias Borsboom
Fritz Pahlmann
Hannah Strijbos
Elisa Karen Tavenier
Ensemble 4.1
Nikola Meeuwsen
Jörg Schneider
Simply Quartet
Enrico Pace
Tim Brackman
Gijsbert Kok
Antje Weithaas
Peter Gijsbertsen
Silvia Careddu
Alexander Glücksmann
Peter Nilsson
Pieter de Koe
Ishay Shaer
Christoph Knitt
Concerts in de Nieuwe Kerk
Beethoven and the liberation of the string player
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Ensemble 4.1 | Quirine Viersen cello | Enrico Pace piano | Simply Quartet | First Prize Winner Dutch Violin Competition
8 p.m. | de Nieuwe Kerk
Listening to Beethoven's chamber music for string players one of the things you can't help but notice is how modern he was as a composer. For Beethoven, this idiom lent itself perfectly to experimentation with timbres and textures. His quest for innovative harmonies largely determined the way these works progressed, and sometimes even their form. There is, however, one thing they share: an unprecedented wealth of expression!
Profound thoughts on Heiligenstadt
Thursday 13 February 2020
Pieter van Loenen violin | Tobias Borsboom piano | Stephanie Desjardins soprano | Peter Nilsson piano | Nikola Meeuwsen piano | Aidan Mikdad piano | Ishay Shaer piano | Simply Quartet | Ensemble 4.1 | Antje Weithaas violin | Isabelle van Keulen viola | Hannah Strijbos viola | Quirine Viersen cello
8 p.m. | de Nieuwe Kerk
Making use of unprecedented resources, Beethoven is able to astonish us not only by pleasing his listeners, but also by grabbing their attention and keeping them at the edge of their seats. A trivial little theme challenged him to compose a brilliant variation. Here, we encounter Beethoven in a cheerful mood, precisely at the turn of the century, looking back at the musical achievements of this period but with one foot already planted firmly in the turbulent early Romantic era.
Beethoven through the eyes of Liszt
Friday 14 February 2020
Enrico Pace & Nikola Meeuwsen piano
4.30 p.m. | de Nieuwe Kerk
Beethoven wrote for eternity, for everyone yet for nobody. The fact that he was able to write such powerful and exceptionally revolutionary music despite the atrocious handicap of his deafness is simply astonishing.
Beethoven's muses
Friday 14 February 2020
Alexander Warenberg cello | Nikola Meeuwsen piano | Alon Sariel mandolin | Ishay Shaer piano | Peter Gijsbertsen tenor | Jozef De Beenhouwer piano | Silvia Careddu flute | Alexander Glücksmann clarinet | Simply Quartet | Pieter de Koe cello | Elise Karen Tavenier viola | Tim Brackman violin | Antje Weithaas violin | Quirine Viersen cello | Thomas Hoppe piano
8.00 p.m. | de Nieuwe Kerk
Beethoven is bursting with life. With a proud, rhythmic gait and contentious harmonies Beethoven shows his audience how he is coping with his impending deafness. His music evokes, above all, strong emotions.
Ingenious counterpoint and profound concentration
Saturday 15 February 2020
Simply Quartet | Alon Sariel mandolin | Ishay Shaer piano | Antje Weithaas violin | Symfonieorkest Koninklijk Conservatorium | Silvia Careddu flute | Ensemble 4.1 | Peter Nilsson piano | Stephanie Desjardins soprano | Pieter de Koe cello
7.30 p.m. | de Nieuwe Kerk
Beethoven’s imagination knows no bounds. As a composer, he is in his element: playful and immensely skilled, with a turbulent energy and depth of feeling. Continually striving to write the perfect chamber music work; the great Bach as his ultimate teacher always looking over his shoulder.
A creator of immortal works
Sunday 16 February 2020
Silvia Careddu flute | Jörg Schneider oboe | Alexander Glücksmann clarinet | Christoph Knitt bassoon | Fritz Pahlmann French horn | Ishay Shaer piano | Antje Weithaas violin | Isabelle van Keulen viola | Gideon den Herder cello | Peter Nilsson piano | Stephanie Desjardins soprano | Gijsbert Kok organ
3.00 p.m. | de Nieuwe Kerk
Beethoven’s works stand out through their original form, emotionally charged content, astonishing musical variation and inspiration, highly unusual harmonies and a spiritual dimension. Immerse yourself once again in the depths of Beethoven’s soul.