Bitter/Sweet

Conductor and recorder icon Frans Brüggen (1934-2014) changed the image of the recorder forever and inspired many recorder players and ensembles in the Netherlands and abroad. He also founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and was at the basis of the authentic performance practice. Nevertheless, Brüggen very much loved new music as well. His close friend and prominent composer Louis Andriessen wrote various works especially for him. His own orchestra is now presenting a concert in which the love of both the old and the new can be heard. It is aided in this by Cappella Amsterdam and the talented recorder player Lucie Horsch, who was awarded the prestigious Nederlandse Muziekprijs (Dutch Music Award) during this concert. The program was performed live specifically to be recorded on video - unfortunately to a nearly empty room due to current circumstances. The program includes the classic Brüggen repertoire, such as his personal interpretation of the Flute concerto in D Major, which Bach in fact never wrote and is composed of other work by Bach, and Sweet, an animated recorder solo that Andriessen wrote for Brüggen. Among other things, Cappella Amsterdam will perform the heartrending Nymphes des bois by Josquin des Prez, which was written to commemorate his musical friend. Besides Sweet, some other rarely performed compositions by Louis Andriessen, Un beau baiser and Sarabande from ...miserere.... will be played as well.