Are you an enthusiastic chorister and have you always wanted to sing with Holland Baroque? Register as interested via the button below for the choir weekend in Ede. You will then receive all the information after which you can register.
Led by choral conductors Philipp Ahmann, Tineke Steenbrink and Alexandros Kavvadas, and in collaboration with the fantastic ensemble Holland Baroque, you will work intensively for three days on beautiful repertoire in an atmospheric, musical setting. You will work in three choirs, which will be combined for certain pieces. So you will sing in a choir of about 40 singers and also with 120 singers.
Holland Baroque will play along!
Programme
G.F. Händel – My song shall be alway
Williams Hayes – Lo a blue tempest and The 100th Psalm
Brabantse 17th Century manuscripts – Triumpha Triumpha
Albert de Klerk – Pater Noster
Daniël Lohues – Als de liefde maar blijft winnen
Herman Hollanders – O Vos Omnes
Herman Finkers – Credo and Agnus Dei
Surinamese Traditional – Adonai
John Rutter – For the Beauty of the Earth
Benedictus à Sancto Josepho – Stabat Mater
César Cui – L’onde est endormie
Marcelle de Manziarly – Amour
Beatrice Corona – Corazon, Coraza
0 Date: 5-7 September
0 Location: Ede
0 Who can apply: Advanced amateur singers of all voice groups
0 Closing: A festive concert with live accompaniment by Holland Baroque
0 Application deadline: June 15th
Philipp Ahmann, after serving as principal conductor at NDR Vokalensemble in Hamburg and then the MDR Radio Choir in Leipzig, has been appointed principal conductor of the WDR Radio Choir in Cologne from season 2025-2026. Holland Baroque invited him in 2022 for the celebration of Utrecht900 where he conducted an unforgettable concert bringing together Holland Baroque, the Dutch Bach Society, members of the Nederlands Kamerkoor, Kathedrale Koorschool Utrecht and children from the School for Young Talent Suriname.
Alexandros Kavvadas, born in Athens, Greece, is a conductor and musician with an extensive background in piano, harmony and choral conducting. A versatile musician, he covers a wide repertoire that includes choral works, oratorios and operas from the Renaissance to the 21st century. In recent years, he has developed a particular passion for baroque music and historically informed performance practices. This interest led to the creation of Le Concert Étésien in 2022. He currently conducts Cappella Concinite (Leuven), Choir Bach Academy Alden Biesen, Choir Vagantes Morborum (Bruges) and the Amabile Choir (Pelt).
As artistic director, harpsichordist and organist, Tineke Steenbrink, together with her sister Judith Steenbrink, is the beating heart of Holland Baroque. She also conducts vocal ensembles and choirs. For instance, she is annually involved as conductor in the Festival Choir of Batenburg Baroque Festival and she recently conducted the students of the Conservatoire National de Paris.
