BEETHOVEN'S IMMORTAL MUSIC
Dutch String Collective - Music from a performance in the making
Please note: this concert will take place at the Uilenburgersjoel, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91.
Marieke de Bruijn is working on a new performance about Ludwig van Beethoven, about the woman of whom the legendary composer said on his deathbed: “... for me there was only one....” Who was she?
In spring 1812, Beethoven wrote a passionate letter to his Unsterbliche Geliebte, or Immortal Beloved. He never sent the handwritten letter of no less than 10 pages; the letter was found after his death. For centuries, scientists have disputed who this woman could be. Marieke is researching the dramatic love story behind the letter and is creating a performance about it that will be played in theaters in 2025. In this Splendor members concert she plays the works of Beethoven that are used in the performance, together with the Dutch String Collective and Jonathan Waleson.
Marieke de Bruijn, & tba, violin
Mark Mulder, viola
Jos Teeken, cello
Jonathan Waleson, piano
Member concert
Splendor can only be the independent and free hub that it is, thanks to the members who support us. We pay them back with our specialty: music. Every year, all Splendor musicians play one concert that's free for this crucial group to whom Splendor owes its everyday existence. Combined with many other events, this means that our members have free entrance to about 80 concerts a year for €9,99 p/m (and €4,99 p/m for minima and students!) – and receive a discount for all other concerts. Pretty good deal, right?
The members enable Splendor to remain independent, which is the only way to secure real freedom in programming, experimentation, risk-taking and the promotion of young, upcoming artists. If you can think of another place without a central programming, where last-minute concerts can be planned any moment, where there is no backstage and artists and audience are constantly mingling and hanging out at the bar, where mysterious creative outbursts can be presented that are often labeled 'too risky' elsewhere, and that still guarantees high quality by unleashing the best of The Netherlands' music scene in this creative playground – you get a free membership!
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