Concerti Armonici played by La Sfera Armoniosa

Count Unico van Wassenaer was born in Twickel Castle in the Netherlands. His six beautiful Concerti Armonici, composed between 1725 and 1740, had always been attributed to the Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. The count wished to stay anonymous so Walsh published the Concerti in 1755 without mentioning his name. Only in the 20th century the count was unmasked when the manuscript of the Concerti Armonici was found in the archives of Twickel Castle.

La Sfera Armoniosa:
Violin 1 Lidewij van der Voort
Violin 2 Kano Imada
Violin 3 Lucia Tomoe Badiarova
Violin 4 Anna Jane Lester
Viola Esther van der Eyk
Cello 1 Octavie Dostaler Lalonde
Cello 2 Jacopo Ristori
Double Bass Severiano Paoli
Harpsichord Teun Braken
Theorbo Mike Fentross

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 from government subsidies, 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!

Would you rather just visit this concert without becoming a member? Feel free to buy a ticket below, and you're still more than welcome in the club house!