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25 April 2017, second Forestiade: see the programme and save the date!

After the success of the first Forestiade*, and to keep the Easter bells singing, we’ve managed to recruit more young talented musicians who will bring us a great programme on this occasion:

  • Emmy Wils (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor “Appassionata”.
  • Thomas Van Caekenberghe, Charly Delbecq (barytone, piano)
    Shostakovich: 4 Romances on Poems by Pushkin; Lieder and folk songs by Diepenbrock, Brahms, Britten and Manuel de Falla.
  • Jeroen Vernimmen, Phyllis Bartholomeus, Emmy Wils (violin, cello, piano) Shostakovitch: Piano Trio No. 1
  • Esther Kouwenhoven, Elias van Dyck,  (soprano, piano)  Samuel Barber: vocal and piano works.
  • Josefina Enfedaque, Emmy Wils (soprano, piano) Frederic Mompou: “Damunt de tu només les flors”.

This romantic & 20th-century programme will be complemented, as usual, by any spontaneous contribution to the after-show. Come and bring your music with you!

Our musical evening will take place on a Tuesday this time, so we will start much earlier:

Tuesday 25 April 2017

Drinks and food as from 18:30 – Music starts at 19:30

Bottles and tips are always welcome.

RSVP before Monday 24 April at forestiades@gmail.com or by filling this form.

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31 March 2017: Soirée musicale de printemps

31 March 2017: Soirée musicale de printemps

To celebrate our first Forestiade and this lovely springtime weather, we will sing some Schubert, noblesse oblige! We will also enjoy a broad selection of pieces ranging from Baroque music to Shostakovitch. With warm thanks to the chamber music students of the Brussels Music Conservatory.

  • Joachim Jamaer (cello) Bach: Cello solo suites (extracts)
  • Alexander Declercq (piano) Liszt: Dante sonata
  • Nina Sené (piano) and soprano   –  program to be confirmed –
  • Joachim Jamaer and Yanna Delens (cello, piano)
    Shostakovitch: Cello sonata.
  • Emmy Wils, Félix Gros and Josefina Enfedaque (piano, clarinet, soprano)
    Schubert: “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” – (The Shepherd on the Rock)

Impromptu performances from participants and audience are of course always encouraged! 

There will be tapas, pizza and plenty of drinks, but a nice bottle of wine is always welcome!

31 March 2017   at   20:00

RSVP by Thursday 30 March 5pm at forestiades@gmail.com or by filling this form.

What’s a Forestiade?

FeaturedWhat’s a Forestiade?

Forestiades: Informal concerts, recitals and jam sessions among friends, organised in Forest, Brussels. [Derived from: Schubertiades ‘informal gatherings, held at private homes, to celebrate the music of Franz Schubert’  and: 1190 Forest (Vorst) ‘one of the 19 districts in the city of Brussels’.]

Les Forestiades are inspired by all that great fun that Schubert & friends had in Vienna during their very animated musical evenings, as judging by their faces in the pictures! Our soirées musicales, though, are not limited to Schubert’s works, or even to classical music. They may also include some jazz, Spanish music and other sociable pastimes, such as plastic and performing arts, games, drinks and food. Continue reading “What’s a Forestiade?” →