Ensemble Nova Sonantia at Kaarslicht in de Kerk

Wednesday evening, July 3, 2024: as part of Classical "kaarslicht in de kerk," a fantastic performance by Ensemble Nova Soantia, supplemented by Jelte van Andel (double bass) and Mattias Spee (piano).

Location: Nicolaaskerk, Vlieland.

The Melopee Foundation, founded in 2021, organizes successful concerts throughout the Netherlands. The collaboration with the Nicolaaskerk Vlieland Foundation has resulted in a performance by this string quartet on the island.

Special this time is the participation of Mattias Spee as piano soloist. This pianist not only studied piano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, but also composition and contemporary music. He has won numerous prizes, including at the Princess Christina Competition, the Steinway Piano Competition, the Rotterdam Piano Three Days and the Friends Culture Prize. One of the composers whose work will be played is Illia Bondarenko, an internationally acclaimed violinist and composer who organized a Zoom concert from a bomb shelter in Kyiv with violinists from all over the world.

Starts at 8:30 PM. 

This concert takes place in collaboration with the Melopee Foundation and with the cooperation of the Hans Henkemans Foundation. 

Below is the program: 

Floris Heijdra: Travel to the Forty-two (string quartet)

Benno Bonke: Clean Machine (string quartet)

Ramin Amin Tafreshi: Miniature for string quartet

Mattias Spee: Calimero (piano)

Hans Henkemans: Sonatina for piano

Mattias Spee: Loria (piano + strings)

Pause 

Illia Bondarenko: 2nd string quartet 

Benno Bonke: part II Intermezzo from Si vis pacem para musicam (piano)

Hans Henkemans: Concerto for piano and strings

Tickets can be reserved via nicolaaskerk-vlieland.nl.