Timetable
Regular program 
Kids program
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Julien Libeer, Rosanne Philippens & Friends
 César Franck’s Piano Quintet Julien Libeer - piano Julien Libeer is something of our unofficial artist in residence. Every day he and his amazing fingers are sure to turn up somewhere or other. On Het Veld, he’ll be performing in a group of five, the combination needed for César Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor. This work is one of the fiery pinnacles of Franck’s modest oeuvre. ‘A veritable explosion’, as fellow composer Edouard Lalo once said. |
Camerata Trajectina
 From Amsterdam’s ring of canals to the countryside Hieke Meppelink - soprano Celebrated Dutch poet Bredero’s Comical, Amorous and Religious Great Song Book dates from the Dutch Golden Age. These texts – written in a rural dialect from the outskirts of Amsterdam – are uniquely set to that era’s hippest French and Italian melodies. Go ahead and chuckle at these naughty and farcical lyrics. Here, the famous Camerata Trajectina creates a theatrical concert delightfully combining singing, instrumental improvisations and variations on a ground bass. |
Victor Julien-Laferrière & Théo Fouchenneret
 Dvořák and Rachmaninoff Victor Julien-Laferrière - cello Last year, for the first time, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels was devoted to the cello. The Frenchman Victor Julien-Laferrière (1990) was the winner, and the jury praised his precise and breathtaking restraint. Expect no raw emotions from this appealing cellist; just an intimate musical experience shared with the audience. On this evening’s programme are Dvořák’s dreamy Waldesruhe and Rachmaninoff’s sumptuous Sonata for Piano and Cello. |
Calefax & Eric Vloeimans
On The Spot Oliver Boekhoorn - oboe Calefax is a group that will be appearing at Wonderfeel in various guises. This reed quintet enjoys thinking outside the box. Together with trumpeter Eric Vloeimans, they’ll be having an inspiring tussle on the boundaries between classical music, early baroque, jazz and improvisation. Plenty of ethnic influences will be blended in seamlessly. Paul Janssen, in the magazine Luister, called On the Spot, ‘a tremendous programme’ |
Wonderfeel Festival Orchestra
 Schumann´s Konzertstück Johannes Leertouwer, conductor Shortly after the invention of the modern French horn, Schumann put four of thes hyped-up hunting horns on stage in his Konzertstück (1849). What a celebration it is to hear these insturments excelling on all fronts. That makes this piece the perfect curtain raiser for Wonderfeel 2018! With Johannes Leertouwer, as usual, wielding the baton. |
The Secret Diary of Nora Plain
 Ragazze Quartet & Nora Fischer Nora Fischer - soprano The Secret Diary of Nora Plain features a young woman who is struggling to maintain autonomy in a society that is pushing itself into her most profound thoughts and feelings. In this song cycle full of sultry string sounds and surprising jazz rhythms, the adventurous Nora Fischer plays out her namesake’s heartrending struggle with privacy, paranoia and eroticism. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ian Richter
 Get caught up in the bigger picture. ‘Unpretentious, quiet and reflective. He draws you in with quietude.’ (Jazz Weekly) Total Absorption A Smorgasbord – baritone saxophonist Ian Richter compares his programme to a Scandinavian buffet because he has plenty of tasty options on offer. In this case, they’re all compositions spanning the last fifty years. The centrepiece is Total Absorption, Perry Goldstein’s flashy work with a solid groove. There’s also Kevin Clark’s weighty Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a poem full of unrequited desire. It does’t get much more varied than this! |
Sinan Arat & Alper Kekeç
 ‘Ah, ney, the reed that bends.’ Sinan Arat - fluit The Turkish flutist Sinan Arat was a guest at last November’s Turning East Festival in Amsterdam. Now, during his Wonderfeel appearance, percussionist Alper Kekeç will be offering him rhythmic support. In addition to the ney – a flute made of cane – Arat will also play the Indian bansuri, which is made of bamboo. Arat delves into ancient Ottoman and Indian traditions – both musical and literary – for his improvisations: ‘Ah, ney the reed that bends, ah ney, so sings my heart.’ |
Groovetrotters
 Percussion theatre for young and old Claudio Spieler - percussion, vocal percussion When a world-famous percussionist encounters a drumming street sweeper, a few problems ensue. But with a little help from the audience – who are enlisted to lend a rhythmc hand – these lads soon discover they have more in common then they thought. Experience a performance full of infectious enthusiasm for young and old, featuring percussion music from many cultures and subcultures.
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Maarja Nuut
 In the Hold of a Dream Maarja Nuut - violin, voice, keyboard and live looping Old and new meet halfway when you combine traditional dance melodies, songs and stories from Estonia, with electronics. Central to the music of the Estonian violinist and vocalist Maarja Nuut are her constant experiments with live loopings – right on stage. This ‘state of being’ ensures that she always remains ‘in the moment.’ And that’s important, because: ‘It’s always now: old songs are just as contemporary as improvisations thought up on the spot.’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tosca Opdam
 Riddles Tosca Opdam - violin The Amsterdam violinist Tosca Opdam currently resides in New York, where she studied at the Juilliard School. Perhaps that’s the reason she hasn’t been seen around here much, even though she won the Dutch Oscar Back Competition in 2011. Now she’s back, with her ‘disarming musical personality’ (according to the Volkskrant). She’ll be playing Bach, Korngold and Andriessen; all these pieces contain mysteries which ‘inspire listening to the music between the notes, beyond the notes, and beyond reach.’ |
Bára Sigfúsdóttir & Eivind Lønning
 Bára Sigfúsdóttir - dance Eivind Lønning - trumpet In TIDE, Icelandic Bára Sigfúsdóttir’s contemporary dance meets the experimental music of Norwegian trumpeter Eivind Lønning, and that produces some surprising moments. This duo understands the art of engaging with audiences through interactions, friction, parallels and visual and auditory contradictions. This collaboration stimulates the senses and triggers the imagination. |
Maya Fridman – Dutch Classical Talent 18/19
 The Fiery Angel Maya Fridman - cello Prokofiev’s opera The Fiery Angel deals with an unhappy love that’s taken a bizarre turn. Maya Fridman, a classical cellist with a soft spot for folk, rock and jazz, was so enthralled by the story and music that she created this arrangement, which homes in on the strongly symbolic and remarkably human aspects of the story. Have you ever been madly in love? Then this tale is for you. |
Daan Vandewalle
 Songs of Insurrection Daan Vandewalle - piano You could describe Frederic Rzewski’s Songs of Insurrection (2016) as protest songs for piano. This American composer takes his inspiration from social unrest, and his musical pamphlets are often direct indictments against oppressors, tyrants and other riff-raff. The works are strident where necessary, melancholy where need be, but empathetic and shoulder-to-shoulder to the bitter end. |
Asko|Schönberg & K[h]AOS
![Asko|Schönberg & K[h]AOS](https://www.wonderfeel.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/AskoSchnberg-foto-Ada-Nieuwendijk-naamsvermelding-fotograaf-verplicht.jpg) Op-en-Veld Staging & choreography: Boukje Schweigmann All these pieces play with light, time and space: Adams’ The Light Within, an ode to Turrell’s light art; the work of Tenney, which uses minimal shifts in sound to take listeners on a journey; and Hout (Wood) by Andriessen, a work that elevates composed deceleration into an art form. Theatre maker Boukje Schweigmann goes even further and lets Asko|Schönberg & K[ h]AOS move throughout the space. This allows them to play with listeners’ visual and auditory perceptions, precisely as the sun is setting on the horizon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
De Stilte
 3x3 Dance and music for YOUNG AND OLD Dance creator: Félix Duméril You may see a dancer and a musician, but is this dance set to music? In 3 x 3 minutes, young artists improvise on a dance floor measuring 3 m x 3 m, creating a work of Gesamtkunst well outside their comfort zone. To put it simply: you won’t believe your ears after being bombarded by these surprising images. Afterwards, the kids in the audience will be invited to put their experience into words. |
De Stilte
 3x3 Dance and music for YOUNG AND OLD Dance creator: Félix Duméril You may see a dancer and a musician, but is this dance set to music? In 3 x 3 minutes, young artists improvise on a dance floor measuring 3 m x 3 m, creating a work of Gesamtkunst well outside their comfort zone. To put it simply: you won’t believe your ears after being bombarded by these surprising images. Afterwards, the kids in the audience will be invited to put their experience into words. |
Veronika Skuplik & Andreas Ahrend
 Silk & tweed Veronika Skuplik - violin Venetian silk meets Norfolk tweed: this programme, compiled by internationally renowned baroque musicians Veronika Skuplik and Andreas Arend, uses music to reconstruct the journey made by the Neapolitan violinist Nicola Matte. This virtuoso travelled at the end of the 17th century to Norwich, where his Italian style became such a massive hit that he never left. With music by Vivaldi, Playford, Finger, and even some inspired contributions from the lutanist. |
Verso: Matthijs Koene & Stefan Gerritsen
 Bartok, Piazzolla, Dowland, Paganini Matthijs Koene - pan flute Matthijs Koene and Stefan Gerritsen met by chance late one night at the music conservatory’s coffee machine. For the past 12 years, they’ve performed together as Verso, a duo making numerous international tours, winning prizes in Barcelona and Italy along the way. Together, they play music by Bartok, Piazzolla, Dowland and Paganini. They’re also committed to creating an autonomous body of repertoire for their unique combination of instruments. |
Minho Jeong & Jasper Bärtling-Lippina
 Go, crystal tears Minho Jeong - alto Minho Jeong is a fantastic young male alto from South Korean who is rapidly making a name for himself with various prominent baroque ensembles, including Holland Baroque and the Gesualdo Consort. Rightly so, because as a finalist at the 2012 Bach Competition in Leipzig, he sang himself right to the top. This programme focuses on the melancholy 17th-century lute songs of Dowland and Campion. Jasper Bärtling-Lippina will accompany him on the lute. |
Walid Ben Selim & Jaber Fayad
 Sufi poetry with a twist Walid Ben Selim - voice The Moroccan singer and poet Walid Ben Selim and the Syrian lute player Jaber Fayad present spiritual Sufi poetry set to music. But the substance of their programme revolves around peace and freedom; no surprise when you consider they met in a Dutch centre for asylum seekers in 2016. One thing is cerain: you’re sure to succumb to the golden sound of Walid’s voice!
Walid Ben Selim was born in Casablanca, Morocco and is currently living in the south of France. He is a singer, rapper and poet who sings classical and modern Arabic poetry with a strong message of freedom. With his band N3rdistan he is succesfully touring in Europa, North Africa and the Middle East. Jaber Fayad was born in Damascus, Syria, where he studied Turkish, Arabic and Azerbaijani music at the conservatory. In 2015 he was forced to flee his country and found a home in the Netherlands. Jaber Fayad studied at Codarts in Rotterdam and has his own musicgroup Sirocco. Walid Ben Selim has been visiting Utrecht several times over the past few years. As an artist in residence for Culture Connection he has been working with Kytopia musicians such as producer Arjen de Vreede and drummer Frank Wienk. He met the Syrian ud player Jaber Fayed at a jamsession and they instantly felt a musical connection. Last year they performed together at Festival Le Guess Who. At Wonderfeel they will present a programma of Sufi and Arabic poetry and music. Sufism, the mystical path of Islam, gave birth to a rich diversity of music and poetry. Walid Ben Selim is inspired by the work of famous poets like Hallâj (Iran, 857-922), Al Mutanabi (Iraq, 915-967), Ibn Zaydoun (Cordoba, 1003-1071), Shabah al-Din Sohraward (Iran, 1155-1191) and Ibn Faridh (Cairo, 1181-1235). He will sing their profound and often mystical texts. Jaber Fayad accompanies him with improvisations on ‘ud (Arabic lute), while using different maqams (Arabic tone systems). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maarten Engeltjes & PRJCT Amsterdam
 Aria Hits from Monteverdi to Handel Maarten Engeltjes - countertenor Whenever Maarten Engeltjes (1984) sings, goosebumps soon follow – and we’re speaking from experience. This countertenor knows how to touch listeners’ hearts. And the news is spreading beyond the Netherlands. Maarten Engeltjes is really going places: Versailles, Israel, New York, Tokyo, Sydney – and now, ‘s-Graveland. Together with PRJCT Amsterdam, the ensemble he founded, he’ll be treating listeners in the Weeshuis to a cosy baroque experience. |
Calefax
 Hidden Gems: From Gesualdo to Nina Simone by way of Satie Oliver Boekhoorn - oboe What do you call an oboist, a clarinettist, a saxophonist, a bass clarinettist and a bassoonist? The Calefax reed quintet, which was created in the year 1985. ‘Five extremely-gifted Dutch gents who almost make the reed quintet seem the best musical format on the planet’ according to The Times. In the Weeshuis van de Hits, Calefax will surprise listeners with Hidden Gems: a musical box of assorted delights. |
The Ghost, the King, and I
 Jazzalicious Frans van Geest - double bass Van Geest (meaning: ghost), Koning (meaning: king) and Van Bavel. That almost explains the name of this jazz trio. It’s the last on the list, Van Bavel, who is responsible for jazz arrangements of such classic hits as Children’s Corner, Pavane pour une infante défunte and Bach’s Inventions. And by the way: these gentlemen have invited four string players from the Metropole Orkest to create a delicious mix of styles. No matter how classically tuned-in you are, this is something you’ll want to hear: Jazzalicious! |
Duo Simons|Napolov
 Canto Ostinato Konstantyn Napolov - marimba Music that’s as refreshing as a visit to a spa, or having a lie-in at the weekend: Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt has a unique power. In this version for piano and marimba, Eke Simons and Konstantyn Napolov lift your spirits high above the concert stage. Observe the festival grounds slowly disappearing beneath you, and allow your entire being to relax during these 45 timeless minutes of pure pleasure in an all-natural setting. |
Ramon Lormans
 Bach’s Cello Suites 2 & 4 Ramon Lormans - marimba Surely everyone is familiar with Bach’s Concertos for Marimba and String Orchestra? Or, that lovely marimba cantus firmus in his cantata? Exactly: there were no marimbas in Bach’s era. But imagine if he’d had one within reach … if only. Fortunately, there’s a marimba in the Weeshuis van de Hits. You’ve got to admit: these cello sonatas sound like they were written for the marimba. |
Apollo5
 Wonderful at Wonderfeel Clare Stewart - soprano Houston, this is Wonderfeel. Apollo5 is ready for lift-off. Five vocal astronauts are travelling through time and space to present hits from the Renaissance and the 16th century. They’ll journey from classical, romantic, and 20th-century choral music, all the way to folk, jazz and pop, sung in delectable five-part harmony. The celestial sonorities of this prize-winning British quintet will leave you feeling wonderful. At Wonderfeel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muziekdoc: Keeping On Keepin' On
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Helena Basilova
 Songs from the Forest Helena Basilova presents a musical ode to the life and work of her father, as a follow-up to her ‘Letter in a Bottle’ about his forgotten compositions. Pianist and composer Alexander Basilov (1946-2007) was a student of Alfred Schnittke. Helena places her father’s music within the context of works by other Russian composers and includes images of the Russian forest where she spent her childhood summers, and where her father sought inspiration. |
Tin men and the Telephone
 World Domination Tony Roe - piano ‘FURIE! What’s happening on planet earth? A bunch of demagogues are dominating world politics with fake news and alternative facts.’ Tin Men and the Telephone use their latest album, World Domination, to summon the help of the ‘Federal Union for Restoring Intergalactic Equilibrium.’ They welcome these aliens with a combination of acoustic jazz and futuristic electronic sounds. Fingers crossed their extra-terrestrial interventions do some good! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doorlopend kinderprogramma 12:00 - 18:00
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(Dutch) Wandeling door de natuur
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Mieke van Zonneveld
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Musici over hun favoriete boek
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Natuurmonumenten: Marten en Oopjen
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Vleermuizen spotten
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