Het is avond. Een zachte zomeravond. Een kleine groep pelgrims rust uit, zittend tegen de kerkmuur van de Abdij van Montserrat. Zij komen van ver. Ze hebben een lange reis gemaakt om hier de beroemde zwarte Madonna te aanbidden. In de nabijheid van de Maria met het Kind verwachten deze bedevaarders verlichting, vergeving, zuivering, inspiratie,... Continue Reading →
In a world where the standards of living seem to rise rapidly while quality of life dwindles, “creativity” has become a buzzword used by many in a wide variety of meanings and contexts. In politics, in business, in society at large, “creativity” is linked with “innovation” to form two horses harnessed side by side and... Continue Reading →
De term ‘liturgisch drama’ is van 19de-eeuwse origine en is helaas niet helemaal toepasselijk op het fenomeen dat er mee bedoeld wordt. Enerzijds klinkt dat woordje ‘drama’ zo dramatisch – maar goed, er wordt mee aangegeven dat er een soort toneeltje wordt opgevoerd – en anderzijds is er met de term een essentiëler probleem,... Continue Reading →
Psallentes is proud to present the latest addition to the Plainchant Pro Series (label Le Bricoleur). It's number two in the series, but since number three was already available some months ago, this is the third cd in the series. The cd has run a bit late, but here he (she?) is! Highly recommended. Buy... Continue Reading →
We have continued our Tenebrae-tour of the Netherlands with performances at Utrecht, Maastricht and Amsterdam. Each of the venues being very different again, the challenge remains to adapt to the circumstances in order to give late medieval chant the proper vocal setting. We have concluded the first series of five concerts at Muziekgebouw 't IJ... Continue Reading →
Stem zaterdag 24 maart af op de Nederlands-Limburgse zender L1: Hendrik Vanden Abeele is er live te gast in het programma Cultuurcafé vanuit Grand Café 't Gouvernement in het Limburgs Museum, Keulsepoort 5 in Venlo. Presentatie Frans Pollux en Tom Doesborg. Hendrik praat er over de Nederlandse concerttour van Psallentes, over het onderzoek dat hij... Continue Reading →
Psallentes is currently touring The Netherlands with the programme Tenebrae. On wednesday 21 March 2012 we started the tour in the splendid and intimate setting of castle Huis Bergh at 's Heerenberg, jus a few hundred yards from the border with Germany. Yesterday, thursday 22 March 2012, we continued the tour with a gig at... Continue Reading →
This week saw only one new episode (#013) of the Antiphonary Walk-through, mainly due to Hendrik's voice dropping to, well, zero dB. Meanwhile, you might want to check out http://www.antiphonaria.com, where all the walk-through-movies that have been made and will be made are assembled in a time-line. Or you can subscribe to the playlist on... Continue Reading →
In his acclaimed book Out of Our Minds (2001) creativity prophet Ken Robinson describes some essential characteristics of the creative process: We begin with an initial idea of some sort ... The idea takes shape in the process of working on it – through a series of successive approximations [emphasis mine]. … Creativity is often... Continue Reading →
Psallentes Oude Muziek 