[ENG] Hi, a televised concert of ours is on show tomorrow Wednesday 1 May 2013 at 2.30 pm, on Mezzo TV. It is the ‘Beghinae’-programme, as sung in Valencia. Enjoy watching! [NL] Hallo, een ‘geteleviseerd’ concert van ons is te zien op Mezzo TV, morgen woensdag 1 mei 2013 om 14u30. Het gaat om het... Continue Reading →
These movies are part of a series of 25 movies where Psallentes sings Machaut’s Ite missa est and Deo gracias from five different sources. In an introductory movie the manuscript page as a whole is on show (2.0). In related movies, each of the four voices can be followed in detail (2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and... Continue Reading →
[NL] Maandag 4 februari 2013, Huis van de Polyfonie, Heverlee. Het kader kon alvast niet stuk: het Huis is gevestigd in het eerste poorthuis van de Abdij van Park. Een unieke locatie, mooi gerestaureerd, en voorzien van een prachtige en inspirerende zaal. Daar heeft Hendrik Vanden Abeele, geruggesteund door zijn ensemble Psallentes, een publiek van... Continue Reading →
Met dank aan Barbara Somers, voor de deskundige toelichting!
Psallentes live recording of Tenebrae production.
Psallentes visited the XVth Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Muzyki Sakralnej at Gdynia, Poland. Nine pictures give a only vague impression of a very nice project, singing wonderful chant at an impressive location in front of a very attentive public. Gdynia, we will return!
April 2012 saw the première of a new production, a co-operation between the ensembles Zefiro Torna and Psallentes. We revisited the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat in an intimate setting, very unlike almost all other productions singing and playing from the fourteenth-century book of pilgrims. Here are six pictures of that event. The production is for... Continue Reading →
The Tenebrae-tour of the Netherlands has been concluded with two concerts (saturday and sunday) in Bloemendaal (that's to the left of Amsterdam) and 's Hertogenbosch. We have been happy with two very contrasting as well as intimate and abundantly historical settings. A cosy, seventeenth-century Protestant church, and a former synagogue. Wonderful! Related articles Touring the... Continue Reading →
Chant Group Psallentes♀ sings the responsory Cordis ac vocis (fragment) These are the 'beguines' singing: Sarah Abrams, Soetkin Baptist, Katelijne Boon, Rozelien Nys, Marina Smolders, Barbara Somers, Rein Van Bree, Kerlijne Van Nevel, Veerle Van Roosbroeck. Artistic director Hendrik Vanden Abeele. Artwork by naive artist Hilde Vertommen. The full cd 'Beghinae' is available through Le... Continue Reading →
Psallentes Oude Muziek 