Hortus Festival – Hortus Ensemble

Hortus Festival – Hortus Ensemble

The yearly returning Hortus Festival takes place of the 4 marvellous botanical gardens of The Netherlands, Leiden, Utrecht, Amsterdam and Haren.

The romantic program will be performed on historical instrumentarium 1880-1900, and features among others an magnificent piece by Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, the only work for this combination with wonderful melodic and harmonic abiities. It was dedicated to Chausson’s friend, the brilliant Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe who premiered it in Brussels in 1892.

Eva Stegeman, Heleen Hulst and Josje ter Haar – Violin, Örzse Adam – Viola, Job ter Haar – Cello and Maarten van Veen – Piano (artistic leader Hortus Festival)

Aug 26, 2015 at 20:00  – Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Rapenburg 73, 2311GJ Leiden
Aug 27, 2015 at 20:00 – Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 2, 1018DD Amsterdam
Aug 29, 2015 at 20:00 – Oude Hortus Utrecht, Lange Nieuwstraat 106, 3512PN Utrecht
Aug 30, 2015 at 14:00 – Hortus Botanicus Haren, Kerklaan 34, 9751NN Haren

More info about the Hortus Festival 2015: http://www.hortusfestival.nl