LUX AETERNA - a capella music from Mendelssohn, Reger, Withacre and Cornelius

Octopus Chamber Choir dir. Bart Van Reyn

• Sunday 9 november 2008 at 11am
  Kapel Elzenveld, Antwerp


• Sunday 9 november 2008 at 4pm
  Sinte-Margaritakerk, Tielen


• Thursday 13 november 2008 at 8:15pm
  Sint-Pieter-en-Pauwelkerk, Mol

MASS IN B MINOR
Johann Sebastian Bach

Octopus Chamber Choir en Baroque Orchestra
Julia Doyle, soprano 1
Ilse Eerens, soprano 2
Barbara Kozelj, alto
Richard Butler, tenor
Stephen MacLeod, bass
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• friday 6 june 2008 at 8pm, Sint Pieterskerk, Ghent
  
• saturday 7 june 2008 at 8pm, deSingel, Antwerp
  

SAINT JOHN'S PASSION
Johann Sebastian Bach

Octopus Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra
Richard Butler, evangelist & tenoraria's
Patrick Pobeschin, Pilatus & bass-arias
Philippe Favette, Jesus
Cristel De Meulder, soprano-arias
Helena Lepalaan, alto-arias
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• friday 21 march 2008 at 8:30pm
  Carolus Borromeuskerk, Antwerp
  

MISSA CANONICA
motets of Brahms, Bruckner and Mendelssohn

Octopus Chamber Choir dir. by Bart Van Reyn

• sunday 2 march 2008 at 6pm in Bekegem
  
• saturday 15 march 2008 at 8pm in Vlissingen (NL), Sint-Jacobskerk
  
• saturday 22 march 2008 at 7.30pm, Chapel of the Lessius Hogeschool, 2000 Antwerp
  

DIDO AND AENEAS – Henry Purcell

B’Rock en Octopus Chamber Choir cond. Richard Egarr


Jan Decorte, director
Wilke Te Brummelstroete, Dido
Maarten Koningsberger, Aeneas
Barbara Hannigan, Belinda
Giles Underwood, sorceress
e.a.

• friday18 january2008, 8:30pm Kaaitheater, Brussel
  
• saturday19 january 2008, 8pm: Concertgebouw Brugge


• tuesday 22 january2008, 8:30pm: Kaaitheater, Brussel


• thursday 24 january 2008, 8:15pm: De Doelen, Rotterdam


• friday 25 january 2008, 8pm: deSingel, Antwerpen


• saturday 26 january 2008, 8pm: deSingel, Antwerpen

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Octopus Chamber Choir cond. by Bart Van Reyn

• sunday 16 december 2007 at 8pm
  Gemeenschapscentrum Everna, Paduwaplein, 1140 Evere
  

DIXIT DOMINUS (G.F. Händel) and STABAT MATER (G.B. Pergolesi)

Octopus Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra
Liesbeth Devos, soprano
Annelies Brants, soprano
Lester Lardenoye, countertenor
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• Saturday 10 november at 8pm (closed concert)
  Saturday 17 november at 8pm
  AMUZ, Kammenstraat 81, 2000 Antwerp
  

"NORDEN"

Warm Sounds from the high North
Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• sunday 14 october 2007 at 3pm
  Kapel Lessius Hogeschool, 2000 Antwerp
  

"ODE TO THE SEA"

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

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• Wednesday 1 august 2007 at 10pm
  O.L.V Ter Duinenkerk, Oostende

Symphony nr. 1 “A SEA SYMPHONY”
Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams

Octopus Chamber Choir
Choir Academy
Huddersfield Choral Society
deFilharmonie
Soile Isokoski, soprano
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

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• Friday 27 april 2007 at 8:00pm
  Queen Elisabethhall, Antwerp
  www.defilharmonie.be

SAINT JOHN’S PASSION
Johann Sebastian Bach

Octopus Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra
Mark Dobell, evangelist & tenor-arias
Patrick Pobeschin, Pilatus & bass-arias
Hugo Oliveira, Jesus
Cristel De Meulder, soprano-arias
Helen Lepalaan, alto-arias
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• Good Friday 6 april 2007 at 8:30pm
  Carolus Borromeuschurch, Antwerp

A GERMAN REQUIEM
Johannes Brahms

Octopus Chamber Choir
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Couleur Vocale
Junges Sinfonieorchester Hannover
Hendrickje van Kerckhove, soprano
Richard Latham, baritone
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• saturday 31 march 2007 at 8:00 pm
  deSingel, Antwerp, Blue Auditorium

A CAPELLA-CONCERT

Octopus Chamber Choir cond. Bart Van Reyn
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover cond. Klaus-Jürgen Etzold


motets from the German Romantic Period (Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mahler and Rheinberger) and the American 20th Century (Whitacre, Barber and Lauridsen)

• friday 30 march at 8:30pm
  Saint Saviour’s Cathedral, Steenstraat - Bruges
  

A GERMAN REQUIEM
Johannes Brahms

Octopus Chamber Choir
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Couleur Vocale
Junges Sinfonieorchester Hannover
Patrizia Cigna, soprano
Richard Latham, baritone
Klaus-Jürgen Etzold, conducor

• wednesday 28 march 2007 at 8:00pm
  Saint Peter and Paul’s Church, Mol
  www.getouw.be

THE CREATION
Joseph Haydn

Octopus Chamber Choir
Musica Viva - Moscow
Lydia Täuscher, soprano
Markus Brutscher, tenor
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass
Alexandr Rudin, conductor

• saturday 27 january 2007 at 7:00 pm
  Grand Hall of the Tsjaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow
  www.musicaviva.ru

CHRISTMAS CONCERT Rotary-East

Octopus Chamberchoir cond. Bart Van Reyn
Annelies Brants, soprano
Nico Declerck, organ

• wednesday 20 december 2006 at 8:30pm
  Saint-Paulschurch Antwerp

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Octopus Chamber Choir directed by Bart Van Reyn
Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway University London directed by Rupert Gough

• sunday 17 december 2006 at 8pm
  Saint-Paulschurch Antwerp

REQUIEM KV 626 and CORONATIONMASS KV 317
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Octopus Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Ilse Eerens, soprano
Angélique Noldus, alto
Johannes Kaleshke, tenor
Patrick Pobeschin, bass
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• Thursday 30 november 2006 at 8pm
  Saint-Paulschurch Antwerp

CHARITY CONCERT for Werkhuizen MIN vzw

Octopus Chamberchoir
Jan Guns, bassclarinet
Annelies Brants, soprano
Florian Engelhardt, bass
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• friday october 6 2006 at 8pm
  AMUZ, Kammenstraat 81, 2000 Antwerp

MESSIAH – George Frideric Handel

Octopus Chamber Choir
Aspetti Musicali Baroque Orchestra
Cristel De Meulder, soprano
Patrick Van Goethem, countertenor
Allan Clayton, tenor
Florian Engelhardt, bass
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• wednesday 4 october 2006 at 8pm
  Sint-Andrieskerk Antwerp

DIDO AND AENEAS – Henry Purcell

B’Rock en Octopus Chamber Choir directed by Richard Egarr
Jan Decorte, stage director


Wilke te Brummelstroete, Dido
Maarten Koningsberger, Aeneas
Barbara Hanigan, Belinda
Giles Underwood, sorceress
e.a.


Opening Klara Festival 2006

• 2, 3 and 5 september at 8pm
  Kaaitheater - Brussels

SCHÖPFUNGSMESSE – Joseph Haydn

Octopus Chamber Choir & Orchestra conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Sunday 18th June 2006 – Sint-Pauluskerk Antwerp

BEATUS VIR

Octopus Chamber Choir & Consort conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Saturday 20th May 2006 – Sint-Norbertuskerk Antwerp

JOHANNES-PASSION

Johannes-Passion BWV 245 - J.S. Bach

Octopus Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra

Mark Dobell (GB), evangelist & tenor arias
Patrick Pobeschin (D), Pilatus & basss arias
Philippe Favette, Jesus
Cristel De Meulder, soprano arias
Gunther Vandeven, alto arias
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• Good Friday 14th April 2006 – Carolus Borromeuskerk Antwerp

NUIT D'ETOILES

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn
Adriaan Jacobs, piano
Trien Cornelis, Katrien Nauwelaerts, Sandra Paelinck and Sarah Van Mol, soprano solo

• Tuesday 14th March 2006 – Lodewyckkerk Mortsel
• Saterday 18th March 2006 – Sint-Antoniuskerk Edegem

MESSIAH - George Frideric Handel

Octopus Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra

Annelies Brants, soprano
Nicola Marchesini (I), countertenor
Julian Prégardien (D), tenor
Patrick Pobeschin (D), bass
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• Thursday 15th december 2005 – Carolus Borromeuskerk Antwerp
  

DAPHNIS & CHLOÉ - Maurice Ravel

Octopus Chamber Choir & Helicon Lier
Flemish Radio Orchestra conducted by Joel Levi

• Sunday 13th November 2005 - Bozar Brussels
• Maandag 14th November 2005 - Elisabeth Hall Antwerp

TENEBRAE 2005

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Friday 28th October 2005 - Sint-Antoniuskerk Edegem
• Tuesday 1st November 2005 - Sint-Norbertuskerk Antwerp

EL NIÑO - John Adams

Octopus Chamber Choir & Flemish Radio Choir
Flanders Philharmonic conducted by Sîan Edwards

• 12th September 2005 – Bozar Brussels (Klarafestival)

JOHANNES-PASSION - J.S. Bach

Octopus Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra
Harry Van Berne, evangelist
Annelies Brants, soprano
Gunther Vandeven, countertenor
Robert Buckland, tenor
Patrick Pobeschin, bass / Pilatus
Lionel Meunier, Jezus

• Sunday 20th March 2005 - Eglise Saint-Jacques, Liège
• Friday 25th March 2005 - Carolus Borromeuskerk, Antwerp

BEETHOVEN HAPPENING

Octopus Chamber Choir & Choral Academy
Flanders Philharmonic conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
Cantata "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt"
Chorfantasie op.80
Psalm 22 - Luc van Hove (first performance) conducted by Klaas Stok

• Sunday 6th February 2005 - deSingel, Antwerp

TENEBRAE 2004

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• 11th November 2004 - Sint-Antoniuskerk, Edegem
• 12th November 2004 - O.L.V. Kathedraal, Antwerp

CANTO GENERAL - Mikkis Theodorakis

Octopus Chamber Choir & Flemish Radio Choir
Flemish Radio Orchestra conducted by Enrique Barrios
Maria Farantouri, mezzo-soprano
Petros Pandis, baritone

• 11th September 2004 - O.L.V. Kathedraal, Antwerp
• 12th September 2004 - de Bijloke, Ghent
• 29th October 2004 - de Bijloke, Ghent
• 31th October 2004 - Schouwburg, Leuven

JOHANNES-PASSION - J.S. Bach

Octopus Chamber Choir & Orchestra
Jan Van Elsacker, evangelist & tenor arias
Sara Jäggi, soprano
Jonathan De Ceuster, countertenor
Matthew Baker, bass / Pilatus
Willem Ceuleers, Jesus
Bart Van Reyn, conductor

• Friday 9th April 2004 - Carolus Borromeuskerk, Antwerp

A CHRISTMAS TALE

octopus & Brass conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Saturday 20th December 2003 - O.L.V. Kathedraal, Antwerp
• Sunday 21th December 2003 - Sint-Pauluskerk, Antwerp

MAGNUS, MAIOR, MAXIMUS - 40-part super polyfony

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn
Ensemble Polyfoon conducted by Lieven Deroo

• Friday 17th October 2003 - O.L.V. Kathedraal, Antwerp
• Saturday 18th October 2003 - O.L.V. Kathedraal, Antwerp

IMMORTAL BACH - Cellosuites & Motetten J.S. Bach

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn
Stéphanie Adriaansen, cello

• Friday 23th May 2003 - Sint-Joriskerk, Antwerp

MADE IN GERMANY - Schütz, Mendelssohn & Brahms

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Sunday 30th March 2003 - Jacobskerk, Vlissingen (NL)
• Saturday 5th April 2003 - Kapel Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp

A BRASS CHRISTMAS

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn
Magdalen College Choir, Oxford conducted by Bill Ives

• Friday 20th December 2002 - O.L.V. over de Dijlekerk, Mechelen
• Saturday 21th December 2002 - O.L.V. Kathedraal, Antwerp
• Sunday 22th December 2002 - Sint-Pauluskerk, Antwerp

TENEBRAE 2002

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Saturday 2nd November 2002 - O.L.V. Kathedraal, Antwerp
• Sunday 8th December 2002 - Elzenveld - PROM Audite Nova, Antwerp

PURCELL VS. BRITTEN

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn
Dieter van Handenhoven, organ

• Saturday 20th mei 2002 – Anglican Church, Antwerp
• Sunday 21st May 2002 - Jacobskerk, Vlissingen (NL)

5x VIVALDI ! - o.a. Gloria en Magnificat

Octopus Chamber Choir & Orchestra conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Saturday 2nd February 2002 - Sint-Pauluskerk, Antwerp
• Sunday 3rd February 2002 - Jacobskerk, Vlissingen (NL)

REQUIEM - W.A. Mozart

Octopus Chamber Choir
Antwerp Youth Orchestra conducted by Ivo Venkov

• Friday 2nd November 2001 - Sint-Martinuskerk, Burcht
• Saturday 3rd November 2001 - Leonarduskerk, Aartselaar

SPANISH RENAISSANCE

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Sunday 21st February 2001 - Sint-Antoniuskerk, Edegem
• Saturday 20th May 2001 - Kapel Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege, Antwerp

OPENING CONCERT

Octopus Chamber Choir conducted by Bart Van Reyn

• Saturday 9th December 2000 - Sint-Augustinuskapel, Wilrijk