Every household and family is a world, a bubble and a story in itself, where there are secrets that no one talks about, special recipes, traditions or rituals, which result in the usual habits, expectations, discoveries, disappointments and also surprises and comfort.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's family - and probably the whole world at the time - had great expectations for son Franz Xaver, hoping that he would turn into a second Wolfgang Amadeus. He became an introverted man whose works were always compared to those of his father.

John Cage wanted to prove that music was everywhere and turned the living room and its objects into musical theater, just as Bernstein created the sparkling songs based on French recipes. Martinu went even further and jeopardized the happy marriage of the Pot and the Lid!

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791 – 1844) Sonata for violin and piano, F major op.15 (1811)
Noa Wildschut, violin
Finghin Collins, piano

Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) La Bonne Cuisine (1947)
Nikki Treurniet., soprano
Nino Gvetadze, piano

John Cage (1912 – 1992) Parts from Living room music (1940)
Nino Gvetadze
Georgy Kovalev
Joey Marijs
Niels Meliefste

Bohuslav Martinu (1890 – 1959) La revue de cuisine (1927)
Finghin Collins, piano
Tatiana Samouil, violin
Adolfo Gutierrez Arenas, cello
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, clarinet
Bram van Sambeek, bassoon
Frank Braafhart, trumpet

Tickets: € 38,50 incl. a drink afterwards


Delft Chamber Music Festival