"Lucie Horsch shines on the recorder in concerts with the Orchestra of the 18th Century"

After last season's resounding success and a beautifully received album, Lucie Horsch is back with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. They present and dazzling new Baroque program with concertos, chamber music and orchestral works by Georg Friedrich Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Domenico Scarlatti, and the Swedish composer Johann Helmich Roman in the leading roles.

Like many of their contemporaries, these composers were supported and maintained by wealthy women. Sometimes these patrons were connected to the court, sometimes they were wealthy elites from England, Germany, Sweden, or -yes- the Netherlands. But what drove these women? Why did they seek to connect with music, art and culture in this way? In this concert the focus is not only on the music and the men who composed it, but also on the women who made it all possible and in this way secured themselves a place in history.

Starting in 2025, O18c will play a Carte Blanche project every year. A project in which the orchestra will have complete control over what we play. No pressure from venues, audiences or other stakeholders, but purely a project where we play repertoire because it is important to perform it from time to time. Last year, in 2025, the choice was Haydn's symphonies 6-8. This year, we don't know yet. We are still busy discussing that. Either way, it will be a special program.

Every year, the orchestra and the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague join forces to give three concerts with our musicians and with students from the early music department. Musicians sit next to students, take them into their world, and two worlds exchange questions.

This year's program includes a long-held wish. "The Great" Schubert Symphony, No. 9. conducted by conductor Richard Egarr.

"The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and Cappella Amsterdam under Daniel Reuss [...] a testament to choral culture at its very best."

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Every other year, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and Cappella Amsterdam join forces for a Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach. This year, orchestra and choir are again under the direction of conductor Daniel Reuss. With soloists from the international top: Marianne Beate Kieland, Peter Harvey, Thomas Walker and Berit Norbakken, you can expect nothing less than a sublime performance of Bach's masterpiece.

The Netherlands' fascination with J.S. Bach's Passions is an international phenomenon. Nowhere in the world are so much magnificent music performed in so little square mileage in so little time. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and Cappella have been among the absolute top performers for years.