The Sounds of Brussels: Six Lectures on Music in Brussels, ca.1500 – ca.1800

Name: The Sounds of Brussels: Six Lectures on Music in Brussels, ca.1500 – ca.1800
Start: 2025-11-24T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-24T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Coudenberg

Schedule

Mon Nov 24 2025 at 02:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Coudenberg | Brussels, BU

In the Frame of Coudenberg Sound Box-Fest & Polyphonic Performance Spaces. More information: https://www.kcb.be/en/pps2025
Coudenberg Palace, Aula Magna. Entrance Koningsplein 10, 1000 Brussels (so not the main entrance).
14:00-14:55
Lecture Introducing ‘ReCoudenberg: Reenacting the Musical Life of the Coudenberg Palace’ CSBF 2025-2031
By Matteo Gemolo (Coudenberg Palace)
14:55-15:50
Lecture Musical Practices in Brussels and the (Southern) Netherlands during the 16th and 17th Centuries
By Peter Van Heyghen (KCB)
15:50-16:10
Break
16:10-17:05
Lecture Music at the Brussels Court and the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula during the Eighteenth Century
By Florian Heyerick
17:05-18:00
Lecture Archival Echoes of Brussels’ Opera History, ca 1650 – 1750
By Bruno Forment (Orpheus Instituut)
18:00-19:00
BREAK
19:00-20:00
Lecture The silent Sounds of Brussels: Musical Treasures in the Libraries of the KB and KCB/CRB
By Ann Kelders (KB) & Johan Eeckeloo (KCB)
20:00-21:00
Lecture The musical Instrument Makers Rottenburgh: actual State of Research
By Stefaan Verdegem (KCB) & Jan De Winne (KCB)