Tribute to Wim Henderickx

Singers and orchestra members associated with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen treat you monthly to a relaxing aperitif concert. Major pages from chamber music alternate with rarely performed works and forgotten gems. After each concert, there is an opportunity to chat with the musicians. One drink is included in the ticket for each concert. A tribute concert to one of our most prominent Flemish composers. In December 2022, Wim Henderickx left us far too soon, a few months after the successful premiere of his opera De bekeerlinge at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. His Chansons secrètes, based on the erotic poetry of Pierre Louÿs' Les chansons secrètes de Bilitis, and In deep silence III, inspired by the famous Kaiserquartett by Joseph Haydn, are central to the programme. They enter into dialogue with the overwhelming second string quartet by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski and with the restrained and fitting Elegy by young Flemish composer Jasper Charlet, a student of Henderickx.