Singers and orchestra members affiliated with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen treat you each month to a relaxing aperitif concert. Great works from the chamber music repertoire alternate with rarely performed pieces 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.
Piet Swerts is widely known to the general public for the two concertos he composed for the Queen Elisabeth Competition, for piano and violin respectively. He is also a highly regarded composer of chamber music, and with his Clarinet Quintet, Op. 57, he created a particularly intimate and poetic work, imbued with humour and even nods to Johann Strauss. Swerts shares the stage with the giant Ludwig van Beethoven and his relaxed Serenade in D major, Op. 25, as well as with fellow countryman Joseph Jongen, the underrated composer of the intriguing Deux pièces en trio, Op. 80 for flute, cello and harp.