In the organizer's words:

Dutch recorder star Lucie Horsch opens the door to the dark realm of the night, where dreams merge with reality and shadows dance with silence. The twilight path first leads past baroque favorites such as Vivaldi's "La notte" and Corelli's Concerto grosso for Christmas Eve, before the ensemble turns to the abstract, introspective textures of composers such as Kurtág, Bartók and Yun.

Lucie Horsch, celebrated recorder player and "young savage" at the Konzerthaus Dortmund, breaks down the boundaries between baroque and contemporary with virtuosic joy of playing and refreshing curiosity. Together with the innovative B'Rock Orchestra, she presents a program that combines Vivaldi's captivating sound world with contemporary compositions. Among other things, B'Rock and Lucie Horsch will premiere a new work by Dutch composer Rob Zuidam, which was written for the occasion. Horsch, winner of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, has set herself the goal of rediscovering the expressive possibilities of her instrument, interpreting baroque works with inventive freshness and exploring contemporary sound worlds. Just like B'Rock!

• • Performers
  • B'Rock Orchestra
  • Lucie Horsch recorder, conductor
• • Program
  • Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for flute, violins, bassoon and basso continuo in G minor RV 104 'La notte'
  • György Kurtág '...a Sappho fragment...' from "Jelek, játékok és üzenetek" ("Signs, Games and Messages")
  • Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in G minor op. 6 no. 8
  • Béla Bartók 'Hajsza' ('Hunt') from "In the Open" Sz 81
  • György Kurtág 'Misterioso - altero' from "Jelek, játékok és üzenetek" ("Signs, Games and Messages")
  • Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for recorder, strings and basso continuo in C minor RV 441
  • Robert Zuidam "Airs, Riffs & Runs"
  • Pietro Antonio Locatelli Concerto grosso for strings and basso continuo in E flat major op. 7 no. 6 ('Il pianto d'Arianna')
  • Isang Yun 'The Visitor of the Idyll' from "Chinese Pictures" for recorder solo
  • Béla Bartók 'Wanderung' from "Mikrokosmos" Sz 107
  • Béla Bartók 'Notturno' from "Mikrokosmos" Sz 107
  • Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for violin and orchestra in F minor op. 8 No. 4 from "Le quattro stagioni" ("The Four Seasons") for violin, strings and basso continuo op. 8 ("L'inverno" ("Winter") (excerpts))