Please join us in the church for a service of worship by our minister Rev Marius Louw.

For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live stream here.

Liturgy sheet.

“Armenian Songs of Longing, Desire, and Hope”

Ilda Simonian, Armenian singer with a story, and Jeroen Sarphati (piano)

Whether you are searching for your roots, cherishing old memories, or simply looking to be moved — Ilda’s music invites you on an inward journey. Her performances feel like a warm family gathering: a place where stories, tears, and smiles come together.

Let yourself be carried away by the soul of Armenia and rediscover what you thought you had lost — but what has always lived within you.
An enchanting evening full of melancholy, strength, and beauty. Traditional and contemporary Armenian music merge in an intimate and moving performance.
Songs of longing for the lost homeland, the yearning for connection, and the hope that has kept generations alive.

TICKETS: €25 via: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-armeense-liederen-van-heimwee-verlangen-en-hoop-1274770676409

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Durham University Brass Band and Durham University Concert Band join forces for a collaborative summer tour! Durham University Concert Band, founded in 1977, is an inclusive ensemble open to all woodwind, brass, and percussion players. The band prides itself on fostering a friendly environment while still striving for musical excellence. Their repertoire spans a wide variety of genres, from wind band classics and orchestral arrangements to film scores and jazz, including Philip Sparke’s Hymn of the Highlands, James Bond medleys, Dave Brubeck’s A Portrait in Time, and Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite. The band regularly performs in and around Durham, including concerts in local churches and the iconic Durham Cathedral. They have also enjoyed success in national competitions, earning a prestigious Platinum Award at the National Concert Band Festival in Warwick—a feat they hope to repeat this year, alongside many other exciting performances. Durham University Brass Band, established in 2002, is dedicated to keeping the tradition of British brass banding alive within the university community. Open to all brass and percussion players, the band provides a welcoming and sociable environment for musicians of all backgrounds. Their performances range from formal concerts to high-profile events, including the Durham Remembrance Parade, the Durham Regatta, and the renowned Whit Friday Marches, where they were ranked the best university band at the Friezland contest in 2023. The band has also achieved impressive competition success, winning the UniBrass contest in 2021. Beyond competitions, Durham University Brass Band values collaboration and has previously performed alongside local brass bands and other university societies.

FREE entry

Women’s Fellowship
Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.
For details, please contact Peggy Krol.

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Summer Concert Timber Wind Ensemble

under the direction of Bastiaan Uijl

Timber Blazersensemble has existed since 1986 and has given concerts throughout the country. The basic repertoire consists of wind music written for double quintet. The line-up is regularly expanded with strings and brass.

The programme includes colourful works by Elgar, Piazzolla and Shostakovich, among others.

PROGRAM:

LJA Andriessen – Sinfonia dell'arte

Marcel Poot – Mosaic

Guy Woolfenden – Suite Française

Edward Elgar – Serenade

Dmitri Shostakovich – Jazz Suite no. 1

Astor Piazzolla – Libertango

Location and tickets summer concert

English Church, Begijnhof 48, Amsterdam

Flute and piccolo: Mirjam Haak, Cilian Terwindt

Oboe and English horn: Ben van der Burg, Marten Hoekstra

Clarinet: Hester Mol, Hylke de Vries

Horn: Annemieke Kanninga, Karen Saris

Bassoon: Corina Ewijk, Jurgen Warmerdam

Double bass: Egbert Kreiken

TICKETS €15/€10 for up to 18yrs.

Reservations: timberensemble@gmail.com

Please join us in the church for a service of worship by our minister Rev Marius Louw.

For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live stream here.

Liturgy sheet.

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Taizé service
We hold our Taizé service each month together with our friends from the Roman Catholic Chapel. 
The Taizé service is a short meditative service, inspired by and with music from the Taizé community. It will be followed by some time for fellowship and refreshments. 
The service will be held at the English Reformed Church.

Bible Study
All are very welcome to join our ERC Bible study, led by our minister, Rev Marius Louw.
This will be a hybrid meeting; you can join at the Manse or via zoom.
For details please contact Peggy Krol to receive the relevant materials and link to participate.

FREE entry

Juliana's Feast – A medieval music festival created by women

Juliana’s Feast tells the story of Juliana de Cornillon (ca. 1192-1258), who invented the Corpus Christi Feast (Corpus Christi Day), a summer feast, one of the largest city festivals with lots of music in the late Middle Ages.

One evening, the young Juliana saw that there was a bite out of the full moon. A vision told her that the incomplete full moon referred to the liturgical year that lacked a feast. Juliana realized that there was no feast to celebrate the holy sacrament together with the people. It became her life’s goal to initiate this sacrament feast. With the help of her friend Eva van Luik (ca.1210- after 1264), the Corpus Christi feast was officially introduced in 1264.

Juliana left behind a complete set of songs for the Office of Corpus Christi Day, but Thomas Aquinas made an Office for this new feast as well, and his Office is used today. However, Juliana's songs have been preserved in a manuscript that is now in the KB, the National Library in The Hague.

Juliana's Feast presents Juliana's monophonic songs from the thirteenth century, surrounded by fifteenth-century Corpus Christi polyphony and instrumental arrangements.

Music: from Juliana's Officie (Manuscript The Hague 70 E 4); polyphony by Johannes Brassart (1400-55), Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474), Hermann Edlerawer (active ca. 1439-44) and instrumental arrangements.

The full program can be found here: Juliana’s Feast

AVENTURE: Christopher Kale, Joana Guiné, Irene Sorozábal – voice; Marco Magalhães, Fumitaka Saito, Ita Hijmans – recorders

15:15 - Start of program with an introduction; 16:00 Concert begins.

TICKETS: (including drink & introduction) €27,50 /€ 10 ( <30 / stadspas/ CJP) Reservations and advanced sale: Aventure - Juliana’s Feast

Info: www.aventure-ensemble.nl

Please join us in the church for a service of worship by our minister Rev Marius Louw.

For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live stream here.

Liturgy sheet.

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Cooking at the Kloof
With a small group of volunteers we will be cooking lunch for 45-80 homeless people in the city centre of Amsterdam.
Would you like to take part in this creative, culinary experience and get to know, or catch up with, other volunteers?
Please send an e-mail to Giles Francis at gilesf@telfort.nl for more information.

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Women’s Fellowship
Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.
For details, please contact Peggy Krol.

Born into a family of musicians, Anastasia Fioravanti (2001) began studying piano at the age of three, and enrolled at the Fermo Conservatory when she was seven years old where she studied under the guidance of Daniela Cantarini. Shortly after enrolling she entered the international competition scene, and following her results has been holding concerts in Italy and internationally ever since, both in recital form and in collaboration with orchestras, chamber musicians and vocalists. She currently studies at the "Incontri col Maestro" Piano Academy in Imola, under the guidance of Igor Roma and Andrè Gallo.

PROGRAM:
- Dmitri Shostakovic; 24 Preludes, Op. 34
- Francis Poulenc; 8 Nocturnes, FP 56
- Gabriel Fauré; 3 Nocturnes, Op. 33

Fioravanti presents music illustrating that the nocturnal can take on a broad spectrum of forms: memory, solitude, longing and on occasion, a playful escape.
Poulenc's 8 Nocturnes present unconventional depictions of the night, being not dreamy serenades but fleeting vignettes, each with its own mood: at times ironic, at times tender, always unpredictable. His harmonies and his melodies, sometimes fragmented or suspended in time, seem to ask: is night a refuge or a deception?
Fauré's Nocturnes, by contrast, might be more alike to confessions. Restlessness makes place for inconfinability; a space where harmonies expand, dissolve but do not seek resolution.
Shostakovich's Preludes are miniatures providing rapidly changing moods; this night ends in flashes that never fully give themselves away.

TICKETS: €12,50 via: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poulenc-faure-shostakovich-anastasia-fioravanti-tickets-1353261364169

Please join us in the church for a service of worship by our minister Rev Marius Louw.

For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live stream here.

Liturgy sheet.

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra

Harp Duo Merel & Mirjam

Together Merel Naomi and Mirjam Rietberg put their harps in the spotlight - because what could be more beautiful than a harp? Exactly: two harps! You’ll discover the versatility of the harp as they share with you the wide variety of soft, powerful, joyful, and raw sounds the harp can produce.

Merel and Mirjam are two creative, classical harpists who love to improvise, challenge each other musically, and use the harp in suprising ways.

Their program includes their own arrangements for two harps of film music and Irish music, as well as the passionate South American music of Piazzolla, and two sonatas by the 17th-century composer Scarlatti. And you’ll be enchanted as they play on two small harps while walking through the audience!

Come on June 4th and delight in these enchanting, mystical, exciting, and captivating sounds!

TICKETS: €15 - pre-sale / €20 - at the door pre-sale: https://www.ticketkantoor.nl/shop/begijnhof

More information: www.merelnaomi.nl or www.mirjamharp.com

Bible Study
All are very welcome to join our ERC Bible study, led by our minister, Rev Marius Louw.
This will be a hybrid meeting; you can join at the Manse or via zoom.
For details please contact Peggy Krol to receive the relevant materials and link to participate.

Coffee Morning
Come and enjoy coffee together. If you are interested to come, please contact Sies Plokker.

Musica Serenissima!

Treasures from the Italian Baroque

Works by Vivalid, Geminiani, Corelli, and Handel

Horizon Ensemble

Rachael Beesley, violin

Kate Clark, traverso

Kathryn Cok, harpsichord

Cassandra Luckhardt, cello

TICKETS: at the door €17,50/€5 students

20s & 30s Lunch
Every first Sunday of the month the 20s & 30s group from the church meet at Calf & Bloom for lunch and fellowship after the service (around noon).

Anyone is welcome to join! For questions, get in touch with Elisabeth: elisabeth.ijmker@erc.amsterdam

Please join us in the church for a service of worship by our minister Rev Marius Louw. This service includes a celebration of the Lord’s Supper.

For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live stream here.

Liturgy sheet.

Amsterdam Gala Orchestra

Step into the enchanting world of classical music in one of Amsterdam’s most hidden and historic treasures—the English Reformed Church at the Begijnhof. Nestled in a serene courtyard dating back to the Middle Ages, this venue provides the perfect setting for an evening of musical brilliance.

Enjoy an extraordinary performance by renowned musicians as they bring to life some of the most celebrated works in classical music history. From the moving melodies of Bach and Mozart to the passionate compositions of Vivaldi and Beethoven, each piece is performed with exceptional artistry, creating an unforgettable experience for all music lovers.

Program:

- A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring&Summer)

- J. Pachelbel - Canon & Gigue in D major

- W. A. Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa)

- J. S. Bach - Air on the G String

- F. Schubert - Ave Maria

- W. A. Mozart - Salzburg Symphony K136 Allegro

- L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)

TICKETS: €26 advanced sales: tickets - Gala Orchestra