This month at ERC.
Accessing older services.
You can find recordings of our weekly services of worship by clicking on the relevant date within the calendar.
Worship service
Being Human, Being Church in an Age of AI
Being Human, Being Church in an Age of AI
A courageous conversation hosted by the
English Reformed Church.
Join us for a series of two conversations:
Session 1 | Sunday 15 Nov | 13:00-14:30
"The theology of language and human distinctiveness in the age of AI"
With Dr. Marius Dorobantu, Assistant Professor of Theology and AI, Vrije Universiteit
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Session 2 | Sunday 29 Nov | 13:00-14:30
"Improvising faith: Theology and church as jazz in an age of AI"
With Rev. Dr. Andreas Wöhle.
Please indicate attendance at the following link or via the QR code on the attached flyer: https://tally.so/r/aQb9yE
Venue: Begijnhof 48, 1012 WV Amsterdam
Bible Study
Bible Study
All are very welcome to join our ERC Bible study (Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24), led by our minister Marius Louw.
This will be a hybrid meeting; you can join in church or via zoom.
For details please contact Geesje Hofstra to receive the relevant materials and link to participate.
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Concert - João Costa Ferreira
Q.Festival-Portuguese Music
Contemporary Portuguese en Dutch Classical Music
João Costa Ferreira - piano
De directeur van het Casa de Portugal van de Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, João Costa Ferreira, is een Portugese pianist en onderzoeker. Hij heeft het Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution van de École Normale de Musique de Paris behaald en is aan de Sorbonne gepromoveerd in Muziek en Musicologie.
Op zijn elfde is hij piano gaan studeren aan het Conservatorium van de vereniging Orfeão in Leiria bij docent Luís Batalha. Op zijn negentiende is hij naar Parijs gegaan waar hij heeft gestudeerd bij Marian Rybicki en Guiglia Katsarava. Hij was daar leerling en assistent van pianist Jean Martin. Eveneens in Parijs heeft hij een wetenschappelijke studie gevolgd. Als beursstudent van de Stichting voor Wetenschap en Technologie is hij gepromoveerd bij de filosofe en musicologe Danielle Cohen-Levinas.
Hoewel zijn repertoire alle stijlen vanaf de Barok omvat, heeft João Costa Ferreira zich gespecialiseerd in de muziek van de 19e eeuw en de eerste helft van de 20e eeuw. Bij zijn solo- en kamermuziekprojecten interesseert hij zich zowel voor de vertolking van het grote klassieke repertoire als voor de ontdekking van componisten die in de vergetelheid zijn geraakt of opdrachten van hedendaagse componisten. Hij is opgetreden in Portugal, Frankrijk, België, Spanje en Nederland, met name bij de Calouste Gulbenkian Stichting (Lissabon), het Cultureel Centrum van Belém (Portugal), het nationale San Carlos theater (Lissabon), het Casa da Música (Porto), het Teatro Rivoli (Porto), in het Palais d’Iéna (Parijs), de Salle Cortot (Paris), de Gotische zaal van het Stadhuis van Brussel. Veel van zijn concerten en platen worden uitgezonden door de RTP-Antena 2, France Musique en verschillende Europese radiostations.
João Costa Ferreira speelt een actieve rol bij de rehabilitatie en waardering van het Portugese muzikale erfgoed door middel van de publicatie en opnames van werken van José Vianna da Motta. Sedert 2015 heeft hij in samenwerking met uitgeverij AvA Musical Editions meer dan dertig ongepubliceerde werken gepubliceerd en een groot gedeelte ervan opgenomen bij de uitgeverijen Grand Piano Records (onder het label Naxos), MPMP Movimento Patrimonial Vivo en Coriolan / Inventive Art Music.
Buiten de verschillende prijzen die hij kreeg bij piano concoursen, waarbij hij gelauwerd werd bij het 15e Internationale Pianoconcours Maria Campina en het 8e concours voor jonge solisten van de Sorbonne, heeft João Costa Ferreira onderscheidingen ontvangen van verschillende culturele instellingen. In 2015 werd hij door de Cap Magellan Vereniging beschouwd als de “Beste Artistieke Revelatie”; in 2019 werd hem de “Prémio Cultura – Música” van INATEL Leiria toegekend; in 2024 ontving hij de Gemeentelijke Medaille van Verdienste van de gemeente Leiria.
João Costa Ferreira is lid geweest van verschillende jury’s bij internationale pianoconcoursen, zoals het Internationale Concours voor Piano van Troisdorf (Duitsland), het Internationale Concours voor Jonge Musici Meliton Balanchivadze (Georgië), het Concours international de piano van Lyon (Frankrijk) en het Internationale Santa Cecília Pianoconcours (Portugal).
TICKETS: € 26 Via: https://q-art.stager.co/shop/default
€ 23 (early bird, to 22 September)
€ 17 (stadspas, to be shown at the door)
€ 13 (studentenpas, to be shown at the door)
€ 7 (children through 12 year)
Advent Bible Study
Advent Bible Study
As is traditional during Advent, The Education and Training Committee of the International Presbytery is preparing a series of four online Bible studies for the whole presbytery, on Tuesdays
24 November and 1, 8 and 15 December, at 19.30 CET.
The theme is Bethlehem as a character in the Nativity story, exploring the place and its significance in the Christmas narrative.
Information about registration will follow as soon as it is available.
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Being Human, Being Church in an Age of AI
Being Human, Being Church in an Age of AI
A courageous conversation hosted by the
English Reformed Church.
Session 2 | Sunday 29 Nov | 13:00-14:30
"Improvising faith: Theology and church as jazz in an age of AI"
With Rev. Dr. Andreas Wöhle.
Please indicate attendance at the following link or via the QR code on the attached flyer: https://tally.so/r/aQb9yE
Venue: Begijnhof 48, 1012 WV Amsterdam
Advent Bible Study
Advent Bible Study
As is traditional during Advent, The Education and Training Committee of the International Presbytery is preparing a series of four online Bible studies for the whole presbytery, on Tuesdays
24 November and 1, 8 and 15 December, at 19.30 CET.
The theme is Bethlehem as a character in the Nativity story, exploring the place and its significance in the Christmas narrative.
Information about registration will follow as soon as it is available.
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Second Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent
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, this is the link to the live stream.
Liturgy sheet will follow.
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The transcripts of sermons are available here.
Advent Bible Study
Advent Bible Study
As is traditional during Advent, The Education and Training Committee of the International Presbytery is preparing a series of four online Bible studies for the whole presbytery, on Tuesdays
24 November and 1, 8 and 15 December, at 19.30 CET.
The theme is Bethlehem as a character in the Nativity story, exploring the place and its significance in the Christmas narrative.
Information about registration will follow as soon as it is available.
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Carols by Candlelight
Please join us in the church for a
Traditional Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.
For those wishing to join the service online, the link to the live stream will follow.
Church will be open at 19.30 hrs.
The Order of Service will follow also.
A Brief History of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.
While traditional Christmas carols are now commonly sung during services of worship throughout the world, until the latter part of the 19th century they were considered to be secular and were sung in the home or by groups of singers visiting people's houses. In the mid-1870's this began to change as more and more churches introduced traditional carols into their Advent and Christmas services. Referring to Truro Cathedral, the Royal Cornwall Gazette of 20 December, 1878 reported.
"The Choir of the Cathedral will sing a number of carols in the Cathedral on Christmas Eve, the service commencing at 10pm. We understand that this is at the wish of many of the leading parishioners and others. A like service has been instituted in other cathedral and large towns, and has been much appreciated. It is the intention of the choir to no longer continue the custom of singing carols at the residences of members of the congregation."
Two years later, on Christmas Eve, 1880, the Bishop of Truro, the Right Rev. Edward White Benson, led the first Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. The idea of interspersing Christmas music with the Bible readings of the Christmas story came from one of Benson's colleagues at the cathedral, the Rev. George Walpole. Benson became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1883 and the service continued to gain in popularity, first across Britain and then around the world.
The service we know today is very much linked to King's College, Cambridge, where the chapel choir first sang it on Christmas Eve, 1918. It has continued this tradition every year since then, gaining even more listeners through the radio broadcast of the service, which started in 1928 and has continued every year (with the exception of 1930.)
While originating in the Anglican Church, the service was quickly adopted in Roman Catholic and other churches throughout the UK, and then the rest of the world. Here at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam we enjoy the opportunity to include traditional carols and compositions from many different countries. While we conduct the service in English, it is interesting to note that at one school in Quebec, Canada, the nine lessons are read in nine different languages or dialects! Perhaps something to consider for future years here...
Concert - Doulce Memoire Kamerkoor
In de Wolken
Doulce Memoire
o.l.v. Felix van den Hombergh
slagwerk - Andrea Fortea Badia
Een concert met betoverende en indrukwekkende koormuziek, met als begeleiding marimba, divers slagwerk én zingende wijnglazen, van componisten Ešenvalds, Jančevskis, Plakidis, van den Hombergh, van der Laag en Whitacre.
KAARTEN: €18/€10 via: https://www.doulcememoire.nl/
Carolling on the Spui
🎶 Carolling on the Spui
Come join us on the Spui where we will sing Christmas carols together, led by our Music Director, Richard Zook.
Immediately after the morning service on Sunday, 13 December.
Concert - Slavuj
Wereld, wereld
Liederen uit de Balkan en landen rond de Zwarte Zee
Slavuj, onder leiding van Ivo Boswijk, geeft elk jaar twee drukbezochte decemberconcerten in de Engelse Kerk, met liederen uit de Balkan, Oost-Europa en landen rond de Zwarte Zee. De melodieën en teksten zijn veelal ontleend aan volksoverleveringen. Dirigent Ivo Boswijk maakt de meeste arrangementen. Hij houdt zich daarbij aan het typische idioom van de streek met voor westerse oren nogal eens verrassende harmonieën. Koorzang wordt afgewisseld met solo's, duetten en kwartetten, waardoor elk lied een eigen dynamiek en klank krijgt. We zingen vooral a cappella, soms onder begeleiding van de gitaar. Dit jaar bestaat een deel van het nieuwe repertoire uit Turkse nummers, maar ‘gouwe ouwen’ zullen niet ontbreken.
Entree: 20 euro <12, CJP en Stadspas:15 euro
Reserveren op www.slavuj.nl
Advent Bible Study
Advent Bible Study
As is traditional during Advent, The Education and Training Committee of the International Presbytery is preparing a series of four online Bible studies for the whole presbytery, on Tuesdays
24 November and 1, 8 and 15 December, at 19.30 CET.
The theme is Bethlehem as a character in the Nativity story, exploring the place and its significance in the Christmas narrative.
Information about registration will follow as soon as it is available.
Concert - HartsTocht naar het Oosten
Het projectkoor HartsTocht naar het Oosten zingt meerstemmige traditionele en moderne liederen uit Corsica, Georgië, Frankrijk, Oekraïne, Griekenland, Bosnië, Roemenië en andere lande.
Gastoptreden: het Amsterdamse ensemble Angels met moderne meerstemmige arrangementen van wereldliederen.
Toegang: € 10
Reserveren: mail@tatianalina.com
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Free Lunch Concert - Kimbolton School Choir
Kimbolton School Choir is open to all members of the Senior School, regardless of age or ability. The choir has a wide repertoire, covering both sacred and secular music from medieval plainchant to popular classics and performs regularly in school and further afield. The choir joins forces annually with the Kimbolton Singers to perform major choral works. The choir last toured overseas in December 2023, with a five-day trip to Belgium that included concerts in Brugges and Brussels and are looking forward to performing in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Dordrecht in 2026.
Conductor David Gibbs has been Director of Music at Kimbolton School for twelve years, leading all aspects of the musical life of the School. David was educated at the University of Oxford where he was Organ Scholar of Oriel College, before he went on to hold posts at York Minster and Carlisle Cathedral. David is a Fellow of the Royal College Organists and continues to give organ recitals across the United Kingdom.
Organist Luke Cherry served as assistant organist at St. Nicholas Church, Kenilworth while still at school, before winning the position of Organ Scholar at Royal Holloway University in London, studying under Rupert Gough. He regularly directed the Royal Holloway Chapel Choir, as well as playing the organ in the chapel, including for a live Radio 3 Broadcast. Luke has recently performed in Canterbury, Winchester, St. Davids and Lille Cathedrals; as well as the churches of St. Bavo in Haarlem, St. Ouen in Rouen, St Eustache in Paris, and a recording at St Clotilde in Paris. Following university, he took up the position of organist at Dean Close School and organ scholar of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, where he was responsible for the training of probationer choristers. He is currently the Music Graduate and School Organist at Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire and alongside this works as a freelance organist in Cambridgeshire area.
PROGRAMME
Messe Solenelle - Vierne
The truth from above – arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Adam lay ybounden – Howard Skempton
O radiant dawn – James MacMillan
The holly and the ivy – June Nixon
Peace be to you – Paul Manz
Ave Maria – Robert Parsons
Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre
On Christmas night (The Sussex Carol) – arranged by Philip Ledger
In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke
FREE admission
Concert - Roots Koor
Verbinding en ruimte voor alles wat er is
Kerstmis roept vaak het beeld op van een perfecte, verstilde wereld. Maar als we om ons heen kijken, weten we dat de werkelijkheid anders is. Er is onrust, er is strijd en er is verdriet — dichtbij en ver weg. Tijdens deze kerstviering van ons koor willen en kunnen we onze ogen niet sluiten voor het leed in de wereld. Het verlangen naar vrede klinkt sterker dan ooit, niet alleen in de liederen die we zingen, maar ook in de stilte tussen de noten door. We drag.en de wereld een warm hart toe en voelen compassie met hen die het zwaar hebben.
Tegelijkertijd nodigt deze middag ons uit om de blik naar binnen te richten. Om even te vertragen en te landen in het hier en nu. Te zijn met wat er is, precies zoals het op dit moment voelt. De muziek helpt ons om die ruimte te maken. Samen zingen en luisteren brengt ons in verbinding met onszelf en met elkaar.
Daarom vieren we deze kerst in alle openheid: met een lach en een traan. Er is ruimte voor de vrolijkheid en de warmte van het samenzijn, maar net zo goed voor een moment van melancholie of gemis. Juist die balans maakt ons menselijk en brengt ons dichter bij elkaar. Laten we samen het licht opzoeken, de hoop levend houden en genieten van de verbinding die de muziek ons brengt.
Concert - Slavuj
Wereld, wereld
Liederen uit de Balkan en landen rond de Zwarte Zee
Slavuj, onder leiding van Ivo Boswijk, geeft elk jaar twee drukbezochte decemberconcerten in de Engelse Kerk, met liederen uit de Balkan, Oost-Europa en landen rond de Zwarte Zee. De melodieën en teksten zijn veelal ontleend aan volksoverleveringen. Dirigent Ivo Boswijk maakt de meeste arrangementen. Hij houdt zich daarbij aan het typische idioom van de streek met voor westerse oren nogal eens verrassende harmonieën. Koorzang wordt afgewisseld met solo's, duetten en kwartetten, waardoor elk lied een eigen dynamiek en klank krijgt. We zingen vooral a cappella, soms onder begeleiding van de gitaar. Dit jaar bestaat een deel van het nieuwe repertoire uit Turkse nummers, maar ‘gouwe ouwen’ zullen niet ontbreken.
Entree: 20 euro <12, CJP en Stadspas:15 euro
Reserveren op www.slavuj.nl
Christmas Eve Family Service
Christmas Eve Family Service
Please join us in church for the Christmas Eve Familiy service.
Liturgy sheet will follow.
Christmas Eve Service. We start carolling at 22:00
Christmas Eve service
Please join us in church for the Christmas Eve service.
We start carolling at 22:00.
For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live stream here..
Liturgy sheet will follow.
Christmas Day Service
Christmas Day Service
Please join us in the church for the Christmas Day service by our minister Rev Marius Louw..
For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live stream here.
Liturgy sheet will follow.
Free Lunch Concert - Kitchen Chorus
PROGRAM:
Look at the World - John Rutter
Clare Benediction - John Rutter
I dreamed a dream - from Les Miserables
Bring him home - from Les Miserables
Northern Lights - Ola Gjeilo
The Rose - Ola Gjeilo
Cantique de Jean Racine - Fauré
You'll never walk alone - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Climb every Mountain - Rodgers and Hammerstein
O love - Elaine Hakenberg
California Dreamin ( Mamas and Papas)
The Scientist (Coldplay)
FREE entry
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Worship service Remembrance Sunday
Concert - Collegium Musicum Amsterdam
Collegium Musicum Amsterdam o.l.v. Anthony Zielhorst
Muziektheater – Het verdriet van Elisabeth van Culemborg
Collegium Musicum Amsterdam presenteert een muziektheatervoorstelling, die gewijd is aan Vrouwe Elisabeth van Culemborg (1475-1555). Zij was eerste hofdame aan het hof van Margaretha van Oostenrijk en bewoonde het kasteel van Culemborg.
Zij heeft het stadhuis aan de Markt laten bouwen. Uit haar nalatenschap is het Weeshuis gesticht. Tot op de dag van vandaag worden er vanuit haar erfenis projecten voor de ‘rechten armen’ gefinancierd.
Rode draad van de voorstelling is het verhaal van Vrouwe Elisabeth. In de vertelling worden de hoofdpersonen Margaretha van Oostenrijk, Antoine de Lalaing en Vrouwe Elisabeth zelf, tot leven gebracht. Tijdens dit verhaal opent Collegium Musicum Amsterdam het Mechels Koorboek om de vijfstemmige Missa Alleluya van de la Rue te zingen, gecombineerd met twee motetten van zijn hand. Voordat het verhaal begint klinkt er een Kyrie, dat gebaseerd is op het lied O gloriosa Margaretha. Daarnaast krijgen motetten van Mattheus Pipelare en Thomas Cricquillon een plek in de voorstelling. Vanuit Culemborgs perspectief mag het motet Gaude Barbara van Jean Mouton niet ontbreken.
KAARTEN: €16/€12
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Bible Study
Bible Study
All are very welcome to join our ERC Bible study (Matthew 25:1-13), led by our minister Marius Louw.
This will be a hybrid meeting; you can join in church or via zoom.
For details please contact Geesje Hofstra to receive the relevant materials and link to participate.
Coffee Morning
Coffee Morning
Come and enjoy coffee together.
If you are interested to come, please contact Sies Plokker.
Concert - Kwartet aan 't IJ
Kwartet aan ‘t IJ
with guest cellist Justus van Iterson
Amsterdam-based string quartet Kwartet aan ’t IJ invites you to an intimate afternoon of chamber music on Sunday, 1 November, joined by guest cellist Justus van Iterson - specifically, an hour to celebrate one single magnificent work, Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major.
Written just months before his death, this string quintet by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert is often regarded as one of the great masterpieces in the chamber music repertoire. Its haunting, melancholic melodies are set against moments of energy, warmth, and joyful movement, creating a work of extraordinary emotional depth and contrast. The five instruments - violins, viola, celli - constantly respond to and weave around one another, passing melodies between voices and creating a rich, musical conversation.
We look forward to welcoming you!
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Formed in November 2024 through connections made across orchestras and chamber music projects, Kwartet aan ’t IJ brings together four musicians - Julie Chen (violin), Amanda Tse (violin), Kata Balogh (viola), and Clym Stock-Williams (cello) - all based in the Netherlands, each bringing their own musical background and personality to the ensemble. As a quartet, we have been honoured to learn from members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ruysdael Quartet, Cuarteto Casals, Wihan Quartet, and other distinguished musicians.
For this concert, we are delighted to collaborate with Dutch cellist Justus van Iterson. Justus studied in the preparatory programme at the Utrecht Conservatory with Jeroen den Herder, and continued his studies with Douw Fonda. He has also received coaching and lessons from Timora Rosler, Chris Duindam, and others. As a cellist, he has served as principal of the UvA Orchestra J.Pzn Sweelinck, the Klassiek Collectief, and Caecilia Camerata. Alongside his orchestral work, he is an active chamber musician and regularly performs as a continuo player with a variety of ensembles and musical projects.
TICKETS: https://godown-studio.weticket.io/schubert-s-string-quintet-1
20s & 30s Lunch
20s & 30s Lunch
Every first Sunday of the month the 20s & 30s group from the church meet for lunch and fellowship after the service (around noon).
Anyone is welcome to join! For questions, get in touch with Elisabeth IJmker.
Worship service
Free Lunch Concert - Aures Quartet
Aures Quartet
1st Violin: Hyunjin Cho
2nd Violin: Lucia Warren
Viola: Sofía Pérez Calvo
Cello: Efstratia Chaloulakou
Aures Quartet takes its name from the Aurae — the nymphs of the breezes in ancient Greek mythology - a name that speaks to the ensemble's essence: four individual voices that met somewhere in the middle. The quartet was formed at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where its four members met during their master's studies, and Amsterdam remains its artistic home.
The ensemble's international profile was established swiftly and decisively. Aures Quartet made its public debut at the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam in January 2026 and received the First Prize as well as the Young Jury Prize at the Storioni Festival Competition 2026. Since 2026, the quartet has also been refining its artistry at the Netherlands String Quartet Academy (NSKA).
Together, Aures Quartet represents what is most vital about the chamber music tradition today: cultural diversity and a genuine curiosity about what the string quartet can be and do. The ensemble is based in Amsterdam and is actively building its concert life in the Netherlands and beyond.
PROGRAM
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 “Rasumovsky” 1. Introduzione: Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
Anton Webern: Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 “Fifths”
FREE entry
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Free Lunch Concert - Choir of Ely Cathedral
The Girls’ Choir of Ely Cathedral
Singing at Ely Cathedral is an experience which sets girls up for life.
Our choristers receive an unrivalled musical education, performing daily as professionals in the Cathedral as well as in venues all over the world. The girls toured to France in 2024 and are getting ready for a trip to the Netherlands in 2027.
They learn skills of self-discipline and confidence, and gain an appreciation of hard work and high standards which lasts a lifetime: choristers go on to successful careers in all fields and develop a passion for music. It's a big commitment for them and their families, but they make life-long friendships and have a lot of fun.
Sarah MacDonald, conductor
FREE entry
Concert - Anne Kaasa & Natasa Sibalic
Q.Festival-Portuguese Music
Contemporary Portuguese en Dutch Classical Music
Anne Kaasa - piano
Natasa Sibalic - voice
De Noorse pianiste Anne Kaasa, sedert 1990 in Portugal wonende, is heel bekend bij het Portugese publiek. Ze heeft opgetreden met enkele van de meest bekende Portugese musici, zoals onder andere, de violisten Aníbal Lima en Luís Pacheco Cunha, de celliste Maria José Falcão, de klarinettist en orkestleider António Saiote en de fluitist Antóno Carrilho.
Enkele van de grootste Portugese componisten hebben de wereldpremières van hun werken aan haar te danken, zoals António Victorino d’Almeida, António Pinho Vargas, Amílcar Vasques-Dias, Clotilde Rosa, Sérgio Azevedo en Pedro Faria Gomes. Zij is in Portugal ook als docente werkzaam.
Nataša Šibalić is geboren in Belgrado (Servië) en tot Portugese genaturaliseerd. Ze wordt beschreven als “een sopraan met grote interpretatieve intelligentie en verfijnde frasering" (Manuel Pedro Ferreira, in het Portugese dagblad Público). Ze geeft regelmatig concerten, ze treedt op in continentaal Portugal, Madeira en op de Azoren, Nederland, Servië, Frankrijk, Kroatië, Brazilië, Argentinië en Uruguay. Ze richt zich in het bijzonder op kamermuziek en de hedendaagse opera.
Ze heeft absolute premières vertolkt van de werken van Gonçalo Gato, Vasco Mendonça, Alejandro Erlich Oliva, Diego Kovadloff, Amílcar Vasques Dias en César Viena. Ze heeft samengewerkt met Amílcar Vasques Dias, onder meer bij twee opera’s waarin ze de hoofdrol had – “Soror Mariana Alcoforado” en “Geraldo e Samira”.
Natasa heeft meegewerkt aan de cd “De ouvido e coração”, een originele schepping van de componist Amílcar Vasques-Dias, gebaseerd op het werk van José Afonso.
Met pianiste Anne Kaasa heeft ze het album met zangkunst opgenomen “In the silent of the secret night”.
TICKETS: € 26 Via: https://q-art.stager.co/shop/default
€ 23 (early bird, to 25 September)
€ 17 (stadspas, to be shown at the door)
€ 13 (studentenpas, to be shown at the door)
€ 7 (children through 12 year)
€ 45 (strippenkaart 2 concerts for 1 person)
Worship service
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Bible Study
Bible Study
All are very welcome to join our ERC Bible study (Matthew 22:15-22), led by our minister Marius Louw.
This will be a hybrid meeting; you can join in church or via zoom.
For details please contact Geesje Hofstra to receive the relevant materials and link to participate.
Free Concert - Nottingham High School Choir and Band
Nottingham High School
The concert band, choir and smaller chamber ensembles will perform a mix of classical and secular music, musical numbers and religious vocal repertoire.
FREE entry
Worship service
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Concert - Vocaal Ensemble Larynx
Plus ultra
Vocaal Ensemble Larynx
o.l.v. Alfrun Schmid
Mascha Punt, Aukje Vergeest (sopraan)
Immie van Kalken, Margriet Rienks (alt)
Kees Taat, Jan Fekke Ybema (tenor)
Paul Dros, Gijs Klunder (bas)
Plus ultra (Latijn voor ‘steeds verder’) is de officiële wapenspreuk van Spanje.
Een lesje geschiedenis ophalen: keizer Karel V (1500-1558) koos deze spreuk als variatie op non plus ultra, volgens de overlevering door Hercules gebeiteld op zuilen aan weerszijden van de Straat van Gibraltar om het einde van de wereld in de klassieke oudheid te markeren. Karel V wilde met deze keuze laten zien dat zijn ambities verder reikten dan Spanje: hij had een enorme expansiedrift. De komende periode werd dan ook gekenmerkt door de conquistadores en ontdekkingsreizigers. Het Habsburgse imperium wist door handige huwelijken landen in te lijven en als dat niet lukte dan werden er oorlogen gevoerd. Halverwege de 16de eeuw was het Spaanse Rijk de grootste politieke macht ter wereld, het rijk ‘waar de zon nooit ondergaat’, aldus Karel V. Na Karel zette zijn zoon Filips II de koers voort. Voor de dood van Filips II schreef de Portugees Duarte Lobo een begrafenismis (Missa pro defunctis). De misdelen vormen onze rode draad in dit programma, dat verder is gevuld met liederen van Spaanse componisten of getoonzet op Spaanse teksten.
Programma:
Duarte Lobo (ca. 1565-1646), Missa pro defunctis
Juan del Encina (1468-1529), Trist’España sin ventura
Rodolfo Hallfter (1900-1987), Tres epitafios
Para la sepultura de Don Quijote
Para la sepultura de Dulcinea
Para la sepultura de Sancho Panza
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1973), Suite de Lorca
Canción de jinete
El Grito
La Luna asoma
Malagueña
Manuel Oltra (1922-2015), uit Bestiari:
Rata-pinyada
Rossignyol caduc
Elefant
Javier Busto Sagrado (1949), Tres Nanas Cántabras
El mi niño tiene sueño
Duérmete, que viene preguntando
El mi niño se ha dormido
Manuel Oltra (1922-2015), Tres canciones de amor
Madrigalillo
Eco
Preludio
Duarte Lobo (ca. 1565-1646), Audivi vocem
KAARTEN: €17,50 aan de deur
Worship service
Cooking at the Kloof
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 Andrea Parks for more information.
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!
Bible Study
Bible Study
All are very welcome to join our ERC Bible study (Matthew 22:1-14), led by our minister Marius Louw.
This will be a hybrid meeting; you can join in church or via zoom.
For details please contact Geesje Hofstra to receive the relevant materials and link to participate.
Coffee Morning
Coffee Morning
Come and enjoy coffee together.
If you are interested to come, please contact Sies Plokker.
Concert - Orchestra Lagrandt
Orchestra Lagrandt plays Haydn & Mozart
Joël Geniet, cello
Ian Plasker, conductor
Orchestra Lagrandt presents a light and exhilarating program of works by Haydn and Mozart. Mozart’s "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", published nearly 30 years after his death, is one of the most iconic works of the Classical era. We’re delighted to offer an entirely unique interpretation on historical instruments.
French cellist Joël Geniet joins us to perform Haydn’s virtuosic C major Cello Concerto. We close the program with Haydn’s early symphonic masterpiece, "Le Matin". Both works were composed for the orchestra of Prince Nicolaus Esterházy.
WA Mozart: String Serenade in G major, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
FJ Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major with soloist Joël Geniet
FJ Haydn: Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin"
Tickets can be purchased at this link (€20 regular, €10 for under 30 years old) or at the door.
Worship service
Concert - Horizon Ensemble
Telemann Revisited
Kapellmeister and Innovator
Horizon Ensemble
Kate Clark, traverso
Rebecca Huber, violin
Kathryn Cok, harpsichord
Cassandra Luckhardt, viola da gamba
TICKETS at the door: €20 / €7,50 students
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Early Friday Morning Prayers
Join us for informal contemplative prayer mornings led by our minister Marius Louw, every Friday, in the church.
These sessions are open to anyone seeking a quiet environment for prayer and reflection.
We encourage you to come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you!