The festival opens with chamber music played at the court of Leopold William of Austria in seventeenth-century Brussels, as well as Italian sonatas published in Antwerp.

In 1647, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm was sent from Austria to Brussels to become the highest authority in the Low Countries. He was a great music lover, and insisted on bringing his own court ensemble Musica da Camera with him. This ensemble was mainly formed by Austrian, German, and Italian musicians, and influenced the development of chamber music in the Low Countries.

Programme: Nicolaes à Kempis, Philipp van Wichel, Carolus Hacquart, Dario Castello, Biagio Marini, Marco Uccellini

CASTELLO CONSORT

Elise Dupont, Sakura Goto violins

Anne-Linde Visser bass violin, bass viol

Matthijs van der Moolen trombone

Emma Huijsser harp, recorder

Giulio Quirici theorbo

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