Understanding

Name: Understanding — Het Muziek & Elisabeth Hetherington
Start: 2026-11-26T20:15:00+01:00
Location: Nieuwe Kerk

Het Muziek & Elisabeth Hetherington

Thu 26 Nov / 20:15

Thu 26 Nov ’26

20:15

Thu 26 Nov ’26

20:15

Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague

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Understanding is an evening about language that touches, derails and sometimes suddenly connects. Canadian-Dutch soprano Elisabeth Hetherington - winner of the Dutch Music Prize - co-created this programme with Het Muziek. It is a search for what happens when words fall short, and for those rare moments when true connection still occurs.

Programme

Jacob de Senleches La Harpe de Melodie
Andrzej Krzanowski Relief IV for soprano and tubular bells
Cassandra Miller Thanksong
Rozalie Hirs notes on the form that love takes
Claude Vivier Bouchara
Antoine Gérin-Lajoie Un Canadien Errant
Joni Mitchell A Case of You

The tubular bells - sometimes whispering, sometimes insistent - run like a sonic thread through Understanding. Among other things, you will hear beautiful vocal solos by Hetherington and Claude Vivier's intense orchestral Bouchara. Also featured is a new composition by Rozalie Hirs, known for her musical language that is both mathematical and spiritual. In this work, voice and violin sound each other out: questions, misunderstandings, silence, and now and then a clear, shared moment. An intimate ode to the attempt to make real contact.

Cloakroom and drink 
Cloakroom and an intermission drink are included. If the event does not have an intermission, you will receive the drink afterwards. 

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Credits

Elisabeth Hetherington soprano
Gregory Charette conductor

Het Muziek:
Ingrid Geerlings flute
Hans Wolters oboe
Anna voor de Wind clarinet
Thomas Dulfer bassoon
Eli Oltra horn
Kimball Huigens keys
Joey Marijs percussion
Jonathan Bonny percussion
Joseph Puglia violin
Marijke van Kooten violin
Emlyn Stam viola
Sebastiaan van Halsema cello
Jordi Carrasco Hjelm double bass