Based on excerpts from "Lachrymae Pavane" by John Dowland, Klaas de Vries aims to interpret the distance in time between today and the sixteenth century (when pieces for the so-called ‘broken consort’ were written) as an imaginary distance in space. The music of the past comes to us from a distance (da lontano), as if it were a fragmented memory. A memory that sometimes fades by enveloping them in a haze of sounds or suddenly interrupted by "contemporary" percussive outbursts. The memory can also go by moving fragments of the old compositions over each other or breaking them up into short repetitive motifs or extremely slowing them down.

In "Baldwine Close Ups" Martijn Padding investigates pure polyphony in a substantial way, using Renaissance techniques such as canon and palindrome, applied in polyphony: harmonic language based on modality but placed in a chromatic framework. In one of the 6 parts of the work, the life of John Baldwine is told in an infectious way.

Klas Torstensson focuses on the wide range of colors, playing techniques and sound possibilities of Black Pencil. His piece Color Consort is virtuosic and exciting.

Roderik de Man, composer-in-residence of the ensemble, investigates the concept of "Heimat" in his new viola concerto for Esra Pehlivanli, reflecting on the famous romantic song "Aus der Heimath" by Robert Schumann.

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In 'Heide Midzomer', Kate Moore reflects on landscape, traditions and her own identity. In her own imagination, music  is associated with festivities, worship and dance. In this work she makes a connection between traditions that are preserved in rural towns and villages in the Netherlands and southern England.

Wim Henderickx's work breathes an introspective and meditative atmosphere. Seven musical episodes merge into one another without interruption. The music remains calm and melodic throughout the work with a predominantly consonant harmony. The electronics act as a harmonic space, a kind of musical canvas above which the instruments enter into a dialogue. This is in contrast to the iconic work of Louis Andriessen, full of mechanical patterns and endless power.