ClubMediéval - Dionysos Now!

The concert series Echoes of Brussels jumps back and forth along the capital’s timeline, focusing on memorable creations and residents. From the fifteenth century onwards, the Coudenberg Palace was a hotbed of stories, art and ambition. Almost 300 years after the fire that reduced the Burgundian court to ashes, music can once again rise from the ruins. 

At the historic site of the Coudenberg Palace, ClubMediéval and Dionysos Now! delve into the musical life of the Brussels court. In the sixteenth century, the building was the beating heart of Emperor Charles V’s global empire. He often resided in Brussels before his abdication in 1555. ClubMediéval performs music in the ruins of the Coudenberg that Charles himself may well have heard, while Dionysos Now! presents a broader tribute to the vibrant musical life surrounding the court in the Coudenberg Church, featuring polyphony by composers such as Johannes Ghiselin, Pedro Ruimonte and Thomas Cecquillon. Together, the two concerts paint a vivid portrait of the Coudenberg: from a modest court chapel to an international musical nexus. 

ClubMediéval: Karolus, The soul on which the moon never sets

• Jonatan Alvarado, tenor
• Ariel Abramovich, vihuela & lute 
• Thomas Baeté, viola d’arco
• Isaline Claeys, dramaturgie

Music by Jonás Bisquert, Pierre de la Rue, Tielman Susato, anonima from cancioneros de Palacio y Elvas

Dionysos Now!: Fortunae meae, non mihi

Music by Crispinus van Stappen, Johannes Ghiselin, Pedro Ruimonte, Adriaan Willaert, Peter Philips, Thomas Crecquillon