New CD Italophilia
We have some exciting news to share! Last April we recorded our new album Italophilia with special guest soprano Kristen Witmer It will be released soon at Challenge Records International! To celebrate this, we will play two festive CD-presentation concerts in The Hague (Saturday 2 November) and Amsterdam (Sunday 3 November).
We would love to celebrate this new milestone and gorgeous music with you and are excited to share the stage with soprano Kristen Witmer, violinist Noyuri Hazama and cellist Diederik van Dijk during these concerts! For tickets and more info, click here.
La Querelleuse receives Gramophone Editor's Choice
Not often does it happen that a Dutch ensemble receives an Editor's Choice in Gramophone Magazine, the authority in the field of classical music. The Counterpoints are very honoured that their debut album La Querelleuse is one of the Editor's Choices in the June issue. Read the full review here.
La Querelleuse reviewed 9/10 in Luister
Our CD received yet another great review: a score of 9/10 in the Dutch magazine Luister.
New CD La Querelleuse out now!
Exciting news! Our new cd La Querelleuse is available on Etcetera Records now! You can order the cd on Etcetera Records or Bol.com.
Not just a compositional technique
Counterpoint is the interaction between different melodies, closely related to making music together and communication through musical voices. Another beautiful interpretation of the word is "something that is different from something else, usually in a pleasing way."
The Counterpoints is an early music ensemble based in The Netherlands. From the moment The Counterpoints began playing together, there was an inspiring dynamic within the group. The members shared an excitement for discovering together all of the colors and emotions embedded in baroque music, and exploring the interactions of the voices in the music. J.S. Bach, an important composer for The Counterpoints, was widely admired as the master of counterpoint.
Hailing from different countries but brought together by their studies of Historical Performance in The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, The Counterpoints also believes in the importance of performing on original instruments or good copies, to bring both performer and audience closer to the soundscape of the Baroque and breathe even more life into the incredible music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
First upcoming event
Releaseconcert Italophilia - Amare (Den Haag), 20:15
Dit najaar presenteert oudemuziekensemble The Counterpoints haar nieuwe programma Italophilia - Discovering the Italian taste in London. Daarin belichten The Counterpoints het perspectief van Londense componisten als Purcell, Händel en Greene op de muzikale stijl die heel Europa in de vroege 18de eeuw veroverde: de gepassioneerde, emotionele, afwisselende en virtuoze muziek uit Italië. Samen met stersopraan Kristen Witmer nemen ze je mee op een muzikale reis door de wereld van de barokke kamermuziek. Meer info hier.