50 years of ensemble Currende: a Passion concert about compassion, faith, light and peace. Organist Bart Jacobs enriches Holy Week with a performance in the St Michael and St Gudela Cathedral, in the heart of Brussels.
This episode of Concertzender Live you can listen to some early music; two concerts appropriate for the Holy Week.
Playlist
- 21 March 2025, Sint-Martinus church, Rijmenam, Belgium
Performing: Currende conducted by Erik Van Nevel. Vocalists: Sarah Abrams, Renate Weytjens and Sofia Chacon Chmelicova (soprano), Alexander Schneider (countertenor), Kerlijne Van Nevel ( mezzo-soprano), Katelijne Malomgré, Hans Helsen and Roel Van Sevenant (alto), Arnout Malfliet and Thomas Vandenabeele (bass). Erik Van Nevel is conductor and baritone.
Recording technician: Leo A. De Bock

Erik Van Nevel
Cypriano De Rore (1515-1565)
Miserere Mei à 5
Andrea Gabrieli (ca. 1532-1585)
Miserere Mei à 6
Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Miserere à 10
(Gregorian chant)
Miserere Mei
Alsono Lobo (1555-1617)
Versa est in Luctum à 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Versa est in Luctum à 6
Alexander Utendal (ca. 1543-1581)
Adesto Dolori Meo à 6
Erik Van Nevel (°1956)
Da Pacem
Alexandser Agricopla (ca. 1446-1506)
Da Pacem à 3
Thomas Crecquillon (ca. 1505-1557)
Congregati sunt à 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Lux Aeterna à 6
Erik Van Nevel, ‘Nimrod’ from Enigma Variations, Edward Elgar (1857-1943)
Lux Aeterna II
- 27 March 2024, St Michael and St Gudela Cathedral, Brussels
Performing: Bart Jacobs (organ), Jana Pieters (soprano), Joanna Huszcza (violin) and Ira Givol (viola da gamba)
Recording technician: Leo A. De Bock
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Erbarme dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 72
Aria: Erbarme dich, mein gott, BWV 244
Sinfonia in E minor, BWV 76/8
Chorale: Wer nun den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 690
Partita Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 690, 691, 642
Recitative: Ich habe genug, BWV 82/2
Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen, BWV 82/3
Cantabile in G major, BWV 1019a
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Aria Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen, BWV 127/3
Choral O Mensch, bewein dein Sünden gross, BWV 402
Cover photo: Gregorio Allegri