Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Collegium Vocale Zaandam: Barok in de Bullekerk

Name:

Barok in de Bullekerk (Baroque in the Bullekerk)

Location:

Zaandam, The Netherlands

Venues:

Westzijderkerk (a.k.a. Bullekerk), Westzijde 75, Zaandam

Years:

Since November 2002 (Cantata Series)

Months:

Nine concerts per year, in the months January-June and September-November

Artistic Director:

Cor Brandenburg

Ensembles:

Collegium Vocale Zaandam (CVZ)
Barok Ensemble Eik en Linde

Website:

Collegium Vocale Zaandam
Barok Ensemble Eik en Linde

History & Mission:

The Bach tradition in Zaandam dates back to 1977, when Jan Pasveer started monthly cantata concerts with his "Zaans Cantate Koor" in the "Bullekerk". When the choir ceased to exist in 2002, many people wished the Bach tradition to continue. As a result "Collegium Vocale Zaandam" was established, led by Cor Brandenburg, a student of Jan Pasveer and organ player in Pasveer's concert series. The choir is accompanied by the professional baroque orchestra "Eik en Linde", that plays old instruments or copies thereof (all in old tuning), in an attempt to approach the sound in Bach's days.

The concerts concentrate on (but are not limited to) the cantatas and motets of J.S. Bach. Regularly works of other (early) Baroque composers can be heard.

Logo:

Source: Peter van Brunschot, Collegium Vocale Zaandam (June 2010, January 2012)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (June 2010 - January 2012)