Festival of Flanders Mechelen

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Balsam

Zefiro Torna

Balsam was premièred at Lunalia 2019, and the project’s journey since then has been astonishing. Now it’s time to bring Balsam home and end Lunalia 2025 with this tantalising herbal laboratory. Since days of old, people have tried to fathom the healing powers of plants. Their findings were often written down in herbals. The contributions of Rembert Dodoens from Mechelen to the field are of inestimable value. The compositions in the programme bear titles such as Alchemilla/Lady's Mantle, Les Roses de Saadi and Artemisia absinthium. They are set alongside traditional songs from Portugal and Greece, Old Norse Edda songs about Yggdrasil, the tree of life, spiritual melodies by Hildegard von Bingen, finely crafted 15th century music by Guillaume Dufay and baroque splendour by Heinrich Schütz.

Elly Aerden vocals, chatkan
Jowan Merckx recorders, French bagpipes, flugelhorn, percussion, ukelele, vocals, compositions
Raphaël De Cock uilleann pipes, bawu, chatkan, kaval, Hardanger fiddle, harmonic flutes, Jew's harp, duduk, overtone singing, vocals
Philippe Laloy flutes, soprano saxophone, compositions
Jean-Philippe Poncin bass clarinet
Jurgen De bruyn lute, baroque guitar, chitarrone, vocals, artistic direction

11.05.2025
20:15 — 21:30

Cultural Centre Mechelen
Minderbroedersgang
Mechelen

tickets

100% balsam

In partnership with
Cultural Centre Mechelen

Location
Cultural Centre Mechelen – Church

Tickets
20 euro (-26: 12 euro)