“Black Pencil” with accordionist Marko Kassl, will perform two “Exceptional Baroque” concerts in The Netherlands this month.

“The Elizabethan period fits Black Pencil like a glove…it brings the wonders of classical music to life in new ways.”

Concerts will be held as follows:

December 13th, 2024 at 8pm: Sint Joriskerk (St. George’s Church) in Bredevoort

December 14th, 2024 at 8pm: Muziek op Stapel in Oldeberkoop

Their program includes:

John Dowland (1563–1626) – Come Again (1597)
John Dowland (1563–1626) – Galliard to Captaine Pipers Pavin (1598)
Thomas Morley (1557/58–1602) – Joyne Hands (1598)

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) – Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus I, V, IX

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) – Concerto Grosso in C major (RV 558, arr. Roderik de Man)
Allegro molto, Andante molto, Allegro

John Dowland (1563–1626) – Pavane Lachrimae (1596, arr. Roderik de Man)
Thomas Morley (1557/58–1602) – La Coranto (1598)
John Dowland (1563–1626) – Can she excuse my wrongs with virtues cloak (1598)

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) – Fuge, Contrapunctus XIV (arr. Roderik de Man)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1787) – Overture-Suite “Burlesque de Quixotte, TWV 55:G10 (1739, arr. Roderik de Man)
Sancho Panza Mocked
Don Quixote at Rest
Awakening of Don Quixote
Gallop of Rosinante_Sancho’s Mule

Christmas Special
Johannes Caioni (1629/30 – 1687) – works from the Caioni Codex (published in 1671)
Come out, Caioni
Three Dances
The other Gypsies