Boys' voices of the future

William Cornish (1468-1523)
Ah Robin, gentle Robin
L'amour de moi (France)

Béla Bartók (1881-1941)
Altal mennék
Ablakomba

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Hymne à la nuit 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Laudamus to

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Bist du bei mir (BWV 508)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sound the trumpet 

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Ave maris stella op. 118/5

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Ave Maria

Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Vater unser

Andrew Lloyd Webber (*1948)
Pie Jesu

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Da unten im Tale

Bóg się rodzi (Poland)

Max Knigge (arrangement)

Lolo mi boto (Suriname)

Arirang (Korea)

Kaval Sviri (Bulgaria)

Durme, durme (Sephardic song)

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Duetto buffo di due gatti

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Edelweiss

Irene Verburg / choral conductor
Irene Verburg studied voice at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. After graduating, she won prestigious talent scholarships, including that of the Ministry of OCW and the Stipendium for the Bayreuther Festspiele. Verburg is a laureate of the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch and participated in the Wagner Academy. In recent years, she has been heard in various opera roles, concerts, oratorios and song recitals. She founded chamber music ensemble DUTCHmusicians, which mainly performs orchestral songs arranged for the ensemble in small, changing line-ups. Verburg also frequently works as vocal coach for the National Children's Choir and the National Youth Choir of Vocal Talent Netherlands, and she currently conducts the National Boys' Choir. In this role, she prepares concert productions in collaboration with renowned international conductors such as Maris Janssons, Markus Stenz and Philippe Herreweghe.

Hans Eijsackers / piano
Hans Eijsackers studied at the conservatories of Amsterdam and The Hague, and at the European Mozart Academy in Kraków. His teachers were Gérard van Blerk, Jan Wijn and György Sebök. He won prizes at the European Piano Competition and received the Silver Vriendenkrans of the Concertgebouw. He is currently a professor at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, where in recent years he developed the curriculum for the new master's specialisation Lied.
Eijsackers performs frequently as a soloist, chamber musician and song pianist, and forms an inspired song duo with Henk Neven. As a jury member and master class teacher, he is a regular guest at home and abroad and regularly visits Lithuania as 'ambassador for the art song'. In addition, Eijsackers is artistic director of the International Student Song Duo Competition in Groningen, which took place for the seventh time in November 2024. Since 2022, he has been the artistic director of the festival together with Henk Neven.

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