Sunday Sessions
Music, Boat & Picnic along the Scheldt
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Are you in the mood for a Sunday of unwinding? Close your laptop, switch off your phone, and immerse yourself in three unique performances on both sides of the Scheldt, in the idyllic triangle of Sint-Amands, Mariekerke, and Moerzeke. The ferry will take you back and forth. And in between, don’t forget to collect your picnic package at a time that suits you!
Looking Within
Brussels Jazz Orchestra offers a counterbalance to today’s busy, hectic, and digital society. Together with accordionist Philippe Thuriot.
Breath of Life
The internationally celebrated Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe presents a meditative musical programme for solo clarinet and electronics.
Poets and Wind Instruments among the Reeds
Music, poetry and nature come together in a beautiful nature reserve beside the Scheldt.
Looking Within
Programme
Performers
- Philippe Thuriot, accordion
- Brussels Jazz Orchestra
With Looking Within, Brussels Jazz Orchestra offers a counterbalance to today’s busy, hectic, and digital society. Together with accordionist Philippe Thuriot, the orchestra has created a programme that invites the audience for a unique contemplative experience. New hushed yet no less powerful compositions have been penned by jazz trumpeter Bert Joris, with whom the orchestra has collaborated very successfully on several occasions. Looking Within is a reflective experience for musicians and listeners.
Practical
Address Sint-Amanduskerk – Kaai 1, 2890 Puurs-Sint-Amands
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Timing concert 1
11:15 Doors open
11:45 Start concert
12:30 Expected end time
Timing concert 2
13:15 Doors open
13:45 Start concert
14:30 Expected end time
Ticket price 15 euros
Breath of Life
Programma
Performers
- Annelien Van Wauwe, klarinet
- Jelle Tassyns, electronics
Programme Musical Breathing Meditation
The internationally celebrated Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe presents a meditative musical programme for solo clarinet and electronics. Meditative exercises and breathing techniques intertwine with excerpts from the clarinet concerto Sutra, which the composer Wim Hendrickx - who died last year - dedicated to Annelien.
No experience is required for this performance.
Practical
Address Onze-Lieve-Vrouw kerk – Omgangstraat 1, 2880 Bornem
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Timing concert 1
13:15 Doors open
13:30 Start concert
14:15 Expected end time
Timing concert 2
15:00 Doors open
15:15 Start concert
16:00 Expected end time
Ticket price 15 euros
Poets and Wind Instruments among the Reeds
Programme
Performers
- Maud Vanhauwaert, poetry
- Lisette Ma Neza, poetry
- Raphaela Danksagmüller, duduk and kaval
- Marianne Noordink, ney and transverse flute
Programme
- New and existing work from Maud Vanhauwaert and Lisette Ma Neza
- Music by Raphaela Danksagmüller and Marianne Noordink
Music, poetry and nature come together in a beautiful nature reserve beside the Scheldt. Maud Vanhauwaert and Lisette Ma Neza recite old and new climate poems, inspired by the Scheldt. The poetic sounds of several brass instruments, the duduk, the ney, and the kaval, create a magical backdrop.
Practical
Address Nature reserve Wal-Zwijn at the jetty of the ferry, 9220 Hamme
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Timing performance 1
09:45 Doors open
10:15 Start performance
11:00 Expected end time
Timing performance 2
11:45 Doors open
12:15 Start performance
13:00 Expected end time
Timing performance 3
15:00 Doors open
15:30 Start performance
16:15 Expected end time
Ticket price 15 euros
Picnic package
Enjoy a delicious picnic in nature!
Complete your trip to Sunday Sessions with a delicious picnic! The package full of delicacies has been carefully put together by local partner Bistro-bar Lara Louise and is easy to take with you, so you can choose the perfect spot to enjoy your picnic.
Order your picnic when you buy your concert ticket.
You can pick up your package on Sunday 6 July between 11:00 and 16:00 at Bistro-bar Lara Louise, right next to the Sint-Amandus church in Sint-Amands.
Price 15 euros
Plan your trip
By foot
16-miute walk in beautiful nature between Sint-Amanduskerk and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw kerk.
Bicycle
The locations are located at nodes:
Sint-Amanduskerk – node 67
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw kerk – node 76
Wal-Zwijn – node 50
Train
Station Bornem:
20-minute bike ride to Sint-Amands and Mariekerke.
Bus
The nearest busstops are:
Mariekerke: Mariekerke Zuster Theresialaan
Sint-Amands: Sint-Amands Buisstraat
Ferry
Ferry services:
Mariekerke – Moerzeke and Puurs-Sint-Amands – Moerzeke, you can easily move between the concert locations.
Normal services still apply, consult the times on the website.
The ferry is wheelchair accessible.
Car
Carpool with family and friends, or connect with other concertgoers via Slinger.
A limited number of parking spaces are available at the concert locations:
Kaai, Sint Amands
Omgangstraat, Mariekerke
Please note that the concert location in Moerzeke cannot be reached by car.
Please park in Sint-Amands or Mariekerke to take the ferry from there.
Accessibility
Accessibility options for this concert:
- Assistance dogs are allowed.
- Knowledge of Dutch is not necessary for Looking Within and Breath of Life.
Knowledge of Dutch is recommended for Poets and Wind Instruments among the Reeds. - The concert venue is wheelchair accessible. May we ask you to inform us if you are coming to the festival with a wheelchair? That way we can take this into account and provide guidance if necessary.
- We provide some parking spaces for people with reduced mobility. Please get in touch to guarantee a space via toegankelijkheid@festival.be.
Do you have specific needs or require additional facilities?
Please contact Fien Straetmans via toegankelijkheid@festival.be or +32 491 45 26 78.
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