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TBAE The Coudenberg connection: Richard Dering in Brussel

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n London in 1617 there is no future for a Catholic composer like Richard Dering. He is looking for relief in the Low Countries, where English musicians have enjoyed an excellent reputation for decades. Dering follows the trail of colleague Peter Philips and ends up in Brussels via Antwerp, where he can work – at the foot of the Coudenberg and directly opposite the cathedral – at a Benedictine monastery. Years later, Dering returns to his native country as a private organist of ‘queen consort ’ Henrietta-Maria. Transports Publics follows his musical wanderings in exquisite madrigals, elegant instrumental dances and intimate motets that even Oliver Cromwell could taste! A program about exile and return, Brussels as a cultural and political crossroads, and a composer who found a license for artistic adventure in the relativity of national borders.