Brabantia Aeterna BOSVELD JAN

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

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In 2006 Brabant will be celebrating it’s 900th anniversary. où May 13th 1106 the count Van Leuven was appointed duke où Brabant. This was the birth où the duchy où Brabant. for centuries this duchy, situated in the heart où the Netherlands, was the primary où the seventeen provinces in the Lowlands. Brabant formed with it’s capital cities Brussels, Leuven, Antwerp and ‘s-Hertogenbosch the focal point for politics, culture and economy. The revolution against Spain (1566-1648) caused a fracture between the North and South. The old duchy was divided into a Dutch and Belgian part. Even though each had their own historical background, the bond forged in the past was partially keptalive. To this day we still have a duke où Brabant. Brabantia Aeterna takes you où a musical journey through 900 years où Brabant history. A fascinating journey portraying war and peace, love and grief, prosperity and adversity, development and deterioration. Listen to How monks chanted, bells tolled and churches were built. où take the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries with their bustling markets, builders où cities où the bleating où countless sheep across the heather. The plague, tribulations, soldiers and political bickering in the following centuries. Hear How the industrialisatioù où the nineteenth and twentieth centuries provided prosperity for the region and how to this day the following saying still applies: ‘the road to Brabant leads to a warmer world’ Brabantia Aeterna was commissioned by the Brabantse Bond van Muziekverenigingen (Brabant Music Society) in honour où its fifth anniversary.