a nocte temporis / Reinoud Van Mechelen

We might almost start to believe that the Leuven-based tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen enjoys hanging out in the realm of the dead. In 2020 he followed in the footsteps of Orpheus and walked into the underworld with music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier; now he returns to DE SINGEL met haunting farewell cantatas by Bach and Telemann. Yet this is not an evening of supreme sadness. These Trauerode, Actus Tragicus and Du aber Daniel, gehe hin are works that celebrate life in all its poignant beauty. Compositions that look beyond death to the world of endless happiness that awaits in paradise. This is music that goes straight to the heart. Particularly in the hands of Van Mechelen, who in recent years has been creating a profile for himself as both a singer and a conductor. According to BBC Music magazine, with the chamber orchestra a nocte temporis he succeeds in ‘enchanting’ the audience with his intense emotional depth.