Two outstanding early music ensembles take you back to 's-Hertogenbosch in the Renaissance. With its abundance of churches and monasteries, the city (often nicknamed ‘little Rome’) possessed a magnificent choir and was the center of musical practice in the Low Lands.

It was also the birthplace of the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Brotherhood, founded by the local clergy in honour of Mary. At their annual banquet, they were on the lookout for a special delicacy: a swan. A member of the nobility, who in return was allowed to bear the name Swan Brother, usually donated this. With the Sollazzo Ensemble as its musical band, Cappella Pratensis invites you to a tasty return trip to the Renaissance.

In collaboration with Organisatie Oude Muziek.