B'Rock Orchestra
B'Rock is a baroque orchestra that was founded in 2005 in Ghent .
B'Rock Orchestra (pronounced as bee rock) is a Belgian Baroque orchestra.
The orchestra combines works by established baroque composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and Georg Friedrich Handel with the lesser-known repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries like Georg Philipp Telemann, Alessandro Scarlatti and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
In addition, the orchestra focuses on giving first performances of new music written with its historic instruments in mind. The orchestra also has a reputation for cross-genre productions like Early Music in combination with theatre, opera, visual art, dance and/or video.
History
The orchestra was set up in Ghent in 2005 on the initiative of harpsichordist Frank Agsteribbe, double bass player Tom Devaere and managers Hendrik Storme and Tomas Bisschop. The basis was an urge for renewal in the world of Early Music. The first concert B’Rock Orchestra took place at De Bijloke in Ghent on 3 September 2005. B'Rock Orchestra does not work with one conductor but engages guest conductors, soloists and choirs. The orchestra gives about 45 concerts every season, both in Belgium and abroad.
In 2012, B'Rock Orchestra made its debut at Royal Opera De Munt/La Monnaie in Brussels with the opera Orlando by Handel under the baton of Rene Jacobs. B'Rock was voted 'Ensemble of the Year 2015' by the Belgian classical radio channel Klara.
B'Rock Orchestra has developed structural partnerships with the Royal Opera De Munt/La Monnaie in Brussels, deSingel international arts campus in Antwerp, the Ruhrtriennale in the Ruhr region in Germany and the Opera de Rouen in France.