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Qui Vive is a Dutch project choir and orchestra of about 50 musicians that travels to France in July at the start of each summer holiday to perform beautiful classical music. The group was founded in 1998 by Ad van Unen and Annemarie de Groot who envisioned France as the ideal place for a group of musical enthusiasts to pitch their tents for a relaxed holiday and a week of musical bliss.
Qui Vive consists of amateurs and a few (semi-) professional musicians and is conducted by Ad van Unen, music teacher and conductor of several choirs in Delft and Breda.
The plans for the summer of 2026 are ready
This year, Qui Vive is visiting Montbazon for the third and final time. We look forward to presenting another beautiful program.
It is titled LUMINOSITÉ and comprises five demanding compositions, with the words of the Apostle John as its motto:
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
In these dark times, with many threats of war, it is difficult, but necessary, to continue believing in a better world, to keep seeing the light.
In addition to Bach’s Magnificat, we will perform Vivaldi’s l’Estate (The Summer), Ruggieri’s Gloria, Mahler’s song ‘Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen’, and Rautavaara’s ‘Les Cieux Inconnus’ in an arrangement for wind instruments.
This is our schedule:
Thursday, July 30 Rivière;
Friday, July 31 Montbazon;
Saturday, August 1 Saumur;
Saturday, September 5 Delft;
Sunday, September 6 Breda.
Details will be announced later.
We look forward to our concerts in France and the Netherlands and hope to meet our many loyal visitors and friends again.
