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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.
Preparations for the 2025 programme are in full swing.
This year, Qui Vive will be going to Montbazon for the second time.
Qui Vive always receives a lot of appreciation for its varied programmes, but every now and then this habit is broken and one major work is chosen to fill the entire programme. In 2025 that is Voices of Light by Richard Einhorn. It is a beautiful oratorio from 1995, inspired by the 1928 feature film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc – one of the last years of silent film – about the last hours of Joan of Arc before her execution. Joan of Arc is still a hero to many French people because of her important role during the Hundred Years’ War and she was also in Montbazon!
Due to the 2025 holiday schedule, the Qui-Viveweek will be late this year. To avoid the French skipping our concerts due to their holiday, we have adjusted the usual weekly schedule.
France:
Wednesday 30 July Tours
Thursday 31 July Saumur
Friday 1 August Montbazon
The Netherlands:
Saturday 6 September. Delft
Sunday 7 September. Breda
Details will be announced later.
We are looking forward to our concerts in France and the Netherlands and hope to meet our many loyal visitors and friends there.
