Psalms of Zeelandia

Time | 2024.09.21(Sat) 14:00

Venue | Tai Peng Keng Maxwell Memorial Church

Fare | Free admission with tickets

Tickets| Please Contact Historical Keyboards Taiwan

Co-organizer | NetherlandsOffice Taipei

Tainan Siraya Cultural Association

Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government

Performers

Storyteller | 羅斌

Organ | Alice Sheu

Voice | Siraya Singers

Lute | David van Ooijen

Recorder | Yi-Chang Liang

''Psalms of Zeelandia''

This program is dedicated to the psalms that were once taught by the Dutch missionaries in Taiwan, highlighting the

Formosaanse Taal of Siraya, a language that in later centuries became extinct but was resurrected with the help of the

missionaries’ documents preserved in Dutch archives. Stories from the historical fiction “Niet Zonder Tranen" (Tears of

Zeelandia. Pieter Winsemius, Prometeus 2016) will be told by a narrator, giving accounts of the life and work of a young

Dutch minister in Taiwan. Siraya psalm texts, preserved in 17th century sources, will be presented alongside Siraya

translations made by today’s speakers of Siraya. The psalms will be sung to arrangements by Dutch 17th century lutenist

Vallet. Psalm variations by Sweelinck, Van Noordt and Van Eyck will be performed on the organ and the recorder. This

program truly commemorates the connection between the histories of the two lands.

Program

Toccata： Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (organ)

Psalm 100：Camphuysen MS 100 (organ)

Nicolaes Vallet (voice, lute and recorder)

Pater Noster：Nicolaes Vallet (voice and lute)

Jacob van Eyck (recorder)

Psalm 2：Nicolaes Vallet (voice, lute, ad recorder)

Sybrandt van Noordt (organ)

Psalm 50：Sybrandt van Noord (organ)

Nicolaes Vallet (voice and lute, and recorder)

Psalm 116：Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (organ)

Nicolaes Vallet (voice and lute)

Sybrandt van Noordt (organ)

Psalm 24：Nicolaes Vallet (voice, lute, and recorder)

Sybrandt van Noordt (organ)

(The organizer reserves the right to make changes.)

Tai Peng Keng Maxwell Memorial Church

No. 6, Gongyuan Rd, West Central District, Tainan City, Taiwan 700
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