Dutch chamber choir JIP and Kyiv’s Sophia join forces for reflective a cappella music and Palmeri’s Misa Tango with chamber orchestra, bandoneon and piano in Utrecht’s Pieterskerk.
When
Friday, 16 October 2026
20:15
€18 standard / €11 reduced / €25 donation rate; interval drink included. Additional checkout fees unverified.
Dutch chamber choir JIP and the professional Sophia Chamber Choir from Kyiv present Spiegel im Spiegel in Utrecht’s Pieterskerk. The two ensembles have collaborated since 2022 on concerts in the Netherlands, combining support for social and cultural causes in Ukraine with an ongoing artistic exchange between Dutch and Ukrainian musicians and composers.
The first part explores quiet, unaccompanied choral music by composers including Claudio Monteverdi, Johannes Brahms and Arvo Pärt. The singers perform from different positions in the church, making the building’s space part of the listening experience. After the interval, the choirs come together for Martín Palmeri’s Misa a Buenos Aires, also known as Misa Tango, shifting the evening towards the rhythms and energy of tango.
For the second half they are accompanied by the JIP Chamber Orchestra, assembled especially for this project. Martin de Ruiter plays bandoneon and Willem van den Dool plays piano. This is a joint Dutch–Ukrainian programme with instrumental accompaniment, distinct from Sophia’s solo choir concerts elsewhere on the tour. It offers both intimate choral listening and a larger combined performance.
Friday 16 October 2026, 20:15. Public entrance: Pieterskerk, Pieterskerkhof 3, 3512 JR Utrecht. Tickets include an interval drink: €18 standard, €11 reduced for anyone who needs a lower price, or €25 at the donation rate. Book through the organiser’s linked Koortickets page. Any additional checkout fees, door-opening time, finishing time and accessibility arrangements have not been verified. The announcement describes the choirs’ charitable partnership but does not identify a specific recipient for this concert.
Original event and programme: https://pieterskerkconcerten.nl/concerten/spiegel-im-spiegel/
Tickets: https://koortickets.nl/ticketshop.php?nl&ids=1507
Image: promotional performance photograph supplied on the organiser’s event page; photographer uncredited. It shows the ensembles in performance, not the forthcoming 16 October concert.
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