About

What to expect

The afternoon combines poetry by Jean Pierre Rawie with music by de Heren Rond Rawie.

Simon Mulder, recitation artist and artistic director of Feest der Poëzie, leads the afternoon as host and interviewer.

  • Rawie is a best-selling Dutch poet
  • Rawie is a master of Dutch form-fixed poetry
  • Themes: love, death, loss and consolation
  • Heren Rond Rawie made album 'Dit alles'
  • Bas Marée: guitar and vocals
  • Mattijs Verhallen: piano and vocals
  • The afternoon also covers cultural history
  • Album is bluesy, theatrical and moving

FAQ

Who is taking part?

Jean Pierre Rawie and de Heren Rond Rawie take part.

Bas Marée: guitar and vocals

Mattijs Verhallen: piano and vocals

Simon Mulder: host and interviewer; recitation artist and artistic director of Feest der Poëzie

What is the afternoon about?

A literary afternoon with poetry and music.

Themes: love, death, loss and consolation

Album 'Dit alles' sets Rawie's poems to music and is described as bluesy, theatrical and moving

The afternoon also covers cultural history

Getting there

Cultuurpodium De Alkenaer, Ritsevoort 36, 1811 DP Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, NL

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