Balkissoon Theater
Saturday evening 30 January 2027, at 8 PM
Maud Nelissen, piano
Eeva Koskinen, violin
Pamela Smits, cello
Rahmida Dewi Patmawati,
Danseres
Bernadeta Astari,
Singer
Voyager Trio:
Arno Bornkamp, saxophone
Pamela Smits, cello
Tobias Borsboom, piano
Experience the unforgettable magic of early cinema. Two Chaplin classics are flanked by three rare historical treasures from the Eye Film Museum and come to life with live music.
In THE VAGABOND , Chaplin plays the tramp, a street musician who falls in love with a gypsy girl and saves her when she is forced into slavery by a cruel gypsy leader and his caravan. Charlie plays aThe Cure "dandy" alcoholic in The Cure who goes to a health resort to detox. When his suitcase full of booze accidentally ends up in the healing water spring, the resulting chaos leads to hilarious situations.
Three gems from the collection of the Eye Film Museum: in the Journey to Jupiter, the cheerful king looks at the heavenly bodies through the huge telescope together with his official astronomer and becomes completely spellbound by it. The Most Beautiful of Nature is a beautiful hand-colored flower film. The Misadventure probably the oldest (surviving) fiction film in Dutch history.
Pianist and film composer Maud Nelissen's specialty is accompanying silent films, with which she has earned an international reputation. A memorable collaboration previously brought Maud, Eeva (concertmaster NNO), and Pamela to the renowned Midnight Sun Film Festival in Lapland. A journey full of wonder, nostalgia, and above all, a smile and a tear.
THE JOURNEY TO JUPITER (1909)
Director: Segundo de Chomón
THE VAGABOND (1916)
Director: Charlie Chaplin
– Intermission –
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF NATURE (1912)
Director: Unknown
THE MISADVENTURE OF A FRENCH GENTLEMAN WITHOUT TROUSERS AT THE BEACH IN ZANDVOORT. (1905)
Director: Willy Mullens
The Cure (1917)
Director: Charlie Chaplin