Featured: Between Darkness and Light
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3811 BP Amersfoort Plan your route to “Te gast: Between Dark and Light”
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Martijn van Essen is in the prime of his life and recently turned 40. He enjoys the hustle and bustle at home with his wife and three children, as well as the many people he meets through his work. But he also knows how fragile life can be. His mother passed away at age 64, and he himself suffered from burnout. He also saw firsthand how difficult life can sometimes become for the people you love. Those experiences made him reflect on how he wants to live his own life: rushing a little less and enjoying the present a little more. He doesn’t always succeed in that, though.
These experiences are reflected in z…
Martijn van Essen is in the prime of his life and recently turned 40. He enjoys the hustle and bustle at home with his wife and three children, as well as the many people he meets through his work. But he also knows how fragile life can be. His mother passed away at age 64, and he himself suffered from burnout. He also saw firsthand how difficult life can sometimes become for the people you love. Those experiences made him reflect on how he wants to live his own life: rushing a little less and enjoying the present a little more. He doesn’t always succeed in that, though.
These experiences resonate in his music. In “Het Liefste,” Martijn sings about how much you’d like to take away someone else’s sadness. And about the realization that sometimes you can’t solve anything, but you can still be there for one another. His new song, “Onderweg Naar Hier,” is about how easily we can get swept up in everything we “have to” do, while life is actually happening right here and now.
Between songs, Martijn shares the personal stories behind them. Sometimes vulnerable and moving, but there’s also plenty to laugh about.
Martijn will be accompanied this evening by six professional musicians. His songs have been given new arrangements especially for *Tussen Donker En Licht*.
When
- Sunday 18 April 2027 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Buy tickets