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An Evening of Love Songs
Paradiso (Amsterdam), 2 October 2006

Erik de Jong (Spinvis) sings a poem written by Menno Wigman
The dutch arts magazine De Revisor was the driving force behind this Evening of Love Songs (Avond Van Het Nederlandse Liefdeslied), a colourful evening during which thirteen singers from The Netherlands and Belgium each sung a poem of one of the thirteen poets present. This evening was filmed for dutch NPS Television and will be aired, and will also be extensively covered in the new issue of Revisor magazine.


Huub van der Lubbe (De Dijk) was the first singer to open the evening, singing lyrics written by Gerrit Komrij


Martin Buitenhuis (Van Dik Hout) sings a poem by Hagar Peeters


Frédérique Spigt collaborated especially for this evening with Joost Zwagerman


Wende Snijders sings a poem in Afrikaans by Antjie Krog


Poet Kees 't Hart (right) challenging himself with a rap together with the guys from De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig


The Belgium trio Laïs sings a-capella a poem by Hafid Bouazza


Maarten van Roozendaal and Manon Uphoff closely collaborated on their contribution for this evening


Ellen ten Damme delivered a sober performance of lyrics written by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer


Belgium singer Ben van Looy (Das Pop) singing lyrics written by Alfred Schaffer. The wound on this nose was caused by an accident in a pub


Overview of Paradiso with Ben van Looy on stage


Roos Rebergen (Roosbeef) impresses everbody in the audience with her version of Erik-Jan Harmens' poem


Thé Lau performed a song based on a poem by Neel Maria Min


Closing time - An Pierlé (Belgium) has collaborated with her partner Koen Gisen on lyrics by the Peter Verhelst, also from Belgium. Together with a children's choir they give away a happy song about the moon and starts.


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