Bas Cornelissen during a performance, photo by Jaap Kroon

Bas Cornelissen

Bas is a baritone working across music, research, and design.

25 May 17.00 Göttingen
Tempera Mente: Seeds of Sorrow (Händel Festspiele)

De Dertigjarige Oorlog verscheurde Europa. Wanhoop en troost weerklinken in muziek van Hammerschmidt en Vierdanck. Meer info

5 Jun 20.15 Uilenburgersjoel Amsterdam
Saga — Making Waves Kamerkoor Saga o.l.v. Catelijn van Berkel zingt muziek van Hildegard tot Stockhausen. Met Mirte Bulsink (regie) en Bas Cornelissen (spreker)
6 Jun 20.15 Stadsklooster, Utrecht
Saga — Making Waves Kamerkoor Saga o.l.v. Catelijn van Berkel zingt muziek van Hildegard tot Stockhausen. Met Mirte Bulsink (regie) en Bas Cornelissen (spreker)

Selected projects

Tempera Mente
music 2024

Tempera Mente

Tempera Mente is a Dutch early music collective.
Cover of my PhD dissertation (Measuring Musics)
research 2024

Measuring Musics

On Friday 23 February 2024 Bas defended his PhD dissertation Measuring musics: Notes on modes, motifs, and melodies at the University of Amsterdam.
Averaged melody squares of music from four broad geographic regions.
research 2025

Rhythmic Segment Analysis

This paper addresses how to conceptualize, visualize, and measure regularities in rhythmic data.

Recent

Things made, performed or written.

concert23 May
Tempera Mente: Seeds of Sorrow

De Dertigjarige Oorlog verscheurde Europa. Wanhoop en troost weerklinken in muziek van Hammerschmidt en Vierdanck. Meer info

concert22 May
Tempera Mente: Seeds of Sorrow

De Dertigjarige Oorlog verscheurde Europa. Wanhoop en troost weerklinken in muziek van Hammerschmidt en Vierdanck. Meer info

concert28 Apr
Madonna Mia (with Julian Becker)

Joint concert of Tempera Mente and Julian Becker at Festival TAMIS in Saarbrücken.

concert18 Apr
JS Bach — Matthäus Passion
USKO o.l.v. Stijn Berkouwer. Solisten Valerie Stammet (sopraan), Hanno Egger (alt), Steijn Beekman (tenor), Jitze van der Land (bas), Bas Cornelissen (Christus), Dierick Aartsen (evangelist).