OUT OF HOURS

Date: 06/03/1997

Concerts

Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen conducted by Grant Llewellyn with Till Fellner, piano. Works by Debussy; Mozart; Vaughan-Williams. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 6 March. 02/507 82 00.

Brussels Madrigal Singers conducted by Julius Stenzel, with Christine Minet, soprano, Richard Sutcliffe, baroque violin and Yves Charlier, harpsichord. Eglise St Lambert, Woluwé St Lambert. 8 March. 02/768 01 95.

Recital Hartmut Höll, piano; Tabea Zimmermann, alto. Works by Brahms; Hindemith; Ligeti; Zimmermann. Royal Music Conservatory. 7 March. 02/507 82 00.

BRTN-Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Steven Ashbury. Works by Lindberg; Lutoslawski. Lunatheater. 8 March. 02/512 45 45.

Pianotrio Johannes Brahms. Works by F. Quinet; Hummel; Mendelssohn. Hotel Astoria. 9 March. 02/513 09 65.

Kremerata Musica with Guidon Kremer, violin and Veronika Hagen, alto. Works by Franz Schubert; Shostakovitch. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 9 March. 02/507 82 00.

Talich Quartet. Works by Dvorak; Stravinsky; Mozart. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 10 March. 02/507 82 00.

Recital Willem Vermandere with Het Kuijken Quartet. Works by Haydn. Ancienne Belgique. 10 March. 02/548 24 24.

Trio Italiano. Works by Clara Schumann; Robert Schumann. Royal Music Conservatory. 11 March. 02/507 82 00.

Percussion duo Sine Qua Non. Works by Corelli. Le Chat Bleu. 12 March. 02/640 19 65.

Recital Daniel Blumenthal, piano, Jozef Beenhouwer, piano, Viviane Spanoghe, cello, Geert De Bievre,cello. Works by Schumann. Museum of Ancient Art. 12 March. 02/512 82 47.

Recital Thomas Trotter, organ. Works by Messiaen. Notre-Dame de Laeken. 13 March. 02/507 82 00.

Exhibitions

Ket-Car, old toys. Salles des Silhouettes. Until 16 March. 02/732 11 22.

The art of collecting: museums of the Netherlands and 20th century art. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 May. 02/507 84 68.

Alain Ballencourt, paintings. Art Cadia. Until 5 April. 02/223 13 35.

Preparatory drawings - Jo Dustin, paintings. Cabinet d'Art Contemporain. Until 29 March. 02/512 88 28.

Le bord du jour - Jacques Vilet, photos. Espace Photographique Contretype. Until 16 March. 02/538 42 20.

L'oeil gourmand. Passage 44. Until 16 March. 02/222 45 05.

Patchwork quilts - exhibits from America, England and Wales. Espace Parallèle. Until 25 March. 02/675 27 23.

Militch de Matchva, paintings. Galerie Albert 1er. Until 12 March. 02/512 19 44.

The Bat. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 28 April. 02/627 42 38.

The Jewish collection of la maison d'Erasme. Musée Juif de Belgique. Until 26 April. 02/512 19 63.

Whales and men. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 30 May. 02/627 42 38.

The Gallo-Roman in Belgium. Musée du Cinquantenaire. Until 26 Oct. 02/741 73 08.

Don Brouw, Martin Creed and Stephen Murphy. Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard. Until 15 March. 02/514 10 10.

Guiseppe Penone, paintings. Artiscope. Until 18 April. 02/735 52 12.

William Crozier - modern and contemporary art. Galerie St. Jacques, Impasse St. Jacques 5. Until 6 April. 02/502 64 21.

Yemen, land of stone and sand. Musée du Cinquantenaire. Until 18 May. 02/741 73 08.

James Coignard, engravings. Foundation René Carcan. Until 23 March. 02/735 73 55.

Jacques Aron, paintings. Botanique. Until 23 March. 02/218 37 32.

Roland Topor. Galerie Osiris. Until 15 March. 02/511 09 21.

Robert Askenasi - Hôpital du troisième type, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 23 March. 02/673 87 17.

Karim Ben Khelifa - Va te faire voir, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 23 March. 02/673 87 17.

Affiches Polonaises: Stasys; Starowieyski; Mroszczak; Pagowski; Sadowski. Jakuhowska, sculptures. Galerie Art-Pol. Until 12 April. 02/537 22 46.

Pierre Lefèvre, paintings. Musée d'Art Spontané. Until 25 March. 02/426 84 00.

Ginette Javaux, paintings. Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître. Until 27 March. 02/660 55 97.

Roger-Edgard Gillet, paintings. Galerie Fred Lanzenberg. Until 12 April. 02/647 49 22.

Bon sang, Dracula à 100 ans, comics. Belgian Comic Strip Centrum. Until 1 May. 02/219 19 80.

Dominique Thiolat - Maurice Frydman. Galerie Debras Bical. Until 23 March. 02/345 93 48.

Michel Smolders, engraving, sculptures. Galerie A.B.C. Until 29 March. 02/511 32 53.

20 designers. Centre of Contemporary Art. 6-26 March. 02/735 05 31.

Les Bruxellochtones: Patrick Malville, photographs; Angelo Bossi, drawings. Cercle Saint-Anne. Until 8 March. 02/514 03 53.

Theatre

Fantome à prendre 2: le sexe des spectres by Christian de Wespin. Palace Hotel. Until 31 May. 02/673 38 99.

Amédée ou comment s'en débarrasser by Eugène Ionesco. Théâtre de Quat'sous. Until 29 March. 02/512 10 22.

Arlequin valet de deux maîtres by Goldoni, staged by Guy Pion. Le Public. Until 23 March. 0800/944 44.

Ecart by Marie Destrait, staged by Hélène Gailly. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 7 March. 02/507 82 00.

La force de tuer by Lars Noren. NTB/Viaduc. Until 8 March. 02/640 84 37.

La Femme du Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol with Michel Galabru. Théâtre Molière. Until 8 March. 02/513 58 00.

Il n'y a aucun mérite à être quoi que ce soit by Marcel Marïen. Chapelle des Brigittines. Until 8 March. 02/511 79 90.

Scalp performed by the Théâtre de l'Inédit. ClubHouse Hotel. Until 14 June. 02/673 38 99.

De winter onder de tafel by Roland Topor. Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg. Until 9 March. 02/217 69 37.

Les souffleurs au gradins. Cercle Sainte-Anne. 8 March. 02/514 03 53.

Démons by Lars Noren. X-L Théâtre. Until 28 March. 02/513 21 78.

Antigone by Sophocles, staged by International Visual Théâtre. Théâtre 140. Until 28 March. 02/733 97 08.

Nietsche, Bouffon de l'Eternité by Friedrich Nietsche. Théâtre du Résidence Palace. Until 22 March. 02/231 07 40.

Le coup de fouet by Hennequin and Duval. Centre Communautaire de Joli-Bois. Until 8 March. 02/771 54 50.

Massage by Steven Berkoff, staged by Roland Mahauden. Théâtre de Poche. Until 12 April. 02/ 649 17 27.

Zoo de nuit by Michel Azama, staged by Philippe Sireuil. Théâtre Varia. Until 29 March. 02/640 82 58.

Si tu t'imagine... spectacle autour de l'oeuvre de Raymond Queneau, performed by Bernard Cogniaux, Martine Willequet, Christian Labeau and Patrice Mincke. La Samaritaine. Until 29 March. 02/511 33 95.

Diderot: le sourire et la lumière staged by Bernard Damien. X-L Théâtre. Until 29 March. 02/513 21 78.

Oh les beaux jours by Samuel Beckett, staged by Peter Brook. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 8 March. 02/218 27 35.

Avant la retraite by Thomas Bernhard, staged by Armand Delcampe. Théâtre Jean Vilar. Until 28 March. 010/45 04 00.

Tempète à Buckingham Palace by Royce Riton. Comédie Claude Volter. Until 30 March. 02/769 09 63.

Nina by André Roussin. Théâtre royal des Galeries. Until 30 March. 02/512 04 07.

Opera

Prometheo by Luigi Nono, performed by the Orchestre de la Monnaie. Halles de Schaerbeek. Until 13 March. 02/512 45 45.

La Vie Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, performed by Brussels Light Opera Company. Centre culturel d'Auderghem. 6-8 March. 02/660 03 03.

Orphée aux Enfers by Jacques Offenbach, conducted by Patrick Davin. National Opera - La Monnaie. 16 March - 5 April. 02/229 12 11.

Dance

Les ombres de la nuit performed by C.H. Danse-Compagnie, choreography by Cathy Heine. Espace Delvaux. 7 & 8 March. 02/660 49 60.

Festivals

La ligue d'impro. Improvisation matches. Mirano Continental. Until 13 April. 070/344 344.

Festival Ars Musica. Palais des Beaux Arts, National Opera - la Monnaie, Royal Music Conservatory, Botanique, Lunatheater, Halles de Schaerbeek. Until 28 March. 02/512 45 45.

Les Giboulées. Le Théâtre de la Balsamine, l'L and le Théâtre Océan Nord. L'inquiétude - an adaptation of Discours aux animaux by Valère Novarina; Cumulets sur les galets - adapted from l'Odyssée by Homer; Autour du végétal, L'Immortaliste, La nuit juste avant les forêts by Bernard-Marie Koltès; Epreuve de Médée - a project by Frédéric Dolphijn; Diotime et les lions by Henry Bauchau. Until 30 March. 02/735 64 68.

15th Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller & Science-Fiction Films celebrates two anniversaries: the centenary of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker and the 50th anniversary of the English Hammer Film Productions founded in '47. Auditorium 44. 7-22 March. 02/201 06 03.