Choral Concert with Schnittke & Contemporaries
About the event
Schnittke's choirmastership and the singing cello talent Hadewych van Gent enchant with spiritual laments and soothing soundscapes. Fiery and humble
This choral concerto culminates in the monumental Concerto for Chorus by Alfred Schnittke, which is considered one of the choral masterpieces of the twentieth century. Schnittke based the work on spiritual texts from the Book of Lamentations from the tenth century. The work traces a path from fervent praise and supplication, through human suffering, to a humble concluding prayer.
Moussa's melancholy
In the Dutch premiere of Melancholy's Attributes for double choir, also based on centuries-old texts, Samy Moussa explores the various facets of melancholy. Here, the double choir becomes an echo chamber, in which the listener finds themselves positioned between two sound fields. Missy Mazzoli's Vespers for cello and tape (Dutch premiere) is an evening ritual for a single performer and an invisible choir of electronic shadows. For Ernst Reijseger's Colla parte for cello and voice, we turn inward, into an intimate duet between instrumentalist and singer.
