Photonen zingt Shadows of Paradise

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Photonen Vocaal Ensemble performs contemplative, comforting and also cheerful choral compositions from England and Scandinavia in Shadows of Paradise. The main piece is the magnificent 1932 Requiem by Herbert Howells. There will also be fine works by Parry, Tavener, Uusberg and MacMillan and beautiful, yet witty music by Grieg and Rutter. Guest conductor: Gulian van Nierop.

Photonen zingt Shadows of Paradise

Dates

Sat 19 Oct20:15 - 22:00

Location

Dominicuskerk

Spuistraat 12

1012 TS Amsterdam

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Death & Life

Howells wrote his beautiful Requiem in an impressionistic style, oozing English polyphony, spacious harmonies and finely abrasive dissonances. Hubert Parry got inspired by the intense longing for peace in a 17th century poem, while John Tavener and James MacMillan provide food for thought in Song for Athene and Who shall separate us? - renowned through funerals within the English royal family. Ragnarsson and Uusberg show how one deals with death in Iceland and Estonia. But how to sing about death if you don't also sing about life? The antidote is in disarming, witty children's songs by Edvard Grieg and John Rutter.

Photonen

For the first time, Photonen will perform with a guest conductor: opera and ensemble singer/conductor Gulian van Nierop.