Program
Rob Zuidam The Great Alone (world premiere 25 September 2026)
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur Le Cantique des Cantiques
Sven-David Sandström Four Songs of Love
With Le Cantique des Cantiques by the 20th-century French composer Daniel-Lesur, the Netherlands Chamber Choir presents one of the masterpieces of choral literature. Based on the biblical Song of Songs, in which a man and a woman sing of their love and desire while praising each other’s beauty, Daniel-Lesur composed a thoroughly sensuous interplay of longing and fulfillment.
Distance and reunion are also central to The Great Alone, a brand-new choral work by Dutch composer Rob Zuidam. He drew inspiration from the fascinating Fermi paradox: if the universe is so vast and full of potentially habitable planets, why haven't we found extraterrestrial life yet? Or, as physicist Enrico Fermi put it: “But where is everybody?”
The two works are linked by Sven-David Sandström's Four Songs of Love. In this piece, the Swedish composer brings to life every facet of love: from devout and spiritual to tender and vulnerable.
Cantique des Cantiques is supported by the Dutch Performing Arts Fund (Fonds Podiumkunsten) and Fonds Sluyterman van Loo.
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Netherlands Chamber Choir
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Sofi Jeanninconductor
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Lidy Blijdorpcello
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Te-Ping Tengpercussion
Singing Circles
Around Cantique des Cantiques, we are organizing Singing Circles and group concert visits for older adults (70+), in collaboration with Singing in Healthcare (Zingen in de Zorg). Because singing together means living together in connection.
The concert program poses an existential question about cosmic void: “Where is everybody?” With this context program, we offer a powerful answer together: ‘We are here. We hear each other.’ Connection doesn't come from perfection, but from breathing, listening, and experiencing together.
This context program consists of two parts: singing together during the Singing Circles and listening together at the Netherlands Chamber Choir concert.
We are organizing Singing Circles in four locations: The Hague, Amersfoort, Enschede, and Utrecht. View all information and sign up via the button below.
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Tue 22 Sep - 10:30Openbare repetitie - Utrecht - Doopsgezinde Gemeente
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Fri 25 Sep - 20:15Den Haag - Nieuwe Kerk
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Sat 26 Sep - 20:15Amersfoort - September Me Festival
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Sun 27 Sep - 14:30Enschede - Wilminktheater en Muziekcentrum
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Tue 29 Sep - 20:00Utrecht - Pieterskerk
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Thu 01 Oct - 20:15Amsterdam - Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
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