Program
Steve Reich The Desert Music
This masterpiece is rarely heard live. But thanks to the Netherlands Chamber Choir, Het Muziek, HIIIT, New European Ensemble, and Ensemble Klang, a full, joint performance of this monumental cantata for choir and orchestra will take place. The Desert Music, by the celebrated Steve Reich, is an impressive work that unites poetry and urgency. The title and lyrics are drawn from the writer William Carlos Williams, whose words Reich brought together into one vast, breathing soundscape.
Behind that landscape lies a deeper layer: Reich deliberately chose texts from the period following Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a time when 'the bomb' cast a long shadow over the world. This tension is audible in the music: humanity is capable of realizing its desires, yet simultaneously faces a choice that strikes at the heart of the conscience. The desert of the title remains ambiguous: is it a physical place, an inner void, or a vision of the future?
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Netherlands Chamber Choir
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Het Muziek
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HIIIT
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Ensemble Klang
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New European Ensemble
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Joost Geeversconductor
Singing Days
Linked to The Desert Music, the Netherlands Chamber Choir is organizing Singing Days for amateur singers and choirs. On a Singing Day, choirs and individual singers from across the region come together with singers from the Netherlands Chamber Choir for a day filled with choral singing.
Participating singers receive workshops from members of the Netherlands Chamber Choir focusing on topics such as ensemble singing, vocal technique, and harmony, work together on a varied program, and present their work to family, friends, and acquaintances at the end of the day. A celebration of ensemble singing and an opportunity to learn and be inspired by choral singers of the highest caliber!
Sing along
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Sat 03 Oct - 20:15Amsterdam - Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
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Sun 04 Oct - 20:15Den Haag - Amare
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Sat 24 Oct - 20:00Middelburg - Zeeuwse Concertzaal
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Sun 25 Oct - 19:30Nijmegen - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging
World premiere
Cantique des Cantiques
22 September t/m 01 October A concert of intense connection and mysterious emptiness
Singing Day The Hague
04 October Sing together with the Netherlands Chamber Choir!
Singing Day Middelburg
10 October Sing together with the Netherlands Chamber Choir!
Singing Day Nijmegen
25 October Sing together with the Netherlands Chamber Choir!Classical
Adiós Nonino
29 January t/m 14 February A captivating evening filled with Argentine musicWorld premiere
