Birdsong

Birdsong brings Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the British vocal ensemble VOCES8 together for the first time in a concert centered on nature, blending string works with vocal highlights. The program ranges from music by the medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen to a new work by Mathilde Wantenaar.

Programme

G

Golijov

K’vakarat uit Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind

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V

Von Bingen

Karitas: Part I

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S

Shaw

The Beech Tree uit Plan & Elevation

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S

Shaw

Sarabande uit Partita for 8 Voices

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S

Shaw

And the Swallow

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Biber

De nachtegaal uit Sonata Representativa

Baroque

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Biber

De koekoek uit Sonata Representativa

Baroque

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Rameau

La poule

Baroque

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T

Tin

The Saddest Noise uit The Lost Birds

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T

The Beatles

Free As a Bird

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Barber

Agnus Dei

20th Century

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H

Hasse

Fuga e Grave in g

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W

Wantenaar

nieuw werk

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Elgar

Owls uit 4 Part Songs

Late Romantic

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Vaughan Williams

The Lark Ascending

Late Romantic · Orchestral

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