Belgian National Orchestra

Defoort, Beethoven & Luther Adams

Wereldpremière

music

monumental

Fri 17 Mar 2023 -20.00

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Concertzaal

introduction by Maarten Beirens	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	22.25
with break

Standard €25.00 - €44.00

Reduction -26 €13.00 - €22.50

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Award-winning climate statement with new visuals

Emotion and silence meet in Kris Defoort’s first symphony Human Voices Only. He drew his inspiration for it from the immeasurable variations of the chants he heard during Ramadan in Morocco: voices that never stop, loudness and intimacy, the rebellion of the human voice. Equally stunning is the oceanic music of John Luther Adams. For 45 minutes his Become Ocean immerses us in a gigantic wave of sound. Less turbulent is Beethoven’s wonderful Violin Concerto. With Josef Špaček, the grandness and breadth of the score is in the very best hands.

programme

Kris Defoort (1959)
Human Voices Only

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61

John Luther Adams (1953)
Become Ocean (with a new visual creation by Lillevan commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge & Klarafestival)

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Kris Defoort (1959)
Human Voices Only

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61

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