Darkness into Light- New piece for choir and saxophone-quintet

As part of a special 3-day project honouring the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2015, Darkness into Light features the 25-singer strong LATVIAN RADIO CHOIR and the Belgian ensemble BL!NDMAN around the two central themes of “darkness to light” and the juxtaposition of ancient and contemporary music.

Led by conductor Sigvards Klava the April 26^th concert features a new work by Latvian composer Jekabs Nimanis in the following program:

HARVEY Jonathan – Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco, electronics

DI LASSO Orlando – Sibylline Prophecies (extracts), choir

TÜÜR Erkki Sven – Meditatio

DI LASSO Orlando – Omnia tempus Habent, choir and saxophone quartet

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NIMANIS Jekabs – Premiere of commission, choir, soprano- , alto- , tenor- , baritone saxophones and Tuba in E-flat

BACH Johann Sebastian – Motet ‘O Jesu Meine Freude’, choir and saxophone quartet

The commissioned work, “Das Selige Stillschweigen” (15’), will be written for a 25-voice choir and saxophone quintet. In keeping with the “darkness to light” theme, the hall will go from complete darkness to light over the duration of the piece and the singers will be spread across the hall (and around the audience), while the saxophone quintet remains on stage.

PREMIERE

April 26^th 2015, 20h15

flagey, Brussels (BE)

A Rerun-Concert of the piece by Jekabs Nimanis is scheduled in Rēzekne (LV) on 5th February 2016.

More information soon on the website of GORS concert hall.