'solitary' (world premiere), 'evening morning day', 'where you go', 'for love is strong', 'again (after ecclesiastes)' performed by Cappella Amsterdam

Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 8:15pm

Again and Again

Cappella Amsterdam conducted by Daniel Reuss

"People come and people go, and the earth revolves on .. ', the idea of timelessness is sung in again for the eminent American composer David Lang and in the extended pedigree from Josquin Liber generationis . Varied and thematically interconnected, sophisticated sound settings of these two composers, highlighted by the world premiere of Along  lamentation ; a composition commissioned by the Concert Hall with the support of AMMODO. 

Previously worked Daniel Reuss and David Lang together in the oratorio Lost Objects , which Lang describes as a defining experience in his composing. The concert opens with a new work by the young Bulgarian / Hungarian composer Georgi Sztojanov, 2014 winner of the Tenso Young Composers Award. 

Program:

Georgi Sztojanov - New Work (world premiere)

David Lang - Evening Morning Day | Where You Go | For love is strong | Again | Lamentation (world premiere)

Josquin des Prez - In principio | Pulchra es | Liber generationis | Planxit autem David

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