Darkness into Light
At Flagey’s request, the Latvian Radio Choir and BL!NDMAN [sax] have created a unique show pairing Early and Contemporary music. The young Latvian Jekabs Nimanis has been tasked with composing a piece for a quartet of saxophones and choir with particular specifications. The concert starts in total darkness, with light gradually returning throughout the performance.
Eric Sleichim: artistic direction, arrangement and tubax
BL!NDMAN [sax]
Koen Maas: soprano saxophone
Roeland Vanhoorne: alto saxophone
Piet Rebel: tenor saxophone
Raf Minten: baritone saxophone
Latvijas Radiokoris
Sigvards Klava: artistic direction and conductor
Programme
Jonathan Harvey: Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco, for electronics
Orlando Di Lasso:Sibylline Prophecies (fragments: I. Carmina chromatico, VIII.Sibylla Phyrgia, XII.Sibylla Agrippa), for choir
Pierre Bartholomée: Ricercar for saxophone quartet
Anders Hillborg: Muoayiyoum for choir
Orlando Di Lasso: Omnia tempus Habent, for choir and saxophone quartet
Jēkabs Nīmanis: Das Selige Stillschweigen, for choir, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophones and tubax in E-flat (Première)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet ‘O Jesu Meine Freude’, for choir and saxophone quartet
Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem Domine
