Back to Beginnings - Lettres en Voix Festival

On Friday 06 october 2023 at 20:00

Église Notre-Dame du Sablon - Brussels

Back to Beginnings, the opening concert of the Lettres en Voix Festival, 4th edition "ORIGINS".

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Église Notre-Dame du Sablon Rue des Sablons, 1000 Brussels Belgium

From Luciano Berio's Folk Songs to the premiere of an unpublished vocal work by Benoît Mernier, and including Mahler's lieder, soprano Clara Inglese and alto Sarah Laulan unfold a kaleidoscope of sounds that harmonizes perfectly with the iconic setting of Notre-Dame au Sablon, with its sparkling stained glass windows and majestic acoustics.

Program:

Luciano Berio, Folk Songs

Benoît Mernier, Offering (world premiere)

Gustav Mahler, Lieder (arrangements by Adrien Tsilogiannis)

Excerpts from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn":

Der Tambursg'sell

Das irdische Leben

Excerpts from "Rückert-Lieder":

Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Excerpts from "Fünf Humoresken":

Verlorne Müh

Wer har dies Liedlein erdacht?

Clara Inglese, soprano

Sarah Laulan, contralto

Thomas Van Haeperen, conductor

Ensemble Sturm und Klang

Jennifer Pío, violin – Ondine Simon, viola – Catherine Lebrun, cello

Delphine Dewald, flute – Cédric De Bruycker, clarinet - Anne Zeuwts, harp

Pierre Quiriny and Simon Drachman, percussion