Nederlands Kamerkoor (foto Melle Meivogel)
Nederlands Kamerkoor (photo Melle Meivogel)

Between Two Lights

Nederlands Kamerkoor + Muziektheater Transparant
Thu 22 May 2025 20:15 - 21:50
Thu 22 May 2025
20:15 - 21:50
  • Thu 22 May 2025
    20:15 - 21:50
    Grote Zaal
    Past event

Program

19.15 uur / Atrium Zaal / Inleiding
By Joep Stapel

20:15 / Grote Zaal / Main programme
Huang Ruo Between Two Lights (world premiere)

Credits

Nederlands Kamerkoor
Muziektheater Transparant
HERMESensemble
percussions
Huang Ruo
conductor
Grace Ellen Barkey
performance
Aïda Gabriëls, Tido Visser
direction
Matteo Carazza
assistant direction
Peter Quasters
lights
Maarten van Mulken
costume design
Lise Bruyneel
visuals
Mirjam Devriendt
videography
Barbara Raes
artistic advice
Shuang Zou
dramaturgical advice

Music theatre as a ritual to find comfort in the face of death

With the music theatre piece Between Two Lights, the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Music Theatre Transparant present a world premiere by renowned Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo. In Between Two Lights, he wants to make death tangible. Not with terrifying visions, but in a ritual that offers comfort and in which we gently open ourselves up to the thought of death. By doing so, we feel closer to those who have passed away and come closer to being at peace with our own mortality.

In his work, Huang Ruo blends elements of Asian and Western culture, and his new style of music creates a bridge between these two seemingly completely different worlds.

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