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Amsterdam Sinfonietta © Kaupo Kikkas
Amsterdam Sinfonietta © Kaupo Kikkas

Birdsong

Amsterdam Sinfonietta + VOCES8
Sat 22 May 2027 20:15 - 22:00
Sat 22 May 2027
20:15 - 22:00
  • Sat 22 May 2027
    20:15 - 22:00
    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 31 Mar 2026 12:00

Program

19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 /  Pre-concert talk

20.15 / Grote Zaal /  Main program
Osvaldo Golijov K’vakarat 
Hildegard von Bingen Karitas, Part I 
Caroline Shaw The Beech Tree / Sarabande from Partita for 8 Voices / And the Swallow 
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber The Nightingale and The Cuckoo from Sonata representativa  
Jean-Philippe Rameau La poule 
Christopher Tin The Saddest Noise 
The Beatles Free As a Bird 
Samuel Barber Agnus Dei (version for choir and string orchestra) 
Johann Adolf Hasse Fuga e Grave in G minor 
Mathilde Wantenaar New work 
Edward Elgar Owls (An Epitaph) 
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (version for violin, string orchestra and choir) 

Credits

Amsterdam Sinfonietta  
VOCES8 
Candida Thompson direction & violin 

Nature takes centre stage 

Barber’s compelling Adagio for Strings evokes a universal sense of sorrow, beauty and hope. In Agnus Dei, his later arrangement for choir, these emotions are further intensified. This version for choir and strings, performed by Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the British vocal ensemble VOCES8, will leave no one unmoved. Also on the programme is The Lark Ascending; the lark’s heavenly song soars even higher in this special arrangement for solo violin, strings and choir.  
 
More birds make themselves heard in Biber’s playful imitations of the nightingale and the cuckoo, and in Elgar’s mysterious Owls – or fall silent altogether in Tin’s The Saddest Noise. In this nature-centred concert, you will hear music ranging from the medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen to a new work by Mathilde Wantenaar, written in her signature lyrical, enchanting style.     
 

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