Songs of light
concert programme 2013
Light as a metaphor for the sound of a choir – light shining through church windows, or illuminating the underwood in a dark forest; light on waves, light on shiny surfaces, starlight at night. The music in this programme – the first concert programme of Tenso Europe Chamber Choir – shows the many facets of choral sound.
| Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) | O sing unto the Lord a new song |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV Anh. 159 |
| Max Reger (1873-1916) | from Acht geistliche Gesänge, Op.138 : |
| – ‘Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit’ (nr.1) | |
| – ‘Nachtlied’ (nr.3) | |
| Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) | Soupir – from Trois poèmes de Mallarmé (arr. Clytus Gottwald) |
| György Ligeti (1923-2006) | Lux aeterna |
| Arvo Pärt (1925) | Magnificat |
| Pauls Dambis (1936) | Songs of the sea |
| Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) | Plainsongs for peace and light |
| Kristaps Pētersons (1982) | Emotions of the day – premiere |
