Bloemlezing
Choral Music from the World
Saturday 9 November 2024, 20.30
Hooglandse Kerk, Nieuwstraat 20, Leiden
Joint concert by the Leiden Chamber Choir and mixed vocal ensemble Florilegium from Leuven
Directors: Dody Soetanto and Elizaveta Agrafenina
Leiden meets Leuven
The autumn of 2024 will be marked by a cultural exchange between mixed vocal ensemble Florilegium from Leuven and Leiden Chamber Choir. We will bring the rich choral tradition of both cities and the cultural backgrounds of our conductors to life.
Polyphonic music from the Low Countries connects Leiden and Leuven musically. While Leiden has the well-known Leiden Choir Books, Leuven has Septiesme livre des chansons à quatre parties, a very popular choir book at the time which was published by the Leuven music printer and publisher Phalesius.
Polyphonic choral music from these 16th-century collections comes home in the Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden and the auditorium of the Maria Theresiacollege in Leuven, where our concerts will take place.
We also sing choral music from Norway, where the conductor of Ensemble Florilegium comes from, and from Indonesia, the homeland of our own conductor. Sometimes both choirs sing together, sometimes separately. In this way we ensure a varied and fascinating concert with a programme that spans five centuries and connects East and West.
Concert programme
Leids
Works from Leidse Koorboeken
Leuvens
Works from Septiesme livre des chansons à quatre parties
Norwegian
Edvard Grieg: Fire Salmer (Vier Psalmen, op Noorse volksmelodieën)
Indonesian
Contemporary choral arrangements of traditional Indonesian folk music:
Ahtoi Porosh (arr. Budi Susanto Yohanes)
Janger (arr. Avip Priatna en Agustinus Bambang Jusana)
Yamko rambe yamko (arr. Agustinus Bambang Jusana)
Hela Rotan (arr. Ken Steven)
OTHER CONCERTS
Concerts 2005-2010
Concerts 2011-2015
Recent Concerts
Forthcoming Concerts