BEvocaL, Belgian National Youth Choir, Benoît Giaux & Jori Klomp - By the Rivers of Belgium (2023) [Digital Download 24/48]

A recording that allows BEvocaL to leave an indelible trace, reinforcing our commitment to let Belgian music shine.

This recording expresses the strong desire of the creators and conductors of this project to leave a trace of the remarkable work that was accomplished by this particular Belgian youth choir over the last few years. These talented amateurs and future professionals aim mainly at perpetuating our rich cultural patrimony and allowing an increasingly large audience to vibrate through outstanding interpretations of Belgian repertoire, from ancient to contemporary.

BEvocaL, the Belgian national youth choir, was founded in 2017 thanks to the initiative of the choral federations of the three linguistic communities: Fédération chorale Wallonie-Bruxelles - À Cœur Joie, Koor&Stem and Musikverband Födekam Ostbelgien.

This choir wishes not only to give momentum to other amateur choirs in Belgium, but also to be an example and a source of inspiration as to the possibilities of cooperation that can exist between Belgium’s linguistic communities. BEvocaL also wants to show the extent to which choral singing and choral music can be, not only contemporary, but also a socially meaningful and forward-looking project.

Since 2021, BEvocal’s second artistic team, formed by Benoît Giaux and Jori Klomp as conductors and Liesbeth Devos as vocal coach, pursued the work that had already been initiated, with the firm intention of developing the ambitious objectives that had been established from the start, particularly as far as innovation was concerned.

Tracklist:
01. Marinus De Jong, Aart van der Leeuw: Gebed
02. Raymond Micha, Guillaume Apollinaire: Fagnes de Wallonie
03. Nees: Five Motets: Inimicitias ponam (Book of Genesis)
04. Nees: Five Motets: Reges Tharsis et insulae (Psalm 71)
05. Nees: Five Motets: Diffusa est gratia (Psalm 44)
06. Nees: Five Motets: De profundis clamavi (Psalm 129)
07. Nees: Five Motets: Illumina oculos meos (Psalm 12)
08. Roelstraete: O quam suavis est
09. Hans Helsen, Jos Stroobants: Winter Skies
10. Péter Pázmány, Gerd Van Riel: Le soleil éclipsé
11. Lara Denies, William Shakespeare: What is Your Substance, Whereof Are You Made
12. Boeck: Caecilia
13. Raymond Micha, Emile Bertrand: Pâhûle Ardenne
14. Sebastiaan van Steenberge: Hebban olla vogala
15. Aldo D. Platteau, Myen Vanolande Pulchra facie sed pulchrior fide: Récit de la fin du monde et d’un miracle de Sainte Waudru pour chœur mixte a capella
16. Benoît Chantry: So Will Be the Coming
17. Ingelgem, M: Verdure
18. Pankert: Aus tiefer Not
19. Lassus: Super flumina (Psalm 136)


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