ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE
Kurt Weill: Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen
Hanns Eisler: Kantaten aus dem Exil
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Aurikelchen
Ernst Krenek: Two Choruses on Jacobean Poems
Stefan Wolpe: Musik zu Hamlet
Arnold Schönberg: Drei Satiren op.28
Béla Bartók: Contrasts
Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons (Rilke)
Igor Stravinsky: Six Songs (arr. J.Wood)
Béla Bartók: Four Slovak Folksongs (arr. J.Wood)
Katalin Károlyi mezzosoprano
Collegium Vocale Gent
Het Collectief
James Wood conductor
Immigration flows have always existed, people have been leaving their native land since time immemorial and for very different reasons: war, persecution, but also deprivation or climate change. In the interwar period of the twentieth century, a whole host of top composers took the plunge, fleeing the Nazis. Their final destination was often the USA where many chose to build a new life in Los Angeles or New York. Their artistic life therefore took a new turn, their exile changed their view of themselves and the world. The folklore of the homeland left behind became for some of them an element to be cherished. Pacifism emerged in an enthusiastic way, while Europe was torn apart by fascism and communism…
After several joined projects Collegium Vocale Gent and Het Collectief zoom in on the fascinating, sometimes haunting exile theme and want to shed light on the individual, invariably tragic stories of the great hordes of people who leave their homeland today.