Sometimes the greatest discoveries are right under your nose! In Erfklank, Air4Six visits a little-known chapter in Belgian music history: the intimate a cappella music of composers from the late 19th and early 20th century. Works by composers including Peter Benoit, Jef Van Hoof, August de Boeck, Arthur Meulemans, Jef Tinel and his nephew Edgar Tinel swing back and forth between Romantic intensity and technical refinement. Each of these gooseflesh-inducing songs bears witness to the unique talent of their writers to turn a love of their native language into universal emotions. Erfklank is not a glass case full of museum pieces, but an exciting rediscovery of music that connects us – with history, with the future and with each other.
Program
Music by P. Benoit, J. Van Hoof, A. de Boeck, A. Meulemans, E. Tinel, P. Gilson and others
Performers
Liesbeth Devos, soprano | Jolien De Gendt, soprano | Sandra Paelinck, alto | Adriaan De Koster, tenor | Charles Dekeyser, bass | Joris Derder, baritone & artistic leader