Nederlands Kamerkoor: Forgotten

Nederlands Kamerkoor bring to the Barbican their compelling new project Forgotten – a moving musical and theatrical exploration of memory loss.

The Nederlands Kamerkoor is a community of artists brought together in choral singing at the highest level. Based in Utrecht, it pushes the boundaries of the genre with innovative, cross-disciplinary projects.

Forgotten is a deeply moving theatrical concert that takes the audience on a journey through the mind of a dementia patient – through fear, confusion, memory loss, and, ultimately, surrender to the unknown.A unique fusion of music and theatre, this production explores the multi-facted experience of an individual sufferer– anxiety, hallucinations, forgetfulness, suspicion – each represented through an extraordinary blend of familiar and unfamiliar choral repertoire, electronics, and live performance.

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Programme

David Fennessy Letter to Michael
Johannes Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen? – Part 1
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
David Fennessy from Hashima Refrain
Kaija Saariaho Tag des Jahrs – Der Winter
Johannes Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen? – Part 2
Panayiotis Kokoras Sonic Vertigo
Spinvis (Erik de Jong) Die Moltau
Ingvar Lidholm Troget och milt
Johannes Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen? – Part 3

Performers

Netherlands Chamber Choir, under guidance of chief conductor Peter Dijkstra
Paul McEwan actor
Erik Bosgraaf recorder
Jorrit Tamminga electronics