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Lunchtime concert

FAA Composition Class
Thu 2 May ’24 12:30 uur


Jonatan Repokari: "Kultaiset linnut" (Golden Birds)
Katarina Viktoria Braathén - soprano
Angeliki Kokkinou - piano

Lo: "(Re)Surface"
Tomasz Podolak - guitar

Kiete van der Laan: "A Story I Wish I Was Told"
Ilse Schuit - soprano
Suzanne Charité - alto/mezzo-soprano
Toon Biermans - piano
Raya Mathiak - choreographer

Thu 2 May ’24
12:30 uur

It's spring, and not only the birds are singing a new song. Jonatan Repokari and Kiete van der Laan, composition students at Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, both created a series of songs that differ like day and night but are both about love. Repokari's "Kultaiset linnut" (Golden Birds) is about a woman mourning her lost or unattainable love. In his characteristic lyrical musical language, Repokari captures the protagonist's emotions, tossed back and forth between hope and sorrow.

Kiete van der Laan embodies their search and struggle as queer in "A Story I Wish I Was Told." Two female singers portray Van der Laan's inner conflict, in her own words. "A Story I Wish I Was Told" is a moving and intense journey from the first moment they discovered their feelings for women, initially denying them, to their struggle with gender. "(Re)Surface" by Lo is an instrumental piece for guitar and loop station sandwiched between these emotional song cycles. The guitarist plays a single line on a single string while simultaneously recording it. Then they play another melody on the next string, with the recorded part echoing. Gradually, "(Re)Surface" swells into a jubilant polyphonic chorus of strings.

Lunchtime concerts

Lunchtime concerts are a delicious break in the middle of your day, and you can take this literally! An hour of lovely music in our Small Hall. From piano recitals to chamber music and wind instruments, we offer a varied and refreshing programme. Because we think it's important to offer a stage to budding talent, you'll find recently graduated musicians and competition winners performing for you.


After the concert

Of course, a lunchtime concert is not complete without a tasty lunch. Therefore, you will can enjoy a tasty homemade soup and delicious fresh bread in the City Foyer after the concert. You can order this directly with your ticket!

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Lunchtime concerts

A delicious break!