Kammerchor Vokalkunst: Himmelskörper

Chamber choir Vokalkunst with "Himmelskörper" in the Marc-Kemmler-Saal

Looking up at the sky is more than just observing nature: it is a search for that which transcends us. In its new program "Himmelskörper" (Heavenly Bodies), the Tübingen chamber choir Vokalkunst, under the artistic direction of Daniel Radde, takes a broad and poetic approach to this concept.

Here, celestial bodies are not just distant planets, but everything that animates the firmament - from wild winds and lightning to gentle raindrops and the souls of the deceased, who climb towards heaven on worn-out steps.

The program unfolds as a movement out of chaos: everything begins at the furthest limit, at the distant planet Pluto. Here, where the familiar world ends, a strange, breathtaking beauty begins. From there, the program follows the trail of creation back to Earth: we experience the taming of the four winds and the unleashed power of thunder. These are forces that shake the pillars of our world until the first drop of April rain calms the storm and allows the world to come to rest. A moment of pause follows as the earth slowly plunges into twilight.

During a night-time train journey, the ground seems to disappear from under your feet. The view out of the window is lost in the supposed emptiness of space. But what at first seems silent and lonely is filled with new life: A small, twinkling star sets a sign of hope until the sky is filled with countless starlights.

In the end, there is transformation: the search in the infinite vastness of the cosmos finds its true destination in the inner being of man and the light that awakens there.

Ēriks Ešenvalds Stars
Laura Jēkabsone Father Thunder
Darius Lim Fire of Hope
Gabriella Gullin Tyst är det rum

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