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2018 | The choir celebrates its own party
On Sunday, March 25, 2018, the Van Abbemuseum Choir celebrated its own party. Our choir existed for 5 years. To celebrate this, the Van Abbemuseum commissioned five artists to write a composition especially for us. We are proud that these compositions are now part of the museum's collection.
Hans de Wit arranged with John Thomas the song Poem with lyrics by Paul van Ostaijen for 4-part choir. Iris Kensmil made a song compilation with composer Rocco Brunori. The form of a compilation is essential to Kensmill to link up with her visual work, in which she evokes and celebrates history through visual quotes. She switched a number of more and less well-known melodies and lyrics from the black art movement to Darker than blue, a composition for five voices and body percussion. For the Constructions (the Objects) by Cindy Moorman, the 21 choir members were each allowed to come up with a sound. In the exciting and surprising performance, in the form of 'I'm going on vacation and I'm taking with me ...', each choir member had to sing his or her tone at exactly the right moments. Inspired by Brexit, Laure Prouvost created the swinging composition UKstaywithusEU with composer Frederic Macpherson.
The Russian Gluklya wrote an avant-garde performance entitled Manifesto for the utopian union of the unemployed people.
Hans de Wit
Iris Kensmil
Cindy Moorman
Laure Prouvost
Glucklya
