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Karel Goeyvaerts: Litanie II, The Song of Aquarius

Saturday, 22 April 2023   |   15:30 - 16:00

Karel Goeyvaerts: Litanie II, The Song of Aquarius

Karel Goeyvaerts is ‘The Man Who Inspired Stockhausen’, as the headline of Humo once read. All the same, his is a less familiar name today that we might hope. It’s time to put this Flemish pioneer back in the spotlight. All the more because 2023 is the hundredth anniversary of his birth. I SOLISTI perform his Litanie II for three percussionists and The Song of Aquarius for no fewer than eight (!) bass clarinets. There is also attention to the impact Goeyvaerts’ music still has on the younger generation. Discover Benjamin Van Esser’s new composition R Aquarii at Lunalia Lift Off.

  • Composer(s) Karel Goeyvaerts
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Litanie II for three percussionists

    The Song of Aquarius for eight bass clarinets
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra iSolisti
Date
Apr 22 2023
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Time
15:30 - 16:00
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One hundred years after his birth and thirty years after his sudden death, the biography of the composer Karel Goeyvaerts (1923-1993) still reads like a novel.
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Karel Goeyvaerts

Karel Goeyvaerts was born on the 8th of June, 1923 in Antwerp and died on the 3rd of February, 1993. From 1943 to 1947, Karel Goeyvaerts studied at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Music in Antwerp, and went on to study at the National Conservatory in Paris, where he pursued studies in composition under the tutelage […]
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Willem Jeths’ Monument to a Universal Marriage in new ballet ‘Legacies’ by the Dutch National Ballet. Premiere on 10 September 2026, this production runs for eight performances through 27 September. ‘Legacies’ opens with Symphony in C by George Balanchine, the most influential choreographer of the twentieth century.
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