For the program The Pilgrim, the singers of the Slotkoor will once again travel hundreds of kilometers to arrive at their destination: Schloss Seehaus.

In his cycle Six Chaucerian Pilgrims, William Knight describes the fellow travelers they meet along the way. Following this, the singers wander like true pilgrims through a diverse and challenging program.

Frieda Gustavs wrote a new piece that pushes the Slotkoor to its absolute limits. David Lang wrote the timely If I Am Silent, which captures the inner conflict of the Old Testament Queen Esther: whether to remain silent about her heritage, or to stand up and save her people, the Jews, from persecution. Lowell Dykstra set his own prose poem to music, addressing the rampant deforestation of nature. From Parry’s Farewell Songs comes the double-choir piece Lord, Let Me Know My End. Naturally, the Slotkoor pilgrims will also sing several psalms composed by Sweelinck, the Orpheus of Amsterdam.

Program:

• If I Am Silent – David Lang
• Three Psalms – Jan P. Sweelinck
  • Pseaume 13
  • Pseaume 56
  • Pseaume 84
• Six Chaucerian Pilgrims – William Knight
  • The Pardoner
  • The Friar
  • The Manciple
  • The Wife of Bath
  • The Monk
  • The Prioress
• Excerpts from: Dear Mortals (2026) – Frieda Gustavs
  • The Prologue
  • The Witch
  • The Monster
• The Tale the Trees Tell – Lowell Dykstra
• Lord, Let Me Know My End – Hubert Parry