Luonnon laulut

Tue. 13.6.2023 8 PM
Järvenpää Church
Free entrance, programme booklet 10 €

Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek, conductor

ANTONIN DVORAK: Songs of Nature (V Přírodě) op. 63
EVELIN SEPPAR: Seesama meri
JONATHAN HARVEY: Marahi
JOEL JÄRVENTAUSTA: There will come soft rains
PERTTU HAAPANEN: Strophes II
FRANK MARTIN: Songs of Ariel

a sea changed looks at the many facets of mankind’s relationship with nature. From simple enjoyment of the beauty of the world around us to the mortal threat posed by the ocean; from the sea as a metaphor for our innermost feelings to the continuity of nature in the face of human folly and destruction, the interaction of women and men with their environment is explored from different angles. William Shakespeare’s words in The Tempest lend themselves to reinterpretation in the context of climate change: “The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have / Incens'd the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures, / Against your peace.” 
 

In cooperation with Järvenpää Church