Description
ESTASI
for double choir, soprano, bass and electronics
(2016)
(N.M.O. 14053B / score CHOIR 1)
ESTASI for double choir, soprano, bass and electronics was composed in 2016
It is a reduced version of the larger work VISIONI ED ESTASI commissioned by the Flanders Festival
Mechelen (BE) for the TENSO Days Mechelen 2015 (International Festival for Contemporary Choral Music) Dedicated to Diederik Glorieux and Maarten Van Ingelgem
First performance on June 11, 2017 by Ars Vocalis Kortrijk en De 2de Adem, conductors Diederik Glorieux and Maarten Van Ingelgem, soprano Tineke Van Ingelgem and bass-baritone Wilfried Van den Brande
at the St. Peters’ Church in Ghent, Belgium
Second performance on June 17, 2017 at the St. Martin’s Church in Courtray (Kortrijk, Belgium)
This work contains 7 parts: Prologue: Sacred Time
Ecstasy 1: Darkness
Song of Memories (Interlude 1)
Ecstasy 2: Fire (Passion) Ecstasy 3: Light (Goodness)
Song of Compassion (Interlude 2) Epilogue: Sacred Space
Duration: ca. 25 minutes
