Below is a collection of projects currently in development. Express your interest here to participate in our future programs, and we'll contact you with further application steps closer to the concert date. Repertoire and projects on offer may be subject to change.
Step into a shimmering twilight world of impressionistic early 20th-century music. Works by Schreker, Enescu and Busoni unfold in intricate soundscapes of rich harmonic texture, a full spectrum of colour in compact chamber orchestra form.
Franz SCHREKER Chamber Symphony (1916)
Georges ENESCU Chamber Symphony (1954)
Ferruccio BUSONI Berceuse Élégiaque (1909)
Instrumentation: Fl, Ob, Cor A, Cl, Bsn, Hn, Tpt, Tbn, Tmp, Perc, Hrp, Cel, Harm, Str
The voices of Palestrina and Bach contributed to the foundation of an archway of sound spanning centuries to the present day. Schönberg's Kammersymphonie no. 1 continues the tonal tradition even as its composer teetered on the brink of a radical new pathway.
G.P da PALESTRINA Sicut Cervus (1604)
J.S BACH Vom Himmel Hoch (1723)
Robert SCHUMANN Geistervariationen (1854)
Hamish MADDEN Sicut Cervus (2025)
Arnold SCHÖNBERG I. Kammersymphonie (1906)
With arrangements by Hamish Madden
Instrumentation: Fl (+Picc), Ob (+Cor A), Cl (+B Cl), Bsn (+Cbsn), Hn, Str
Peek back in time and experience the romance and fervour of the world of the French troubadours, accompanied by sweet songs from their counterparts in 20th-Century France.
Maurice RAVEL Trois Chansons (1914-15)
Claude DEBUSSY Trois Chansons (1898)
Philippà de VITRY In Nova Fert/Garrit Gallus (14th C)
Firminus CARON Cuidiez vous qu'il ait assez joie (n.d.)
Firminus CARON Helas m'amour ma tresparfete amye (1460s?)
Camille SAINT-SAËNS Les fleurs et les arbres (1882)
Florent SCHMIDTT Hymne à l'Éte (1913)
Journey from the sublime and devout beginnings of Western classical music to its cutting edge, pushing the very boundaries of melody, harmony and rhythm, in music inspired by the existential and spiritual predicament of humanity.
anon. Messe de Tournai: Kyrie (13th C)
'PEROTIN' Viderunt Omnes (1170)
Antoine BUSNOYS Anthoni Usque Limina (1461)
anon. Messe de Tournai: Preface – Sanctus – Solo(13th C)
Luigi DALLAPICCOLA Tempus Destruendi: 1. Ploratus (1971)
anon. Messe de Tournai: Angus Dei (13th C)
Brian FERNEYHOUGH Ave Mater Gloriosa Salvatoris (2002)
Luigi DALLAPICCOLA Tempus Destruendi: 2. Exhortio (1971)
Brian FERNEYHOUGH Alma Redemptoris Mater (2002)