Vlaams Radiokoor

Over 250 years of music history distilled into a timeless, universal programme: from wistful prayers to jubilant hymns, from early Baroque to late Romanticism – from Schütz to Brahms.

The expressive music of Heinrich Schütz, one of the foremost German composers of the 17th century and a forerunner of Johann Sebastian Bach, weaves like a red thread through the concert. He opens this musical journey with intimate sounds – gentle, tender – music that breathes faith and hope, carried by voices in their purest form.

“Schütz, renowned for his expressive setting of texts and profoundly moving sacred music, served as a bridge between Monteverdi’s Italian style and the German Lutheran tradition — with an influence that extends all the way into the Romantic era.” - Bart Van Reyn

‘Fear not’ comes the comforting message in Johann Christoph Bach’s Fürchte dich nicht, embracing the listener with strength and emotion – just like the timeless Komm, Jesu, komm by the great Johann Sebastian Bach: music like a warm, soothing bath. But the world moves on, times change, and Felix Mendelssohn asks, Warum toben die Heiden? Johannes Brahms brings the journey to a close – with a forward-looking vision and a voice full of power and reflection. A journey across centuries, revealing music that does not fade, but endures.

Flagey, Vlaams Radiokoor