**Songs for the crossing** / Marcel Lennartz

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Brussels Philharmonic

Vlaams Radio Koor

Hanne Roos, soprano

Stefan Hertmans, text: Songs for the Crossing*

Jun Märkl, dir.

*World première, composition at the request of Flagey

19:30 – Introduction by Sander De Keere (Klara), Jeroen D’hoe and Michel Gabaudan, UNHCR Regional Representative for Western Europe.

After concert - Talk with Jeroen D’hoe, Stefan Hertmans, Jun Maerkl and UNHCR

Concert presentation: Greet Samyn

Syrian street food by From Syria with Love and post concert music by Qotob Trio

Wolfgang app – discover what you hear!

Pre & post concert activities in collaboration with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

We take part in Warmste Week and donate the ticket sales revenue of this concert to Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen.

Songs for the Crossing by Belgian composer Jeroen D’hoe, based on text by Stefan Hertmans, remind us of the infamous crossing of the Yser in Tervaete during World War I. But at the same time, the project could not be more up-to-date: ‘the crossing’ is a metaphor for the current migration of refugees all over the world.

Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic, Vlaams Radio Koor

In the framework of the commemorations of the First World War in the Brussels Region: 2014-2018.brussels