The Great War remains, even 100 years after its end, anchored in the memory of humanity.

In order to give due place to the horror while also encouraging soldiers and giving hope to the home front: music remains the most powerful balm for the wounded soul. In this programme, various composers and works relating to World War I are placed alongside each other, like chapters of a book or scenes from a film.

Florian Helgath

conductor

Brussels Philharmonic

Hanne Roos, soprano

soloist

Ivan Goossens, tenor

soloist

programme

Lili Boulanger – Vieille prière bouddhique (Prière quotidienne pour tout l'univers)
Gustav Holst –The Planets, op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
George Michael Cohan – Over There (arr. D. Capelletti)
Sir Edward Elgar – Le drapeau belge, op. 79
Sir Charles Hubert Parry – Songs of Farewell: IV. There Is an Old Belief
Claude Debussy – Berceuse Héroique
Jeroen D’hoe – Songs for the Crossing: II. On the Run
Nicolas De Cock – In Flanders Fields
Traditional – Danny Boy (arr. D. Capelletti)
Max Reger – Drei Motetten, op. 110 ‘O Tod, Wie Bitter Bist Du’
Sir Edward Elgar – The Spirit of England, op. 80: III. For the Fallen

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