Song for tomorrow

The iconic King’s Singers, at the top for half a century, return to the Muziekgebouw in an exciting collaboration with the Scottish percussion phenomenon Colin Currie. The common thread in this contemporary programme is the English composer Steve Martland. His powerful, direct music – heavily influenced by Louis Andriessen’s monumental minimalism – holds a place in Dutch television history: the beginning of Martland’s Dance Works has been the opening tune of the political interview programme Buitenhof for nearly three decades.

In this programme, Colin Currie and the King’s Singers take us on a journey through a number of appealing contemporary music styles. We hear new pieces by celebrated contemporary composers such as the Scot James MacMillan and the American Missy Mazzoli. In Ashita no uta (2020) by Makiko Kinoshita and Alive (2022) by Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, hope and optimism resonate.