Da Pacem

Born from music composed during the Thirty Years War, Da Pacem intersperses the noble polyphony of psalm settings by Schütz and his contemporaries, laments and jubilations, and songs describing everyday life in the midst of battle with natural sounds and audio fragments from locations associated with more recent wars.

The resulting mix of and innovative soundscapes and dialogues, mixing live music with electronics, is a powerful prompt to the listener to contemplate the senselessness of war.

Inne Eysermans, Katherina Lindekens soundscapes
Andreas Küppers keyboards, artistic direction
Margaret Hunter, Heike Heilmann sopranos
Marine Fribourg, Bart Uvyn altos
Christopher Renz, Fabian Kelly tenors
Ulfried Staber, Hans Wijers basses
David Wish, Ortwin Lowyck violins
Corina Golomoz viols
Tom Devaere violone
Jamie Savan cornetto
Simen Van Mechelen, Joren Elsen, Maximilien Brisson trombones
Karl Nyhlin lute

The work of Katherina Lindekens and Inne Eysermans is supported by a grant from EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association.