Past Life Melodies

Soundscapes of Australian Choral Music

tonraumfünf10 | Leitung: Christopher Bradley

Past Life Melodies

Soundscapes of Australian Choral Music

tonraumfünf10 | Leitung: Christopher Bradley

Sounds, colours and images of Australia's unique landscape find expression in this special choral concert - as a space for reflection on life and being human.

The concert programme opens a journey to oneself, to remember what it means to be human, to acknowledge wounds of the past, to heal and thus to draw new strength. Taking this space is essential in the challenging times we live in. The language of sound with its frequencies and rhythms forms the right basis for this.
The Berlin choir under the direction of Christopher Bradley presents Australian a cappella pieces and choral movements accompanied by piano, sound woods and didgeridoo as well as clapping, stamping and bird calls. The arrangements by Stephen Leek, Ruth McCall, Iain Grandage and Joseph Twist, among others, bring together the power of nature, Western culture and Aboriginal culture.

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As a chamber choir, tonraumfünf10 sings pieces from different genres, epochs and in different languages: Contemporary rhythmic, motets and madrigals, but also popular repertoire and new pieces from all over the world.
What moves tonraumfünf10 is what the choir draws attention to in its concerts and in this way manages to bring the themes closer to its audience. It was and is the choir's wish to surprise the audience, to let them share in the fascination of the choir's work and, in particular, to turn concert events into shared experiences. The ensemble always combines faithfulness to the original with passion and enjoys the privilege of not having to specialise and thus not having to limit itself.
The choir has been directed by Christopher Bradley since 2015.

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