Please join the Brussels Choral Society (BCS) at BOZAR on 2 December for a concert combining with the wonderful Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Navarro Turres. The concert will feature over 100 talented amateur musicians of 26 different nationalities.

The concert will feature performances of Johannes Brahms’ greatest choral works: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) and Ein Deutsches Requiem. Why a ‘Requiem for the Living’? Schicksalslied is a setting of Hölderlin's poem, wherein the tragedy of human destiny gives way to a shining resolution, and the Requiem focuses on the comfort to be conferred upon those that mourn, in a context that is more deeply connected to the spiritual rather than the religious.

The BCS strives to give a platform to young and new musical talents so the BOZAR concert will also mark the world premiere of Sounds of Baghdad, an evocation of the numerous faces of Baghdad, by the Belgian-Iraqi composer, Qoutayba Neaimi.

Get your tickets

Tickets for the Saturday 2 December performance at BOZAR at 20h00 can be purchased here and BBCA members are invited to tick the "BCS friends" option to obtain a reduced price.

There will also be a performance in Mechelen Cathedral (Sint-Romboutskathedraal) on 3 December at 16h00. Tickets for that performance can be obtained here.