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Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radiokoor perform at Flagey in Elsene on 13 March 2027 at 20:00. The programme includes the European premiere of Kevin Puts’ song cycle and a world premiere by Anna Clyne.
What to expect
The programme includes the European premiere of Kevin Puts’ new song cycle and the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s new work for orchestra and choir.
Anna Clyne chose three poems from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Das Stunden-Buch and borrowed a chord sequence from Mussorgsky’s ‘The Great Gate of Kiev’.
- Puts’ song cycle honours Powell Hall
- Puts’ song cycle: optimism and grand feelings
- Powell Hall reopened in 2025 after renovations
- Clyne’s work is for orchestra and choir
- After Clyne, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition follows
- Ravel orchestrated Mussorgsky’s piano suite
Questions
When does Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radiokoor start and end?
Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radiokoor runs Saturday, 13 March 2027, 20:00 until 22:15.
Where is Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radiokoor?
Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radiokoor takes place at Flagey, Place Flagey Flageyplein, Ixelles.
How much are tickets for Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radiokoor?
Tickets for Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radiokoor cost €41 on the official ticket shop.
What is on the programme?
European premiere: Kevin Puts’ new song cycle
World premiere: Anna Clyne’s new work for orchestra and choir
After Clyne: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in Ravel’s orchestration
Ravel’s version moves from an evil dwarf to children in the Paris Tuileries and the great gate of Kiev
What inspired Anna Clyne’s new work?
Anna Clyne chose three poems from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Das Stunden-Buch.
Their musicality, rhythm, rhyme and vivid language inspired her immediately.
Rilke’s symbolism, inspired by the Russian Orthodox liturgy, led her to borrow a chord sequence from the last part of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, ‘The Great Gate of Kiev’.
What is the link to Powell Hall?
Stéphane Denève has been music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra since 2019, based at Powell Hall.
Powell Hall reopened in 2025 after two years of intensive renovations.
Kevin Puts was Composer in Residence and wrote a song cycle full of optimism and grand feelings.
The song cycle honours Powell Hall as a house of the future.
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Getting there
Flagey, Place Flagey Flageyplein, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BE
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