Songs for Social Justice

Chœur Cassandra Koor

This has to be the perfect motto for the Chœur Cassandra Koor! Since its foundation in parallel with the creation of the opera Cassandra in 2022, this amateur choir has used singing to call attention to some of the major challenges facing us today: the struggle for human rights, for sustainability and for social justice and cohesion.

At this free, open-air concert staged as part of the Raising Voices Festival, the Choeur Cassandra Koor’s 80 singers – aged from 20 to 75  – will give a voice to those who do not have one, and at the same time treat the public to a series of stirring protest songs, from French classics through Manu Chao to the famous Slaves Chorus from Verdi’s Nabucco. Humming along allowed!

Programme

Kris Defoort: excerpts from the opera The Time of Our Singing (arr. Olivier Bilquin)
Mickey 3D: Respire (arr. Olivier Bilquin)
Kim Baryluk: Warrior (arr. Natasha Blackwood)
Michel Berger: Diego (arr. Gilles Massart)
Manu Chao: Clandestino (arr. Philippe Rose)
Giuseppe Verdi: Va pensiero (Nabucco)
Pierre Perret: Lily (arr. Gérard Yon)