Losgezongen (Try-out)

What remains when familiar certainties disappear? In this poetic performance, singers and former singers of the Netherlands Chamber Choir explore the beauty of farewell and change through music, humor, and melancholy.

There was a time when growing older was automatically associated with wisdom and respect. Nowadays, that’s no longer a given. Singing at the highest level has its limits; it’s an art form with an expiration date. Sooner or later, singers must say goodbye to the musical family with which they once seemed inseparably connected.

But what happens when you let go of something that had been your anchor for years? Is it a farewell filled with loss, or rather a new beginning with space for something else? It’s a universal question, constantly asked in our society. This semi-staged performance is a playful, moving exploration of that process of letting go.

With humor, melancholy, and beautiful music from the Romantic period and the early twentieth century. A special collaboration between director Sjaron Minailo, artistic director Tido Visser, singers and former singers of the Netherlands Chamber Choir.