Unlike the 1968 space mission of the same name, this rocket is not unmanned, but rather manned by powerful singers who show the world what vocal music can do. Jubilation, hope, but also humility and sadness—the highly personal program of the five Brits is full of conflicting emotions and knows no genre boundaries.

Apollo5

Kulturkirche St. Jakobi - Kreisdiakonisches Werk Stralsund e.V.

Students from the Royal Danish Academy of Music visit Frederiksberg Church with a classical program.

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Wednesday concert with students from the Royal Danish Academy of Music

Frederiksberg Kirke

Wednesday Concert

Frederiksberg Church

Songs about love & freedom, nightingales & other musical birds from Le Rossignol musical (Antwerp, 1597), by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Claude Le Jeune, Andreas Pevernage, Cipriano De Rore & others – a program premiered at Antwerp’s Laus Polyphoniae festival in August 2023.

Le Rossignol Musical

First Church in Cambridge

The Renaissance saw Europe regularly convulsed by war, as neighbours and rivals jostled for territory and power, Catholics and Protestants clashed over religious principle, and Christian nations contended with the threat of the Ottoman Turks. But it was also a time of great alliances, when peace treaties were celebrated with lavish diplomatic displays, and hostile nations were bound together through dynastic marriages. This fascinating programme explores the responses of composers to these turbulent times, drawing on almost two centuries of music from Dufay to Schütz. Along the way we experience the sounds of battle in Jannequin’s remarkable chanson La guerre, encounter plangent laments for fallen cities and lost generations, and savour serene motets welcoming longed-for peace.

Cipriano de Rore

Events

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Nov 11, 2026

Stile Antico · Wigmore Hall

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Aug 1, 2025

Apollo5 · Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Apr 9, 2025

Wednesday concert with students from the Royal Danish Academy of Music · Frederiksberg Kirke

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