Concert

Three choirs evening

Publiczność wraz z chórem POLIN podczas występu.
fot. Magdalena Starowieyska/Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN

We wish to invite you to a special "Three choirs evening" where you will have the opportunity to listen to the Norwegian male choir Hvalkjæften, the POLIN Choir – a choir consisting of several dozen people, which operates at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews – and the experimental choir Gre Badanie. This will be an evening of dialogue and discovery of different people, musicians, histories and cultures. The heritage of Norway and Poland, the Jewish cultural heritage and experimental exploration of sound will come together in one place, becoming a starting point for an intercultural meeting between languages, traditions and styles. A common feature of the members of the choirs is a love for music, which gives them not only joy, but also the desire to learn and express themselves.

Hvalkjæften ("Whale Jaw") – a Norwegian male choir from Sandefjord – which was once the world's largest fishing town, its inhabitants specialising in whaling. The choir was formed in 1989 by a group of friends. Many of them still actively participate in performances. The group consists of 24 people with ages ranging from 35 to 60 years. The choir is famous for interesting and varied performances, which combine elements of singing, dancing, acting and cabaret. The repertoire of Hvalkjæften is very wide and includes traditional Norwegian national and church songs, jazz, as well as pop and rock anthems. The group had the opportunity to perform at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and also participated in an official promotional spot for that event.

POLIN Choir – the group was founded in 2014 at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews on the occasion of the Grand Opening of the Core Exhibition. At that time, the choir of sixty inhabitants of Warsaw, conducted by Sean Palmer and Jakub Pałys, created a piece inspired by the legend of Polin that tells the story of arrival of Jews to Poland. Professionals and amateurs, young people, adults and seniors, and representatives of minorities living in Warsaw – all took part in the project. In addition to traditional vocal techniques, the group looks for non-standard means of expression: sounds, melodies and interpretations are formed as a result of individual and group exploration of vocal emission, rhythm and sound.


Gre Badanie – an art group established in 2010 by Sean Palmer as a project aimed at discovering the relationship between voice and space. The group combines motifs of classical music, children's television programmes, pop music, contemporary European lyrics and poems with its own specific approach to vocal sounds. The band is composed of a group of talented artists and singers who use various vocal disciplines. Artists work, practice and perform together to explore and learn the relationship between humans and their urban/rural environment.

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, main hall, free admission.

The Multicultural Warsaw activity series is part of the Jewish Heritage project, the Faces of Diversity component.Supported by Norway grants and EEA grants offered by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

www.eeagrants.org, www.norwaygrants.org

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