We are looking for four singers to join the incredible Ravekoor for their performance at the Festival. There will be one or two rehearsals in Brussels and Eupen beforehand, and the Ravekoor performance is scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2026. Those chosen to participate get free entry on Saturday of the festival, plus the unique experience of performing with the rave choir, as they continue to make waves in Belgium and beyond with their distinctive stance and project. 

Read more below about the pieces that will be performed.
Reach out via ravekoorbrussel@gmail.com when interested.
Thank you very much!

‘Things Have Their Roots and Branches’

In the 1970s, Cornelius Cardew developed the ‘Great Learning Paragraph’, a diverse musical work, shaped by collectivist ideals and anti-hierarchical approaches to music-making. Moving away from the authority of the composer and fixed performance structures, Cardew’s music increasingly focused on participation, shared responsibility, and the choir or ensemble as a social organism. 

Based on translations of Confucius’s texts, Cardew’s Paragraphs approached music as a space where ideas of collective harmony could take shape through shared musical action.

‘Things Have Their Roots and Branches’ places this perspective in dialogue with the music and writings of Hildegard von Bingen. Though separated by centuries and different contexts, both practices share an attention to interconnectedness, spiritual ecology, and the relationship between the individual voice and a larger collective order. That’s where Von Bingen’s visions resonate: the greening life force flowing through bodies, landscapes, and sound.

-Adaptation of an antiphon by  Hildegard Von Bingen
Arrangement by Thomas Van Bogaert

-Paragraph no.7 from The Great Learning
Cornelius Cardew

Supported by Vlaams Radiokoor (part of Brussels Philharmonic)