Air4Six, Erfklank: romantic vocal gems from Flanders

Sometimes the greatest discovery is right under your nose! Met Erfklank visits Air4Six, a little-highlighted chapter in Belgian music history: the intimate a cappella music of composers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Work by, among others, Peter Benoit, Jef Van Hoof, August de Boeck, Arthur Meulemans, Jef, and cousin Edgar Tinel swings back and forth between romantic intensity and technical refinement. Piece by piece, goosebump-worthy songs testify to the unique talent of these tone poets to bend love for the mother tongue to universal emotions. Erfklank is not a museum showcase, but an exciting rediscovery of music that connects us – with history, with the future, and with each other.