UNDER ONE SKY - Prima Choral Artists
Sun, Jun 21
|National Centre for Early Music
Choral Music Across Cultures. Featuring art songs and ethnic music from Japan, Serbia, Bulgaria, the Celtic nations, Venezuela, the Torres Strait Islands and South Africa. Heritage, language and technique come together in a compelling choral experience. Unmissable!
Time & Location
Jun 21, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM
National Centre for Early Music, National Centre For Early Music, St Margarets Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL, UK
About the event
UNDER ONE SKY
Sunday 21 June 2026 | 7:30 PM | National Centre for Early Music, York
This unique programme by Prima Choral Artists, under the artistic direction of Eve Lorian, offers an exploration of global traditional vocal practices, examining the relationship between musical language, cultural identity and vocal technique.
Spanning a wide geographical and cultural spectrum, the repertoire highlights distinctive approaches to tone production, ornamentation, rhythm and ensemble cohesion. The programme opens with Sakura, a Japanese folk melody characterised by its pentatonic modality and restrained, lyrical phrasing, evoking both seasonality and transience. In contrast, the Bulgarian works Kaval Sviri and Dolmano Dilbero exemplify the highly resonant, open-throated 'white voice' technique, notable for its penetrating timbre, complex harmonies and asymmetrical rhythmic structures. This vocal aesthetic continues in Ajde Jano (Serbia), where dance-derived rhythms and communal expression are central.
Folk traditions of the North Atlantic are represented through J’entends le moulin (French Canadian), with its…
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£26.00
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