World Choir Games Flanders 2021 - Program Book
Two cities, one passion The international choral world will celebrate the 11th edition of the world's largest international choir competition in fall 2021 - with the health, wellbeing and safety of all participants and visitors as a top-priority! Antwerp and Ghent are the main hosts for the World Choir Games 2021 and promise top-class venues, fantastic choir concerts and unforgettable experiences! With three official languages and a wealth of local dialects, Belgium is a great crossroad of cultures and thus a perfect host for the largest international choir competition in the world. The international participants will be warmly welcomed and immediately feel at home when bringing their music and cultures to Flanders in fall 2021.
Two cities, one passion
The international choral world will celebrate the 11th edition of the world's largest international choir competition in fall 2021 - with the health, wellbeing and safety of all participants and visitors as a top-priority!
Antwerp and Ghent are the main hosts for the World Choir Games 2021 and promise top-class venues, fantastic choir concerts and unforgettable experiences!
With three official languages and a wealth of local dialects, Belgium is a great crossroad of cultures and thus a perfect host for the largest international choir competition in the world.
The international participants will be warmly welcomed and immediately feel at home when bringing their music and cultures to Flanders in fall 2021.
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Anthem of<br />
the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>Games</strong><br />
It is one of the most powerful symbols and<br />
expresses in a perfect way the feelings of<br />
singers who come together from all parts<br />
of the world in order to celebrate this<br />
major choral festival – the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong><br />
<strong>Games</strong>. Our anthem sets an example to<br />
the whole world that nations are able to<br />
live together in peace irrespective of all<br />
misunderstandings regarding different<br />
cultures, religions, social ties, political<br />
structures and national feelings. This is the<br />
message of the choral Olympic idea, and<br />
this is what we will sing for.<br />
The famous British composer John<br />
Rutter, Honorary Artistic President at<br />
INTERKULTUR since 2017, has composed<br />
a new anthem on the occasion of the 10th<br />
anniversary of the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>Games</strong> in<br />
2018. It conveys the essence of why we<br />
sing. He describes the spirit of harmony<br />
which shall inspire us every day and that<br />
music with all its beauty depicts a powerful<br />
way to the future. This power comes from<br />
the hearts of human beings and leads to<br />
the vision that we all become one by the<br />
means of music. John Rutter wrote a truly<br />
hymnal melody for his text, which captures<br />
the sublimity of Opening and Closing<br />
Ceremonies and spreads the idea of a<br />
vision in which mankind can become more<br />
peaceful by the means of music throughout<br />
the whole world.<br />
The music is exclusively licensed to Oxford<br />
University Press.<br />
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