The Laurens Symfonisch is a young symphonic choir conducted by Wiecher Mandemaker, founded to perform large-scale works at a high level.
Laurens Symfonisch
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Since 2010, the singers have enjoyed great success with projects such as Beethoven's Ninth with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Mahler's Second with the Gelders Orchestra, Britten's Spring Symphony, and The Lord of the Rings film concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
The choir (formerly Rotterdam Symphony Chorus) collaborated with Lucas and Arthur Jussen in Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, sang Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony, and premiered the adapted Choruses from Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer. It shone in Howells' Hymnus Paradisi (BBC Symphony Orchestra) and presented staged performances of Beethoven's Fidelio in 2017.
Other highlights included Prokofiev's October Revolution Cantata, Britten's War Requiem, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, Berlioz's La damnation de Faust, and participation in Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, released on SACD.