Choirs for Ecocide Law
Programme
Simon Marainen: Joiku
Kevin Fox: Creation – text: Astrid Vang Pedersen
Genevieve Andersen: Song of Desperation – arr. Merzi Rajala
Chris Hutchings: The Rules
Moira Smiley: Blue Sky, Chemical Dye – arr. Merzi Rajala
Astrid Wang-Perersen: We Used to Know
Merzi Rajala, Federico Trindade: A Scientist Speech About the Biodiversity Loss – speech: Panu Halme
Merzi Rajala, Federico Trindade: It’s Not Your Business – text: Merzi Rajala, Niilo Suhonen
Simone Tandberg: I Wanna See You Free – arr. Vocal Ensemble Dopplers
Merzi Rajala: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers – text: Emily Dickinson
Kevin Fox: Questions – text: social media
Kevin Fox: The Oak and the Lark – text: Edward Randell
Chris Hutchings: The Rules – Reprise
Peder Karlsson: Ask Not
Moira Smiley: Come Over
Artists
Essi Wuorela, solist
Choirs and ensembles: Flok, Teekkarikuoro, Aukea Ensemble, Kamarikuoro Caména
Accompanied by Aarne Toivonen – drums, Puro Paju – bass, Laura Kaartinen – keys
Choirs For Ecocide Law is a choral project whose principal purpose is to raise awareness of the addition of an international Ecocide Law to the Treaty of Rome alongside previously enacted international criminal codes. The Choirs for Ecocide Law gala concert offers singers the opportunity to engage in environmental activism in their own communities, through their own choir.
The concert consists of 15 songs in popular style, written for this purpose. The lyrics of the songs represent diverse voices and emotions around ecocide and show how we all are connected around the globe. The core message of the concert is to provide a voice for a positive opportunity to nurture our common planet.
In co-operation with: ChoirMate, Stop Ecocide International, Ecocide Law Finland, European Choral Association, International Federation for Choral Music, Pirkanmaa Choir Centre
The concert is supported by Finnish Cultural Foundation. The patron of the project is President Tarja Halonen.