Laurens Collegium holiness in a modern world by Stravinsky and De Leeuw

While writing Cinq Hymnes, Ton de Leeuw was possessed by the same spirit that influenced poet and musician Kabir in the fifteenth century. A prophet who believed in a different reality than the religiously and ethnically segregated society in which he lived. Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms was born, somewhat more pragmatically, from a request from his publisher to write something popular. Despite these different origins, both pieces ask for reflection and contemplation on the meaning of holiness in the modern world.