Kamerkoor JIP presents Requiem de la Luz (Part 1/4), titled El Único Verso - Universo, conducted by Jonathan Ploeg. The piece features a libretto by Nícolas Barría González (Chile, 1986), and reflects on profound themes related to the death of the sun and the cycle of life.Requiem de la Luz is a four-part work, with each section addressing different aspects of life, the universe, and the connection between the cosmos and human existence. The poet explores the seasons, the existence of the universe, the rise of life on Earth, the development of human senses, and the inevitable death of the sun. The composition encourages emotional awareness of the fragility of life on Earth, focusing on the relationship between our senses, emotions, and the natural world.The Requiem de la Luz is a collaborative project between poet Nícolas Eduardo Barría González, composer Bjarni Gudmundsson (Iceland), composer Diederik ten Böhmer (Netherlands), guitarists Alvaro Rovira Ruiz (Argentina) and Meike Aukes (Netherlands), and conductors/composers Jonathan Ploeg and Imre Ploeg.Founded in 2013 by brothers Jonathan and Imre Ploeg, Kamerkoor JIP is a project choir based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The choir is dedicated to presenting new and lesser-known choral music from around the world, with a focus on engaging themes such as war, peace, the nomadic life, the refugee crisis, and the ecological crisis.