“Hush Now, Dear Heart” is a lullaby for adults. It carries the feeling of coming home after a day filled with over stimulation, hardship, and chaos — a world that can feel threatening and, at times, overwhelming. It is about returning to yourself.

In the piece Light and Darkness, the fragile boundary between shadow and light is explored. In this composition, light and dark are not simple opposites, but part of an inner journey. They are inseparably connected — without darkness there is no light, and without light there is no darkness.

The Coming of Light is a vocal composition in which words are released and replaced by sound. The voice functions as an instrument: soft, tender, and full of trust

This poem speaks about resisting confinement and reclaiming inner freedom. It challenges the rigid expectations imposed by society or upbringing — rules that attempt to restrain imagination and silence emotion. “Prose” becomes a symbol of limitation and control, while poetry represents intuition, creativity, and the courage to follow one’s heart. Rather than remaining hidden in the dark, the poem celebrates stepping into one’s own light: discovering a personal voice, trusting one’s imagination, and choosing an authentic destiny.

“We grow accustomed to the dark” is a song based on the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson. It is an ode to those who have the courage to resist injustice, often at great personal cost, driven by a determination to bring change to the world. The song was composed for soprano, piano, and fixed electronics (tape) in the week following the death of Alexei Navalny.

De Wind is de tweede single van het album “Kreukelzone van satijn”

De eerste single van het album ‘ Kreukelzone van satijn” op streaming media

Dutch singer Lucette van den Berg does a stirring rendition of this Yiddish song, written days after the attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001.

Bashertkeyt is a very personal song for Lucette. She composed the song for the love of her life on the text of the great Yiddish poet Rokhl Korn.

Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt is een beroemd partizanenlied, met tekst van Hirsh Glik op een beroemd Russisch volksliedje.
Lucette van den Berg maakte van dit lied een koorstuk voor een vierstemmig vrouwenkoor en gestemd glas. Dit is het tweede vrouwenkoorstuk in een cyclus over moed en doorzettingsvermogen van een vrouw.