This season, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation once again presents a concert full of new compositions and experiments for 31-tone organ, 96-tone piano, laptop & electronics. The sound of the Fokker organ, in particular, is expanded using the most advanced electronic techniques. The programme includes a new work by the Dutch-American composer Ned McGowan, in which a detuned street organ from Mexico takes centre stage. The composer himself will introduce the idea behind this piece with audio-visual explanations.
In addition, trumpeter Hans Leeuw will immediately present harmonised melodies on his electrumpet, accompanied by sounds from the 31-tone organ. A work specially written for the Fokker organ by the South African composer Michael Blake will also be performed, showcasing clearly post-minimalist and African-inspired sounds, with occasional ingenious beats in the organ’s low bass registers.
The duo Off <>zz returns to the Kleine Zaal, with Anne Veinberg this time playing the 96-tone Carrillo piano and Felipe Noriega once again providing electronic sounds via live coding. Further on the programme is a renewed improvised composition by guitarist Melle Weijters, who, using his MIDI guitar, will bring the impressive additive chords of Adriaan Fokker on the 31-tone organ to life.
Resident Fokker organist Ere Lievonen will also perform two short works by the American composer John L. Baker and the Finnish composer Juhani T. Vesikkala, both of which have not yet had their premiere. In short, a colourful morning full of experiments and surprises awaits during this third Laboratonium!