2015-09-13

Meet the Fokker organ

The Muziekgebouw is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and it’s a year-long celebration. This jubilee weekend marks the official kick-off and offers the perfect opportunity to experience three days of the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ’s idiosyncratic and surprising programming. Music as an expression of the present, for audiences of all ages. Unique and unforgettable concerts from early in the morning until well past midnight. Everywhere in the building, one can hear how moving and enchantingly beautiful music can be. The Kleine Zaal is no exception. In honour of this special occasion, a varied and surprising programme will be performed on the 31-tone organ, also known as the Fokker organ. Specially designed for everyone curious to discover concerts at the Muziekgebouw, and in particular this unique instrument, the programme spans almost all Western musical styles that have been heard over the past ten years at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ. From early music to contemporary works, this concert covers it all, culminating in a new improvised composition by Guus Janssen. Naturally, a clear example of 31-tone music will also be included in the programme.

Programme

Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566) – Ancor che col partire (after a madrigal of Cipriano de Rore)

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) – Canzon francese

Gioanpietro del Buono (?-c.1657) – Sonata VII (Stravagante), from “14 Sonate sopra l’Ave maris stella” (1641)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 1085

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) – Fuga I in C, F.31/1 (1778)

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) – Allegretto in G, Hob. XVII/10 (1793)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) – Un poco andante in A-minor

César Franck (1822-1890) – 3 pieces in A♭/G♯, from L’Organiste (1890)
– Poco maestoso
– Lento
– Sortie

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) – Blasse Blume, op. 102 no. 1 (1914)
Profumo sottile del fiore magico, op. 101 no. 33 (1923)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) – Desseins éternels, from “La Nativité du Seigneur” (1935)

Henk Badings (1907-1987) – Preludio, from “Suite van kleine stukken” (1954)
Perpetuum mobile, from “Reeks van kleine klankstukken” (1957)

Hans Kox (1930) – Larghetto (1957)

Miika Hyytiäinen (1982) – The 31st Cloud (2013)

Guus Janssen (1951) – Improvisatie (2015) premiere

Support

This programme was made possible with the support of: Stichting Dioraphte, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Van den Berch van Heemstede Stichting, Stichting Fonds voor de Geld- en Effectenhandel.

Also the SNS REAAL Fonds – renamed Fonds 21 (renovation Fokker organ), Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (renovation Fokker organ), Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and Huygens-Fokker Foundation.

Fokker organ concert

Sunday 13 September 2015, 11:00 a.m.
Admission fee €12.50 (€10.00 reduced price)

Small Hall, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ
Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR Amsterdam

Performers

Ere Lievonen, Fokker organ