Organist Ere Lievonen will present thrilling and beguiling 31-tone music high above the IJ during this concert. In addition to brand-new works performed on the Fokker organ, including compositions by Wim de Ruiter and James Hewitt, the programme also features early music by Johann Jacob Froberger. This music was composed in meantone tuning, the tuning on which the Fokker organ is based, in which the semitones are not equally spaced. As a result, pure thirds and minor sevenths can be sounded. Bach’s music will acquire a different colour in this concert, as it was originally composed for the equal-tempered 12-tone tuning. The programme also includes two previously composed works for the Fokker organ: a classic by Hans Kox and a 2010 work for performer and laptop by Martin Lo-A-Njoe.
31-tone music above the IJ
Programme
Martin Lo-A-Njoe (1969) – Toccata (2010)
Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667) – Ricercar VI in cis klein (from “Libro secondo”, 1649)
Hans Kox (1930) – Passacaglia en Koraal (1960)
– Passacaglia (op een thema van prof. Fokker)
– Koraal: ”Wachet auf!”
Christian Petzold (1677-1733) – Fuga in F groot (sopra BACH)
Wim de Ruiter (1943) – Together, voor 31-toonsorgel (2011) premiere
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth (BWV 591)
James Hewitt (1983) – Chromatic Prelude and Fugue (2010) premiere
Wim de Ruiter – Together, for 31-tone organ, performed by an organist and via MIDI controlled by computer.
The composition was made possible with financial support from the Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten. The title of the piece relates to its form. On one hand, the work consists of a set of short musical elements for the computer. These elements can be performed in a free order and may overlap or even be played simultaneously. On the other hand, a number of themes have been composed for the organist, serving as a basis for improvisation. These two fundamental elements can either be entirely controlled by the organist alone or together with a second performer managing the computer. Ultimately, the basic elements must find each other to form a coherent whole—hence the title Together. The duration is approximately 10 minutes.
Support
This programme was made possible with the support of: 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 17 April 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Admission fee €13.00 (€10.50 reduced price)
Small Hall, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ
Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR Amsterdam
Performers
Ere Lievonen, Fokker organ