2010-02-21

Guus Janssen touches the Fokker organ

The masterful improviser and composer Guus Janssen will perform on the microtonal Fokker organ during this concert, making use of both a 12-tone keyboard and the 31-tone manual. Special guest is clarinettist/saxophonist David Kweksilber, with whom Janssen has frequently collaborated in recent years and who will musically accompany him during several improvisations. For this programme, Janssen will select works by John Bull, Duke Ellington, and himself. In addition, a composition by Kweksilber will be performed, alongside improvisations on a micromodal blues and in an ‘untamed’ tuning. Exclusively for this concert, Janssen has composed several themes for the Fokker organ, through which he will explore the possibilities of improvising with microtonality. If you want to discover where this leads and are in search of a different sound, this exciting and unpredictable concert is not to be missed!

Programme

John Bull (1562/3-1628) – In nomine

Guus Janssen (1951) – Stomp

David Kweksilber (1973) – Into My Heart

Duke Ellington (1899-1974) – Solitude

Janssen/Kweksilber – Microblues

John Bull – ut re mi fa sol la

Duke Ellington – Star Crossed Lovers

Guus Janssen at the inaugural concert of the Fokker organ on 17 May 2009

Support

This concert is made possible with support from: the Dutch Performing Arts Fund+, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the SNS REAAL Fund, and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ.

Fokker organ concert

Sunday 21 February 2010, 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

Guus Janssen – Fokker organ
David Kweksilber – clarinet/saxophone