This special Fokker organ concert is part of the Sweelinck Festival, which takes place between 16 and 25 October 2021 at various locations in Amsterdam in honour of the 400th anniversary of the death of the great Dutch composer who lived in the Koestraat in Amsterdam....
The fourth edition of the Laboratonium is also centred around experiments with (micro)tones – now as an online concert due to the lockdown. New works by both young and established composers can be heard, with the Fokker organ often being controlled by computer. This...
The Carrillo piano, the 96-tone piano of the Huygens-Fokker Foundation, is equipped with a moderator. Unlike some other 96-tone pianos, the Carrillo piano of the Huygens-Fokker Foundation does not have a third (moderator) pedal but a manual moderator that can be...
During this Fokker organ concert at the Ongehoord Bruckner festival at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, the romantic works of the renowned composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) are performed in meantone tuning – a feat that is only possible on the 31-tone organ. Enhanced...
How does Andriessen sound on the 31-tone organ? In the oeuvre of Louis Andriessen, the organ does not occupy a prominent place: only one organ work bears his name. He composed De goddelijke routine—a typically Andriessen title—for the 125th birthday of his father,...
