2010-09-12

Gaudeamus Music Week 2010

On Sunday 12 September 2010, a special concert on the Fokker organ will take place in the BAM Hall of the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ as part of the Gaudeamus Music Week. No fewer than ten premieres are on the programme, with eleven composers having created works specifically for this occasion. These microtonal compositions will be performed either by organist Ere Lievonen or via laptops, sometimes supplemented with audio. The composers are Janco Verduin, Steffen Krebber, Hector Bravo Benard, Martin Lo-A-Njoe, Michiel Mensingh, François Gabriel Madden, André Douw, Sean Winters, Christian Pfeiffer, Joseph Michaels, and Iván González Escuder.

Programme

Joseph Michaels (USA, 1977) – 31 Touch Tones 5′ (laptop)

Janco Verduin (Ned, 1972) – Toccatississimo & Hyperfugue 7′ (player + laptop)

Iván González Escuder (Spa, 1979) – Toccatina 6′ (player)

Christian Pfeiffer (Dui, 1984) – trans – cis 5′ (laptop)

François Gabriel Madden (Can, 1985) – Fantasie 7′ (player)

Steffen Krebber (Dui, 1976) – zimzum 5′ (laptop)

André Douw (Ned, 1951)/Sean Winters (Can, 1984) – Ode aan het IJ 9′ (player and electronics)

Martin Lo-A-Njoe (Ned, 1969) – Toccata 5′ (player + laptop)

Hector Bravo Benard (Mex/Ned, 1975) – Tapestry 7′ (laptop)

Michiel Mensingh (Ned, 1975) – The Bad-Tempered Clavier 3′ (laptop)

Support

This concert is made possible with support from: Muziek Centrum Nederland (MCN), the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the SNS REAAL Fund, and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ.

Fokker organ concert

Sunday 12 September 2010, 12:30 a.m.
Admission free

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

Performers

Ere Lievonen, Fokker organ