The fourth edition of the Laboratonium will once again focus on the experiment with (micro)tones. The programme features new works by both emerging and established composers, with the Fokker organ controlled by a computer. This is also the case for an improvised composition by the renowned Dutch composer Guus Janssen. His remarkable piece Fok consists of multiple fragments improvised by him, which are expertly woven together into a cohesive composition. The world premiere of the young and talented composer Boris Bezemer will also be presented. Anne Veinberg returns with an exciting improvisation on the Carrillo piano, recently fitted with a moderator that allows for extremely soft playing. The programme also includes the imaginative improvisations of Bart van Dongen in the Euler-Fokker tunings, with the composer and improviser himself at the exceptional console of the Fokker organ.
Additionally, a new work by the now very experienced Romanian/Finnish microtonal composer Sebastian Dumitrescu will receive its premiere for a laptop-controlled 31-tone organ, alongside a glissando-filled improvisation by composer Wouter Snoei and cellist Katharina Gross. Finally, a new composition, which is also an ode to Leo de Vries (former violist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, microtonal thinker, and one of the most loyal attendees of the Fokker organ series, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 93), will be performed by Dutch composer René Uijlenhoet for Fokker organ with electronics.
Watch the concert here on YouTube.