line-up
eric sleichim > artistic direction, arrangements and electronics
BL!NDMAN [sax]
koen maas > soprano saxophone
roeland vanhoorne > alto saxophone
piet rebel > tenor saxophone
raf minten > baritone saxophone
sam serruys > soundtechnician
32 FOOT/Sweelinck-Bach is a BL!NDMAN-production commissioned and coproduced by Festival Oude Muziek - Utrecht
BL!NDMAN is supported by the Arts Administration of the Ministry of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region. BL!NDMAN [sax] play Selmer Paris Saxophones. BL!NDMAN [drums] is supported by Muremo, distributor of Bergerault Percusssion Instruments.
32 FOOT
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Four saxophones play organ music by Sweelinck and Bach. |
The pieces by J.P. Sweelinck and J.S. Bach span 150 years of music. While Sweelinck is still standing with one foot in the renaissance, Bach represents the musical climax of the Baroque. The organ works by Bach would not exist as such without the influence of Sweelinck. Handed down by generations of Sweelinck’s students, the composition style of Sweelinck reached Bach. By then, the instrument had taken on the orchestral proportions that were fully used by Bach.
The saxophones of BL!NDMAN present organ pieces by these two masters. By dividing the parts, the brilliance of the compositions appears all the more clearly on the surface. By doubling with electronics, the low sounds, so typical for the 32 foot pipes of the large organs, are generated. BL!NDMAN thus becomes a human organ, moved by breath.
programme
*** 32 FOOT/Sweelinck-Bach
johann sebastian bach (1685-1750) > BWV 598: pedal-exercitium in g minor (2')
johann sebastian bach (1685-1750) > BWV 582: passacaglia & fugue in c minor (12'30")
johann sebastian bach (1685-1750) > BWV 583: trio in d minor (5'45")
johann sebastian bach (1685-1750) > BWV 564: toccata in C Major (15')
johann sebastian bach (1685-1750) > BWV 535: prelude & fugue in g minor (7')
johann sebastian bach (1685-1750) > BWV 596: concerto in d minor nach Vivaldi (11')
johan pieterszoon sweelinck (1562-1621) > fantasia chromatica in d minor (8')
pierre bartholomée (1937) > ricercar (7')
duration: ca. 70' (no interval)
première > 1 september 2012 > Festival Oude Muziek, Utrecht
*** 32 FOOT/Bach
only @ Ostend + Postdam
BWV 1079: musikalisches opfer
ricercare a 3 (6')
canon a 4 (3')
canon circularis per tonos (2'30")
canon per augmentationem, contrario motu (2')
BWV 767 - "O Gott du frommer Gott" (partita's: II, IV, VII, VIII, IX) (10')
BWV 582: passacaglia & fuga in c moll (12'30")
pierre bartholomée (1937) > ricercar (7')
BWV 766: "Christ, der du bist der helle Tag" (10')
BWV 768: "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig" (21')
première > 14 juni 2012 > Potsdam, Musikfestspiele Sanssouci
calendar
- 25.05.2012
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avant-première
info & tickets: www.vrijstaat-o.be
- 14.06.2012
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first performance - sold out
info & tickets: Musikfestpiele Potsdam
- 01.09.2012
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info & tickets: FOMU
- 26.01.2013
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info & tickets: www.concertgebouw brugge
- 01.02.2013
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SINT-TRUIDEN - Academiezaal MORE INFO
info & tickets: CC De Bogaard
- 02.02.2013
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LEIDEN (NL) - Stadspodia MORE INFO
info & tickets; Stadpodia Leiden
- 22.02.2013
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info& tickets: "Muziekgebouw aan t Ij
- 01.03.2013
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info & tickets: www.handelsbeurs.be
- 26.04.2013
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info & tickets: CC Strombeek
- 03.05.2013
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AALST - Sint-Martinuskerk (org CC De Werf) MORE INFO
info & tickets: www.ccdewerf.be
- 15.05.2013
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NÜRNBERG - Germanisches Nationalmuseum
BL!NDMAN contact info
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office: artistic direction: management: M +32 473 24 35 85 finance and production: M +32 485 30 98 01 technique: M +32 476 44 01 26 |
BL!NDMAN is supported by the Arts Administration of the Ministry of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region. BL!NDMAN [sax] play Selmer Paris Saxophones. BL!NDMAN [drums] is supported by Muremo, distributor of Bergerault Percusssion Instruments.