line-up
eric sleichim > artistic direction, concept, transcriptions and arrangements
bart bouckaert > rehearsal director
luc schaltin > light design
jan moeyaert > research
BL!NDMAN [sax]
koen maas > soprano saxophone
roeland vanhoorne > alto saxophone
piet rebel > tenor saxophone
raf minten > baritone saxophone
BL!NDMAN [vox]
griet de geyter > soprano
sarah abrams > 2nd soprano
kevin skelton > tenor
gunther vandeven > counter tenor
tiemo wang > bass
brecht beuselinck > stagemanager and lighttechnician
BL!NDMAN plays Buxtehude is a BL!NDMAN-production, coproduced by Kaaitheater and Bozar Music
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 PLAYS BUXTEHUDE
vocal work by saxophone quartet and five voices
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BL!NDMAN pays tribute to the master with vocal work by Buxtehude, Schütz and Bach in a |
In 2007 we have commemorated the tercentenary of the death of Dietrich Buxtehude. Buxtehude was born fifty years after Schütz and fifty years before Bach and is therefore the link between the founder and the cantor of German baroque music. He was the most respected and influential composer of his day. The young Handel visited him in 1703. In 1705 the young Bach walked 300 kilometres to hear his music.
Buxtehude wrote a great many vocal and instrumental compositions. His work raised the North German organ school to new heights and influenced Bach’s organ music. He is known for his highly imaginative use of an extremely wide range of musical forms and he managed to achieve virtuosity and drama in a quite exceptional way.
programme
Heinrich Schütz > Cantate Domino Canticum Novum – SWV 81 [saxophone and vocal quartet] 3’ Dietrich Buxtehude > Das neuegebor’ne Kindelein – BuxWV 13 [saxophone and vocal quartet] 7’ Dietrich Buxtehude > Missa Brevis – BuxWV 114 [5 stemmen] 12’ Dietrich Buxtehude > Jesu, komm, mein Trost und Lachen – BuxWV 58 [saxophone quartet, alto, tenor and bass voice] 9’ Dietrich Buxtehude > Fried und Freudenreiche – BuxWV 76 [saxophone quartet and soprano] 7’ J.S Bach > Jesu, meine Freude – BWV 227 [saxophone quartet + 5 voices] 25’duration: ca. 65’ (no intermission)
première: 13 February 2007, Kaaitheater Brussels
BL!NDMAN PLAYS BUXTEHUDE played among others on the following locations:
- 2012
- DENDERMONDE - St Petrus- & Pauluskerk (org.CC Belgica)
- 2011
- ERFURT (D) - Heizwerk (Thüringer Bachwochen)
- 2009
- MOL - Sint Pieter en Pauwelkerk
- AALST - Jezuïetenkapel
- ANTWERPEN - Amuz
- 2008
- FRANKFURT (D) - Mousonturm
- ANTWERPEN / ANVERS - Fredeganduskerk / Wintervuur festival
- GENK - Kerk van Winterslag
- 2007
- BRUSSEL / BRUXELLES - kaaitheater / bozar
- MÜHLHAUSEN (D) - MDR Musiksommer- Divi Blasii Kirche
- POITIERS (F) - Concerts Allumés - église Saint-Jean-de-Montierne
- SAINTES (F) - l'Abbaye aux Dames
BL!NDMAN contact info
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contact: general and artistic direction: management: M +32 473 29 98 91 production and communication: M +32 473 71 50 70 technical production: |
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.