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2011
Because success in 2009, now the sequel to Pimp My Organ! During this concert the computerized Fokker organ will again be driven by laptops. Several composers will compose new works especially for the instrument. The Fokker organ will once again be expanded and pimped with many new sounds! Sunday 20 March 2011, 11.00 h. – Boem Boe Bali! Gamelan is characteristic of the Indonesian folk music. 31-tone music is a typical Dutch invention that has been developed here in The Netherlands. The 31-tone tuning of the Fokker organ has possibilities to play gamelan harmonies. A melting pot of exotic sounds during this concert will be the result. Sunday 17 April 2010, 11.00 h. – 31-tone music above the IJ Organ player Ere Lievonen will perform exciting and delusional 31-tone music high above the IJ. Besides the fact that brand new work will sound on the Fokker organ (including a composition by Wim de Ruiter), pieces by great masters of early music will be performed. Sunday 15 May 2010, 11.00 h. – The Ariadne-project A special crossover concert with music by Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries, as well as a work of the young Berlin composer and lutenist Andreas Arend, based on Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna solo aria, the only remaining part of his opera L'Arianna which is unfortunately lost. Sunday 18 September 2011, 11.00 h. – El Hotel Eléctrico Pianist and master improviser Hugo van Neck accompanies on the Fokker organ among others the fascinating film El Hotel Eléctrico of Segundo de Chomón of 1908, starring the actress Julienne Mathieu and the director himself. The film will be introduced shortly before the start by movie connoisseur Theodore van Houten. Sunday 16 October 2011, 11.00 h. – Carrillo versus Fokker The 96-toons Carrillo- piano and the 31-tone Fokker organ will compete with each other musically and also join forces during this unique concert. This is reflected in new works by the composers Torsten Anders, Martin Lo-A-Njoe and Juan Felipe Waller. Before the performances take place, there will be a presentation of the new Carrillo-piano. Sunday 13 November 2011, 11.00 h. – Pimp My Organ 3 For the third year in row the Huygens-Fokker Foundation organizes together with the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ the concert Pimp My Organ! The computerized Fokker organ will again be expanded, revamped and pimped-up! Besides this the 31-tone organ will be played by composer/performer Warren Burt through the internet from Australia, using the newest digital possibilities. Sunday 11 December - MicroFest Amsterdam 2011 >>> The following concerts are 15 euros, a passe-partout for the entire festival costs 24 euros. 11.00 h. – Le Club Microtonal – performed by Ensemble SCALA Under the program title Le Club Microtonal, the Fokker-orgel is in this concert part of the Ensemble SCALA, a new seven-member club musicians who are specialized in microtonal music. Together, they bring the audience a spectrum of new sounds by exploring the boundaries of the colorful 31- and 24-tone tuning. On the programme newly composed works and well-tried microtonal works of old masters. 13.30 h. - Lecture dr. Bob Gilmore Bob Gilmore is head of the musicology department at the Brunel University of London and is specialized in microtonal music. During this lecture he will explain and show film clips about two pioneers of microtonal music: Ivan Wyschnegradsky and Harry Partch. 15.00 h. - From 19 to 96 tones in the octave As a pianist Keiko Shichijo gives solo and chamber music concerts throughout Europe and Japan. During this concert she will perform on the 96-tone Carrillopiano (ór 1/16-tone piano). 16.30 h. - Forum: Microtonal music in practice Several experts and performers of microtonal music will attend the discussion about the question in what way microtonal systems can be applied in practice to result in more acurate performances. A subject that can hopefully lead to a more precise performances of microtonal music. 20.15 h. - Bohlen-Pierce meets Huygens-Fokker Ere Lievonen will play some highlights from the repertoire of the Fokker-orgel, including a work by Ivan Wyschnegradsky. Thus he will perform both ancient music in meantone temperament and new music specifically composed for the 31-tone organ. During this concert Nora Louise Muller and Ákos Hoffman will perform in inimitable way on the Bohlen-Pierce clarinets, which results in new possibilities for contemporary music. In 2008 the first Bohlen-Pierce clarinet was completed and now there are many new works composed for, several of which this concert will sound.
2012Sunday 11 March 2012, 11.00 h. – The secret of the meantone
Sunday 20 May 2012, 11.00 h. – In memoriam Henk Badings
2010Sunday 14 February 2010, 11.00 h. – Chinese Temperaments Under the Chinese Opera Weekend on 13 & 14 of Februari in the Main Hall, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation will organize a concert with Chinese music on request of the Muziekgebouw. The pieces which will be played are programmed around the Bagatelle "Chinees" of Professor Adriaan Fokker. With Ere Lievonen, Fokker-orgel / Fang Weiling, erhu Sunday 21 February 2010, 11.00 h. – Guus Janssen touches the Fokker organ
Sunday 21 March 2010, 11.00 h. – New harvest/Old masters Sunday 30 May 2010, 11.00 h. – Hans Kox 80 years In cooperation with the music hall Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ the Huygens-Fokker Foundation organizes a special concert to honor the well-known Dutch composer Hans Kox who will turn 80 years old this year. This rare programme contains all his the microtonal works, composed between 1958 and 1974. Sunday 8 August 2010, 15.00 h. - John Schneider plays microtonal music John is a American microtonal guitarist and a pioneer of refretted fingerboards, and worked with many of the great American composers whose music uses just tunings. This concert includes works specially written for him by Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, and Ben Johnston. Location: Westerstraat 106 Amsterdam Sunday 12 September 2010, 12.30 h. – Gaudeamus Music Week Sunday the 12th of September 2010 there will be a special concert in the BAM Hall of the Muziekgebouw with the Fokker organ during the Gaudeamus Music Week. As many as 10 premieres are on the program, from eleven composers who composed especially for this occasion. These microtonal compositions will be performed by organ player Ere Lievonen or by laptops. The composers are a.o. Janco Verduin, Steffen Krebber, Hector Bravo Benard, Martin Lo-A-Njoe, Michiel Mensingh. Sunday 10 October 2010, 11.00 h. – Organic Movements During this concert organ player Ere Lievonen, since the summer of 2009 one of our two regular players on the Fokker organ, will perform a number of new 31-tone compositions. The Flemish composer Bert Van Herck and Dutch composer Christina Oorebeek are one of the composers who were asked to compose new work for the unique Fokker organ. Sunday 28 November 2010, 11.00 h. – Microtonalities In this concert, the Fokker organ will make up part of the Ensemble SCALA, a group of seven musicians. Existing compositions and amazing arrangements will be performed alongside new works, in which composed music is even combined with improvisation. Sunday 19 December 2010, 11.00 h. – The untempered cinema This concert brings film and live muziek together in a cinema of untempered tones. Het Fokker organ functions as an organ accompaniment for the movie AELITA. Exciting, dramatic and funny scenes during this morning will be reinforced by 12 or more untempered tones of the 31-tone Fokker organ.
2009Sunday 18 January 2009, 19.30 h. - In memoriam Horatiu Radulescu (1942-2008) Sunday 17 May 2009, 11.00 h. - Inauguration concert Fokker organ Sunday 11 October 2009, 11.00 h. – 31-tone music at 't IJ Sunday 22 November 2009, 11.00 h. – The fifth tone of Christiaan Huygens Sunday 13 December 2009, 11.00 h. – Pimp My Organ!
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