Catching up 1
It has been 5 years that I posted here and a LOT has happened since. I will inform you very soon! I will sort of start by going back first and then slowly approach the now…..
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ByWillem van MerwijkOver the years I have of course met quite some colleague saxophonists, but I think the most humorous and simultaneously intelligent colleague/friend is french saxophonist/composer/arranger Philippe Geiss. Alsatian born and since quite some time professor at Strassbourg Academy of Music he is traveling the world as a composer, teacher and musician.His interests and capacities go…
Porto mei 2015 (door Saskia Törnqvist)
ByWillem van MerwijkVan de oude binnenstad van Porto naar het plaatselijke conservatorium, de Escola Superior de Música e das Artes (kortweg ESMAE) is het een hele klim, maar de wandeling is zeer de moeite waard. De weg leidt van de oever van de Douro omhoog via trappen, en pleinen vol prachtige panden, gedecoreerd met traditionele azuléjos, geglazuurde…
Duo Lorenci-Mlacnik
ByWillem van MerwijkIt’s been quite a time that I posted something, to busy composing (for Mirasol Duo, Studenten Cantorij Utrecht – Ties Mellema and Arno Piters) and performing (with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble). More on the new compositions soon. This post about a wonderful sax-percussion duo from Slovenia, Janina Lorenci and Lola Mlacnik, both studying at the…
Adaptation Canciones Flamencas
ByWillem van MerwijkThe sax/percussion duo Lorenci/Mlacnik from Slovenia (both of them studying in Amsterdam at the ConservatoriumVanAmsterdam) asked to make an alto sax version of the three Canciones Flamencas, originally for soprano saxophone and marimba (+ bass drum ad lib.). I am a fan of the duo so I could not say no although I am really…
Porto Visit May 2015 (by Saskia Törnqvist)
ByWillem van MerwijkIt is a long climb from Porto’s ancient town centre to the Escola Superior de Música e das Artes (ESMAE), the Porto Academy of Music, but the walk is wonderful. Leading from the Douro river through stairways, squares full of houses covered with traditional azuléjos, the famous blue porcelain tiles from Portugal, and small mysterious…
Consecuencias
ByWillem van MerwijkSort of outburst of creative energy over the last month. Over two weeks ago now I finished ‘Consecuencias’ for alto saxophone (or clarinet in Bb) and string quartet (or string orchestra). A three movement piece, first movement ‘de la ignorancia’ (consequences of ignorance), second ‘del amor’ (for my wife Saskia) and third movement ‘de la…