Newsletter September 2012

Dear friends, this year has been a nice one so far for composing and four new pieces I've written will be performed in the coming months. Hope to see you at one of the concerts. Ned

Six PiÃ¨ces MÃ©caniques

This weekend is the premiere of a new work for Calefax Reed Quintet and Eric Vloeimans: Six Pièces Mécaniques - a series of pieces combining text instructions, diagrams, written out rhythms, theatrical indications, etc...

1. binaire
2. déviation
3. jusqu’à
4. n’est-ce pas spatial?
5. les nerds vont mener le monde
6. usine à gaz

Saturday Sept. 22, 20:15, De Doelen, Rotterdam Link
Sunday Sept. 23, 20:15, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam Link
Friday Oct. 12, 20:00, Vredenburg Leewenburgh, Utrecht Link

Calefax
Eric Vloeimans

Concerto for iPad and Orchestra

After a great premiere performance by the Rotterdam Sinfonia, Conrad van Alphen conducting and Keiko Shichijo as solo iPadist (is that a word?), the Rotterdam Concerto II, Concerto for iPad and Orchestra will be performed twice more this october. This time with Susanna Borsch tickling the touchscreen.

Here a short video:

Rotterdam Concerto II, Digital Realms premiere June 1st, 2012

18 October, 21:00, De Doelen, Rotterdam Link
19 October, 20:15, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam Link

Hydraulic Principles

I have always been fascinated by machine-esque rhythms in various guises and the use of repetition in a non-minimalist fashion plays a key role in my new work for the street symphony orchestra Ricciotti.

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Stay tuned here for more details.

Spinifex Orchestra V. 2 Tour

The raucous nine piece contemporary jazz band Spinifex Orchestra makes it's second tour this fall, including new works by Gijs Levelt, Tobias Klein, Joost Buis, Jasper Blom and myself.

Here's a little two minute work I made for the debut CD Triodia: Link

18 october 2012 De Bimhuis, Amsterdam Link
19 october 2012 De Toonzaal, Den Bosch Link
27 october 2012 Plusetage, Baarle-Nassau Link
28 october 2012 DJS, Dordrecht Link
2 november 2012 Muziekhuis, Utrecht Link

Spinifex Orchestra

WRENCH

The last year we've been touring the Wrench project with my band Hexnut and the amazing photographs of Edward Burtynsky. The last chance to see this performance in the Netherlands before going to North American next year is on November 4th in the Lantaren Venster in Rotterdam. Link

With new works by Jan-Bas Bollen, David Dramm, Anthony Fiumara, Mayke Nas, Seung-Ah Oh, Steve Ricks, Felipe Waller and myself.

trailer

Here is an interview I did on dutch tv about it.

Floris Sollefeld wrote a nice blog writeup of our concert during the Gaudeamus Music Week in September last year. (Nederlands) (English)

The hexnut website has a lot more info about WRENCH, Hexnut and Edward Burtynsky.

more...

stay tuned to the AGENDA for more information about these pieces and other concerts