Concerts from around the country, recorded by Concertzender
We’ve celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Concertzender this year, which resulted in a series of wonderful concerts. Yesterday, we played you a first selection of these concerts, to be continued today. So, this time no Concertzender Live Archive on Friday.
In today’s programme we will listen to three concerts. The first concert was recorded in Zaal 100 in Amsterdam. 1984 turned out to be an important and productive year, as the venue also celebrated their 40th anniversary! This concert represents our section crosslinks – a mish-mash of alternative pop and crossover in all possible and impossible ways – so you won’t be surprised by the enormous variety of musicians performing. We selected two for you: the Eastern European freak folk of OMFO and the Dutch alternative duo Polar Twins.
The second concert might feel a lot closer to home: a classical performance of a violinist and pianist. The two play music from Balkan composers. Neo-classical folklore of Enuscu get alternated by more modern notes of, for example, Isidora Žebaljan.
Influences of East European folklore can also be found in art music from Western Europe (as in composed and not from an oral tradition), which we hear in the third concert. This one feels a bit more anarchistic. Ensemble Oorkaan (from the Dutch word for hurricane, which gives you a clue about its music) mixes contemporary music with East European folk. They maintain instruments like the bayan (a type of Russian accordion) and clarinet, and combine them with harp and percussion. Something that can only work if it derails entirely – which you can rely upon with this foursome.
These two concerts form the closing concert of the Amsterdam festival Muze van Zuid, where we concluded our celebration of our 40th anniversary.
Playlist
1. OMFO – 5 numbers
2. Polar Twins – Im Hohlraum
3. Polar Twins – Soft pioneers
4. Polar Twins – Web comb queen/Environmental twist
5. Polar Twins – Meeting point
6. Polar Twins – Suite jumeaux polaires: Prelude
7. Isidora Žebaljan – Dark velvet
8. Isidora Žebaljan – O die, my love
9. Georges Enesco – Piano sonata no. 3
10. Veljko Nenadić – Diptych
11. Margareth Bonds – Troubled water
12. Michele Mazzini – Due nasi: II. Secondo naso
13. Steven Kamperman – Black Sea suite
14. Ayuo Takahashi – Eurasian tango
Performers
OMFO: unknown
Polar Twins: Mark Ritsema (vocals), Dick Polak (accordion)
Joelija Hartig (violin; 7-10)
Reineke Broekmans (piano; 7-10)
Ensemble Oorkaan: Michele Mazzini (bass clarinet / clarinet), Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe (bayan), Michela Zanoni (harp) and Veysel Dzhesur (percussion) (11-14)
