Kairos. A meditation to modern music.
Another world premiere in Kairos today: a work of the not very well-known composer G.K. Sjirra. Performed on an electric guitar by the poet, composer, inventor and guitar player Gustaaf Hortense Ledoux. In addition, music of Ólafur Björn Ólafsson , Kim Janssen, Luik, Lubomyr Melnyk, Tim Gray and many others.
This episode of Kairos is dedicated to Bert van den Berg, who passed away on 15 November 2014.
“Bert, do you have something for me?” “Winoew”, His left forefinger goes up, with his head slightly downwards and then quickly to the left, before he looks at me. Our standard greeting, when I enter ‘his’ music department at the General Bookstore in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. And Bert does have something for me, I can see it in the twinkling of his eyes. Starting the ritual by opening the cellophane with his Stanley knife. The anticipation. And moments later, we are quietly listening with tears in our eyes in a packed store. Afraid to look at each other. The others customers pretend not to notice. And then: “wasn’t that beautiful?”, and there is the twinkling again. We hardly know each other, and yet we are so closely bonded.
His pension is a great loss for Kairos. And I miss my ritual. I miss Bert. Still, there is a promise. Later in time, when he has adjusted to his new situation. He will be making his own programme. And we will be…..
On 15 November, Bert van den Berg suddenly passed away. I dedicate this programme to him. Full of music which wasn’t to his taste, but what he would undoubtedly appreciate. He had a truly big heart!Wino
00:06 Kim Janssen. Drift (from the CD Ancient Crime).
Simon van der Heide, drums; Phyllis Janssen, singing; Coen Kaldeway, clarinet; Pim van der Meer, flugelhorn and trompet; Peter Keijsers, tuba; Arjen Leendertz, bass; Anna Eichholz, violin; Angela Lewis, violin; Marla Hansen, viola; Alice Diron, cello; Kim Janssen, guitar, piano, song, harmonium.
Snowstar Records.
04:00 Gavin Bryars. Incipit Vita Nova.
David James, countertenor; Annemarie Dreyer, viool; Ulrike Lachner, viola da gamba; Rebecca Firth, cello.
ECM New Series 1533445 351-2.
08:59 Gert Boersma. You are renderness.
Album Shelter van Silmus (Gert Boersma, Minco Eggersman, Jan Borgers, Mirjam Feenstra).
Volkoren 58
13:59 Ólafur Björn Ólafsson. So very strange.
Ulfur (Erla Axelsdóttir, hoorn; Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, vibrafoon, percussion.) Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, song; Bjarni Frimann Bjarnason, viola; Hans Jóhansson, cello.
Western Vinyl.
19:23 Gert Boersma. Sadness covers me.
Album Shelter van Silmus (Gert Boersma, Minco Eggersman, Jan Borgers, Mirjam Feenstra).
Volkoren 58
22:59 G.K. Sjirra. L’oiseau noir.
Gustaaf Hortense Ledoux, guitar.
Own Recordings of guitar player.
24:45 Lukas Dikker. These men may grow.
Luik (Gerrit van der Scheer, Simeon Poot, Keimpe Koldijk & Lukas Dikker.).
Snowstar Records
26:54 Claude Débussy. Reflets dans léau uit Images-premier liver.
Pascal Rogé, piano.
DECCA 443 021-2
31:54 Pēteris Vasks. Third part, Adagio, from String Quartet no. 3.
Navarra Quartet: Xander van Vliet, violin; Marije Ploemacher, violin; Simone van der Giessen, viola da gamba; Nathaniel Boyd, cello.
Challenge Classics CC72365.
39:06 Lubomyr Melnyk. A warmer place.
Lubomyr Melnyk, piano; Peter Broderick, violin.
Erased tapes records, eratp048cd.
49:09 Tim Gray. Oodecahedron.
Ethernet (Tim Gray, tape, computer; Taylor Duepree, mastering).
Kranky Krank173.
56:05 Zoltán Kodaly. Adagio (con grand’espressiono) from Sonata for solo Cello, Op. 8. 3:42 van 11:31.
Maria Kliegel, cello.
Naxos 8.553160.
