Assim
By DICK VAN DER HARST BASED ON JACOB OBRECHT
Musicians
Dick Van Der Harst
Concept, Composition, Adaptation
Zefiro Torna:
Cécile Kempenaers
soprano, kempul
Els van Laethem
mezzo-soprano, kempul, trombone
Petra Noskaiová
alto, kempul
Liam Fennelly
vielle, bell
Jurgen de Bruyn
lute, gender
Het Nieuw Gents Stadsblazerscollectief:
Jean-Philippe Poncin
bass clarinet, tenora, bonang
Kurt Budé
clarinets, gender
Dick Van Der Harst
bouzouki, tible, bonang
Michiel Weidner
cymbalon
Wim Konink
vibraphone, marimba
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Dick Van der Harst composed “Assim”, a composition inspired by the polyphonic way of writing of Ghent born composer Jacob Obrecht (15th century). As no other, he understood the art of integrating in a most natural way highly complicated composition methods in his music.
Contemporary wind instrument sounds and Indonesian gamelan music spice up the musical argumentation of “Assim”. The idea of linking the gamelan tradition only arose in the later stages of the creation process. It was through his father, who was born near Bandung (Indonesia) in 1927, that Dick Van der Harst got acquainted with the gamelan tradition.
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