Abendstille [viola solo]

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

The viola-solo evolved out of playing with the musical-material from a German lullaby, my mother used to sing to me as I was a kid. For it is a rather short song, I made quite a lot of variations, in some of them I stretched both time and register, finally layering the results on top of each-other, pressing them together into a new, single one-voice-line again.
In close collaboration with viola-player Joel Waterman, and thanks to his support, the piece got it’s refined and final touch.



Joel Waterman, VIOLA


fragment

premiere-recording by Jason Alder, at January 8, 2009, Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam

| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2008-’09 |

DEZE DOCHTER heeft geen kleren [mini-opera]

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

A women enters a temple. A dense and short opera about the conflicts between inner and outer space, about femininty, praying, believing, faith, about the disconnection between heart and reason and finally about running away…



fragment
DEZE DOCHTER heeft geen kleren (2008), mini-opera

recorded by Jason Alder at 8th of january 2009, Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam

STAGING: Anna van Diepen | WOMEN: Annelien van Binsbergen | TENOR: Matevz Kajdiz | Bartone: Rick Zwart | CONTRA BASSOON:Florian Krouwel | thanks to Anthony Heidweiller and to the Dutch National Opera (De Nederlandse Opera)

some of the text’s are based upon fragments of chinese poetry, 10th century b.C.

(translated into Dutch by W. L. Idema
translated into English by F. de Backere)
daar sluipt de sluwe vos __________the sly fox sneaks there
bij de brug over de Qi ____________ by the bridge over the Qi
de zorgen van mijn hart __________the worries of my heart
deze dochter heeft geen rok _______this daughter has no skirt
daar sluipt de sluwe vos __________the sly fox sneaks there
bij de voorde in de Qi ____________ by the ford through the Qi
de zorgen van mijn hart __________the worries of my heart
deze dochter heeft geen gordel____this daughter has no belt
daar sluipt de sluwe vos __________the sly fox sneaks there
bij de oever van de Qi ____________by the bank of the Qi
de zorgen van mijn hart __________the worries of my heart
deze dochter heeft geen kleren_____this daughter has no clothes

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LEIS [for brass-marching-band]

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

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fragment
LEIS (2008) for fanfare

recorded by Jason Alder, at january 8 2009, Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam,

CONDUCTOR: Thomas Geerts

PERFORMED BY: Femke IJlstra, Juana Palop, Annelies Vrieswijk, Stefanie Seidel, Javier Alloza, Michal Grycko, Jantien van den Boogaard, Loes van den Hove, Laura Krale, Max Schrader, Ari Hrodmarsson, Juliane Gralle, Jacek Mioduszewski and by Bart de Vrees.

LEIS [religious song] < leise(n), leisene 1488 > diminutive of Kyrie Eleison

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WEIDE [octet]

Friday, April 11th, 2008

fragment
WEIDE (2008) for the asko-ensemble

recorded: 11th of april, 2008, at Muziek gebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam, by Kees Bijl
conducted by: Bas Wiegers
performed by: the ASKO-ensemble (ob., cla., hn., tp., tmb., tb., vla., vlc.)

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MARE [5-fragments]

Friday, February 1st, 2008

dialogues for choir, conductor, trumpet and piano, encounters between inner and public space
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earth touches my skin
here
and in my heart
time is beating

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This piece was commissioned by the Dutch National Student Choir (Nederlands Studenten Kamer Koor).
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CONDUCTOR: Maria van Nieuwkerken
TRUMPET: Sjoerd Pauw
PIANO: Laura Bos
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fragments recorded on February 22, 2008 at Pieterskerk, Utrecht (NL)

fragment I ‘bar’

fragment II ‘train’

fragment III ‘airport’

fragment IV ‘choral’

fragment V ‘end’

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music which did not make the film

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

canceled score for a documentary

viola: Marc Sabbah

keys and electronics: Florian de Backere

thanks to Jorrit Tamminga and Brian de Vore

| all rights remain with F. J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2009 |

Sagome

Friday, June 15th, 2007


performed by VENUS Chamber-Choir; conducted by: Gijs Leenaars; Poetry by: Paola Colombo

| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2007 |

WACHTERSLANGNACHT [music-theatre-production]

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Watchmen’s-Long-Night: a parable about the denial of an etarnal night outside, the arrival of an unexpected stranger, and about the apparition of light in the shape of snow outside…

Wächterslangnacht: einen Parabel über die Verneinung einer ewigen Nacht draussen, das unerwartete Besuch eines Fremdlings, und über die Erscheinung eines neuen Lichtes: Schnee, draussen…

Wachterslangnacht: een parabel over de ontkenning van een eeuwige nacht buiten, het onverwachte bezoek van een vreemdeling, en over de verschijning van licht in de gedaante van sneeuw, buiten…

CONDUCTOR: Roel Vogel | STAGE DIRECTOR: Christiaan Mooij | REHEARSALS: Gijs Leenaars
BARITONES: Jan Douwes; Philipp Möller; Tim Kuypers
ENSEMBLE: Marc Sabbah (Viola); Arjen Verhage (Theorbe);
Rob Kaptein (Bassethorn); Kirstin Niederstrasser (Tenor Saxophone);
Jin Ju Janj (Contrabass); Roberto Hernandez (Percussion); Wilbert Bulsink (Harmonium-organ)
PRODUCTION: Mieke Captijn; Sharon Ullers
LIGHTDESIGN: Pieter Ploeg | LIGH AND RECORDING: Mike van Gaalen

SPONSORS: Captijn Retail & Consult; Iona Stichting; Practicum Generale Fonds AHK

WACHTERSLANGNACHT: VOLKSLIED / ANTHEM / HYMNE (2005-2007)


recording 12th and 13th of may 2007, Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam
ALL RIGHTS, STORY, TEXT’S AND MUSIC by Florian de Backere, Amsterdam, 2005-2009

PICTURES TAKEN BY Thomas Aangeenbrug











music to ‘Misura’; the short-dance-film

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

This music was made for the short-dance-film “Misura”, the final project of Maaike van den Berg at Rietveld academy of arts, Amsterdam.

music perfomed by:
Roberto Hernandez (perc.), Jorind Josemans (acc.),
Mara and Ewoud Mahler (vln.), Rob Kaptein (bass. hn.) and Florian de Backere (pf.)

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Chants des Quatre Femmes

Sunday, February 1st, 2004


fragment
recorded by: Dave Krooshof
performed by: Santiago Botero (d.bass), Marco Braam (pf.), Julia Hulst (bssn.), Gideon Nelissen (vln.), Roberto Hernandez (per.), Florian de Backere (cla.)
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Dances for Four Saxophones

Friday, May 16th, 2003


performed by the Syrene Saxophone Quartet:
Eva van Grinsven, Claudia Luce, Lotte Pen and Femke Ylstra

!!APOLOGIES FOR THE POOR MD-RECORDING-QUALITY!!

| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2004

Kooi en Beek

Wednesday, January 1st, 2003


performed by the Goeyvaerts String Trio
Kristien Roels, Kris Matthynssens and Pieter Stas

| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2003 |