khomus, melodica, duduk, different flutes, electronics a.o.
| all rights remain with F. J. de Backere | Berlin | 2010 |
rituals02
Friday, August 6th, 2010khomus, melodica, duduk, different flutes, electronics a.o.
| all rights remain with F. J. de Backere | Berlin | 2010 |
Music to Andromache
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009This is a fragment of the music ‘Andromache’, a play by Racine, staged by Joost van Hezik, in Amsterdam, autumn 2009.
| music made and played by F. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2009 |
DEZE DOCHTER heeft geen kleren [mini-opera]
Sunday, November 30th, 2008A 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
| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2008 |
ontferm u
Saturday, November 1st, 2008music which did not make the film
Sunday, July 1st, 2007canceled 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 |
WACHTERSLANGNACHT [music-theatre-production]
Saturday, May 12th, 2007Watchmen’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
De Koning Sterft
Saturday, May 20th, 2006Based on the play “Le roi se meurt”, from 1962, by Eugène Ionesco.
Final performance at Theatre-school directed by Maartje Ghijsen.
Pictures by: Iwan Baan
music to ‘Misura’; the short-dance-film
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005This 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.)
| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2005 |
Een Pak Slaag Omdat Je Een Aap Bent
Sunday, May 15th, 2005“It is the year 1912 in the City of Chicago: you are witnessing an inexplicable wrestling match, and the destruction of a family that has come from the prairie lands to the great city jungle…. Do not rack your brains for motives: concern yourself with the human element, evaluate the antagonists’ fighting spirit impartially and concentrate your interest on the showdown”
| Bertolt Brecht
pictures by Jaïr Stranders
Chants des Quatre Femmes
Sunday, February 1st, 2004fragment
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.)
| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2004 |
MARE [5-fragments]
Friday, February 1st, 2008dialogues 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’
| rights dialogues and music remain with Florian J. de Backere | 2007-’08 | NL |
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