Basklarinetfestijn & Orgel

The Basklarinet Festijn is a recurring event that gives the bass clarinet a stage with contemporary music. It can solo and accompany, it can color in sound like a chameleon with other instruments, vocals, electronics or organ. The artistic directors and founders are bass clarinetists Fie Schouten and Tobias Klein. This afternoon we have a special guest, the Argentinian organist Silvia Castillo. She is the widow of bass clarinet pioneer, Amsterdammer Harry Sparnaay. Two works written for them are on the program.

Silvia Castillo and Bart van Dongen, organ

Femke van den Berg, Germaine Sijstermans and Fie Schouten, bass clarinet

• Matthias Kadar (NL): Levent (2002)
• Roderik de Man (NL): Con todo el alma (2001)
organ & bass clarinet

• Sergio Fidemraizer (ES): Atlantída (2024)
organ& electronics

Fie Schouten, Femke van den Berg, Germaine Sijstermans bass clarinet

• Philip Przybylo (CA/NL): bloodshot mangroves. starved reeds (2025)
basklarinetten, drie live en vijf pre-recorded

Przybylo won the Tera de Marez Oyens Award 2024, the composition commission (by Gaudeamus and Basklarinet Festijn) and the performances of the work constitute the prize.

• Juste Janulyte (LT): Psalms (2008/2025)
drie bass clarinets & organ

Bart van Dongen organ
Tobias Klein (contra)bass clarinet

Organist Bart van Dongen and bass clarinetist Tobias Klein deliver a structured improvisation. The organ and bass clarinet become perceptible as meteorological phenomena within the atmosphere of the Orgelpark.