Festival The Roaring Twenties: Roaring Twenties in perspective

A top ensemble, put together by Arno Bornkamp, puts the music of the 1920s into perspective

 

During this concert, a diverse ensemble will perform various leading pieces from the 1920s. In addition to this repertoire, a new composition by Ramin Tafreshi will also premiere this evening, which he wrote especially for the Orgelpark and the Festival The Roaring Twenties. 

 

Performers

Utrecht String Quartet

Harke Wiersma, double bass

Juani Palop, saxophone

Arno Bornkamp, saxophone

Daniel Bolba, percussion

Laurens de Man, organ and piano

 

Programme

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - La Création du Monde (1923)

(version for two violins, alto saxophone, cello, double bass, piano and percussion)

Ramin Tafreshi (*1992) - New work 

Arthur Lourié (1891-1966) - Second Stringquartet (1923)

Kurt Weill (1900-1950) - Mahagonny Suite (1928)

(arr. Wijnand van Klaveren) 

 

Music in the foyer

Before the concert, from 7.30 pm to 8 pm, you can listen to the final presentation of the workshop Swing sets everything in motion in our foyer. After the concert, you can enjoy an after-party in our foyer with live music by John Hondorp and Wolf Martini.

 

Under the banner of The Roaring Twenties, the Orgelpark presents a weekend of five concerts reminiscent of the turbulent period in the arts a century ago, a time of relative political stability when anything seemed possible. A time when jazz and swing influences from America blended with European styles. Bertolt Brecht developed new forms of (musical) theater, Darius Milhaud wrote "La Creation du Monde," which fused jazz with traditional chamber music. Film and film music flourished, and American George Gershwin's star soared. Under the banner of The Roaring Twenties, we present you with a carefully curated selection of concerts that still echo those turbulent years in the arts.