Elmer Schönberger wrote the book Keten & stompen (which translates as ‘monkeying around & pounding’) about his friendship with composer Louis Andriessen, which spanned four and a half decades. During this concert, he will read excerpts from his book. Together with the screening of the film Keizersgrachtshuffle – a poetic portrait of the house in which Andriessen lived and worked practically all his life – an intimate and personal picture of one of the Netherlands’ greatest composers emerges.

Two compositions serve as starting points: the music for Andriessen’s film Golven [Waves] (1982) and Schönberger’s musical theatre Verhuisbericht [Change of address] (1983). These works are alternated with more music by Andriessen, but also by Poulenc, Stravinsky and Bach, the favourite composers of Louis Andriessen.

Program

Louis Andriessen Waves
Elmer Schönberger Relocation notice
Louis Andriessen Garden of Eros
Johann Sebastian Bach/Igor Stravinsky/Louis Andriessen Prelude in b
Francis Poulenc Sonate for two clarinets
Music for piano four hands by Igor Stravinsky