In Cultuurpodium Dorpskerk Huizum, Wiebe Kaspers (on grand piano) and Wytske Holtrop (on cello) will give a performance of the ‘Canto Ostinato’, the well-known composition by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt (1923 – 2012).

This piece was composed in the 1970s under the name ‘Perpetuum’, but a few months before the first performance the title ‘Canto Ostinato’ was chosen. This time it is performed on a grand piano and on a cello. (There will be a grand piano in the Village Church, which will be played for the first time by Wiebe Kaspers.)

Canto refers to the melody or a short musical motif; Ostinato refers to repetition. The piece seems to be born again and again. The frameworks are fixed, but through the constant eye and ear contact of pianist Wiebe Kaspers and cellist Wytske Holtrop, the piece in Huizum is, as it were, created anew.

‘The Canto’ continues and is never actually finished. Let yourself be carried away by the enchanting and meditative sounds. Those sounds almost form an oasis of peace. We are heading together towards winter, which will almost arrive when the concert is over.

Cultuurpodium Dorpskerk Huizum offers you an impressive and intriguing concert experience for both the audience and the two musicians.