In 2002 I was in Ireland to visit William Butler Yeats' country. To me it was a sort of pilgrimage. As was the case with his tower,
which he had bought and lived in for a number of years. He called it Thoor Ballylee.
This short composition is an ode to this impressive tower. What better way then to do this from another tower.
Written at the request of Frans Haagen, carillonneur of the Tower in Kampen. (The Netherlands)
Première: 9 July, 2004 in Kampen.
duration: approx. 3'
(the score is now on display in the adjacent visitors' room)
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In progress: The sick rose for mixed choir. Read more ...
Latest work: The straw man for viola solo. (2020) Read more ....
A void for string trio (vl, vla, vc). 2020 Read more ...
2020 - Centenary of the publication of W.B. Yeats's famous poem "The Second Coming" Listen to my musical setting of this poem here.
New work: "Psalms of Life" seven songs for soprano and guitar (2020), written for Izhar Elias and Channa Malkin. Read more ... Premiere postponed.
New work: "La guitarra" (Federico García Lorca) for choir and guitar.(2020) Written for guitarist Klaas de Jong (to whom it is dedicated) and the Leeuwarder Madrigaalkoor. Premiere postponed.
Guitarist Klaas de Jong has recorded "El alma dormida - in memoriam Guido Topper."
Great playing!
Listen on YouTube here.
The dancer (2019) A new work for trumpet, marimba, violin & viola.
Blodeuwedd (2018) a dance poem for narrator, singer/reciter, dancers and ensemble. The poem is by the Welsh writer and poet Tony Conran.
Time to fly (2018) written for the Bron Saxophone Quartet.
Ritual text for the afterlife for female voice and vibraphone.
(2019)
Ancient Greek goldplates with texts - recently found in graves - that were carried by the dead on their journey to afterlife.
Draaf, Foekje. Draaf!
Watch the television interview. (You need to understand Frisian, though).
Calendar
November 2, 2020
A void for string trio. Prisma string trio
Splendor, Amsterdam, 19.00hrs/20.30 hrs
Related souls for two violas by Viola sisters Skaug
August 14, 2020 - Masterclassweek altviool Dordecht.
(Dutch Viola Society)
March 21, 2020 Time to Fly for saxophone quartet
the Bron saxophone quartet
De Kopermolen, Vaals
January 26, 2019
Music, when soft voices die (Shelley) for voice and guitar. Izhar Elias & Channa Malkin. (guitar and soprano) MerkAz, Utrecht. Premiere
February 9, 2019 Time to fly for saxophone quartet. The Bron saxophone quartet. Concerten de Korenwinde, Rhenen. Premiere
April 11, 2019 Homenaje pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy (Manuel de Falla) - arranged for flute, viola & harp ONEIROS ensemble.
Grote Kerk, Epe.
April 14, 2019 Time to fly for saxophone quartet. The Bron saxophone quartet.
Tilburg,
Kapel Mariengaarde. 13.30
April 25, 2019 Time to fly for saxophone quartet.
Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw.12:30
May 12, 2019 Time to Fly for saxophone quartet
Burchtzaal / Kapel van Mariaoord
Rosmalen
May 26, 2019 Time to Fly for saxophone quartet
Cultuurcentrum de Ogtent, Duiven
Piz Amalia Music Festival 2019
The Dancer for trumpet, marimba, violin & viola 18 September 2019, Konservatorium Winterthur 20 September 2019,
Bergkerk S-charl 21 September 2019, NAIRS Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Scuol 22 September 2019, Matineeconcert in Hotel Belvédère, Scuol 15 November 2019, Paleiskerk, Den Haag
Written at the request of Frans Haagen, carillonneur of the Tower in Kampen. (The Netherlands) 
In progress: The sick rose for mixed choir. 
New work: "La guitarra" (Federico García Lorca) for choir and guitar.(2020)