From Tower to Thoor for carillon (2004)

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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Calendar

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