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Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
Nieuw Amsterdams Peil

Breath and touch

Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
Sun 25 Apr 2027 16:00 - 17:00
Sun 25 Apr 2027
16:00 - 17:00
  • Sun 25 Apr 2027
    16:00 - 17:00
    Excl. drink
    Kleine Zaal
    From Tue 31 Mar 2026 12:00

Program

Petra Strahovnik Crop Circle  
Piet-Jan van Rossum Arnica Cedar Lake (world premiere) 
Nicoline Soeter Movement Order and Disorder  
Vanessa Lann Springs Eternal 
Carlos Michans Entre nous (world premiere) 

Credits

Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
Heleen Hulst violin 
Mick Stirling cello 
Robbrecht van Cauwenberghe accordion 
Gerard Bouwhuis piano 

Music between keys and bellows 

The piano and accordion are both keyboard instruments that play chords, but they are otherwise completely different. The pianist makes music through the weight of a strike; the accordionist breathes life into the notes through the bellows. The accordion’s sound is capable of endless transformation. Petra Strahovnik uses this versatility in Crop Circle to evoke the mystery of crop circles: the mysticism of their appearance, the clarity of their form and the ambiguity of their origin. Nicoline Soeter also plays with the transformation of sound, with the accordion merging imperceptibly into the sound of the violin. 
 
In contrast, the works of Vanessa Lann and Piet-Jan van Rossum utilize the clarity of the piano. In Arnica Cedar Lake, Van Rossum dreams of an imaginary lake; the music seeks ‘spiritual virtuosity’ rather than technical bravura. Lann’s Springs Eternal was inspired by Beethoven’s Spring Sonata.  

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