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Boudewijn Tarenskeen (photo Annaleen Louwes)
Boudewijn Tarenskeen (photo Annaleen Louwes)

TODESFUGE

Hans Dagelet + Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
Sun 3 May 2026 16:00 - 17:00
Sun 3 May 2026
16:00 - 17:00
  • Sun 3 May 2026
    16:00 - 17:00
    Excl. drankje
    Kleine Zaal
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Credits

Hans Dagelet actor

Nieuw Amsterdams Peil:
Dario Calderone double bass 
Mick Stirling cello 
Peter van Bergen contrabass clarinet
Gordon Laing contrabassoon
Gerard Bouwhuis piano

Paul Celan text
Boudewijn Tarenskeen music & drawings
Paul Koek montage

Examining a monument of poetry

Paul Celan was one of the most significant poets of the last century; his work sought to process, exorcise and commemorate the Holocaust. The poem Todesfuge, which has been set to music by many composers, is one of the highlights of his oeuvre. Celan didn’t want to be known as a ‘Holocaust poet’. You can also experience his work as something dark that lets the light in, or something heavy that, surprisingly, can be lifted. 
 
In the light of Remembrance Day (4 May), composer Boudewijn Tarenskeen invited actor Hans Dagelet and five musicians from Nieuw Amsterdams Peil to interpret this monument of poetry in their very own ways. Dagelet seeks to get to the heart of the poem. The musicians support his quest, sometimes as mantra-singing monks, at other times as variety artists. The composer’s projected drawings provide a visual reflection on the process. 
 

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