Some Thoughts on Playing the Organ by Willem Tanke: Archetypes (trio version) - Willem Tanke, Dave Bowmer and David Holmes

07/03/2014

Archetypes (trio version) - Willem Tanke, Dave Bowmer and David Holmes

On 3 December 2013, I posted a solo organ version of Archetypes on Willem Tanke's Blog on New Music. It's a great joy now to hear and see how Dave Bowmer and David Holmes, two admirable musicians from England, gave this piece an extra dimension. At the same time, it shows the possibilities of putting the sound of a historical organ (Tholen, 1842) in an entirely new context, with Chapman Stick, guitar & NST guitar and percussion.

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As a classical organist I have been a prominent Messiaen and Reger interpreter since the '90s. Nowadays Bach interpretation is my main classical project. This is represented by my research "Dancing Bach on the organ". At the same time, as an improviser and a performing composer, I have been creating a new musical language which brings together musicians with avant-jazz, avant-pop, Western classical and traditional African and Asian backgrounds. I now relate this to my Bach interpretation.