Some Thoughts on Playing the Organ by Willem Tanke: Flaming Sun, version Marcussen organ, Utrecht, 2012

13/09/2017

Flaming Sun, version Marcussen organ, Utrecht, 2012

This piece is based on improvisations on the Marcussen organ in the St. Laurens Church in Rotterdam.

René van Commenée composed en performed a part for cymbals and (at the end) tam tam to the organ score:

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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.