32 FOOT
The saxophones of BL!NDMAN play the monumental organ music of J.S. Bach. In Bach’s time the organ had taken on the orchestral proportions that were fully used by the composer.
By dividing the parts, the brilliance of the compositions appears all the more clearly on the surface. By doubling with the tubax and electronics, the low sounds, so typical for the 32 foot pipes of the large organs, are generated. BL!NDMAN [sax] thus becomes a human organ, moved by breath.
The CD 32 FOOT / The Organ of Bach was awarded the KLARA for best CD recording in 2014.
Eric Sleichim: artistic direction, arrangements, tubax and electronics
BL!NDMAN [sax]
Pieter Pellens: soprano saxophone
Hendrik Pellens: alto saxophone
Piet Rebel: tenor saxophone
Sebastiaan Cooman: baritone saxophone
32 FOOT / the Organ of Bach is a BL!NDMAN-production commissioned and coproduced by Festival Oude Muziek – Utrecht and deSingel and in cooperation with KLARAfestival and Flagey.
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Eric Sleichim:
BWV 598: Pedal-exercitium in G minor
BWV 582: Passacaglia & Fuga in C minor
Organ Chorale: Meine Seele
BWV 583: Trio in D minor
BWV 564: Toccata in C Major
Pierre Bartholomée: Ricercar
or
Franco Donatoni: Rasch
Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Eric Sleichim:
BWV 535: Prelude & Fugue in G minor
BWV 596: Concerto in D minor nach Vivaldi
Agenda
