Moederkerk-orrelweek: Zen van der Merwe
Mon Sep 30, 13:15 - Mon Sep 30, 13:45
Moederkerk-tuin
ABOUT
Zen van der Merwe
Zen is ’n derdejaar-B.Mus.-student aan die US Konservatorium waar hy onder leiding van Winand Grundling in orreluitvoering spesialiseer. Sy program sluit in ’n Barok-pastorale van Bernardo Pasquini en ’n laat-Romantiese pastorale van Paul Pierné. Saam met werke van Percy Whitlock, Jehan Alain en Theodore Dubois poog sy program om uiteenlopende emosies aan verskillende aspekte van die natuur te koppel.
Vanjaar se orreltema is Pastorale, ’n werk waarin ’n landelike toneel deur klankskildering uitgebeeld word, dikwels met ’n fluitagtige melodie en ondersteun deur ’n dreunbas. Die meeste pastorales is rustig wiegend van aard, hoewel dramatiese natuurverskynsels verrassende uitbarstings tot gevolg kan hê. Elke orrelis se program sluit minstens twee pastorales in. Die besonderse Moederkerk-orrel se verskeidenheid van klankkleure word ten toon gestel, en nabybeelde van die orrelis se hande en voete word op die skerms vertoon. Vanjaar is daar drie nuwe gesigte.
Samesteller Zorada Temmingh
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Zen van der Merwe
Zen is a third-year BMus student at the SU Conservatory where he specialises in organ performance under the direction of Winand Grundling. His program includes a Baroque pastoral by Bernardo Pasquini and a late-Romantic pastoral by Paul Pierné. Along with works by Whitlock, Alain and Dubois, his program seeks to connect diverse emotions to different aspects of nature.
This year’s organ recital theme is Pastorale – a work in which a rural scene is painted through sound, often with a flute-like melody supported by a rumbling bass. Most pastorals are gentle in nature, although dramatic natural phenomena can result in surprising outbursts. Each organist’s program includes at least two pastorals. The special sounds and tones of the Moederkerk organ will be fully embraced, and close-ups of the organist’s hands and feet will be shown on the screens. We welcome three new sets of hands to the programme this year.
Programme compiled by Zorada Temmingh.