TRACES (try-out)

Towards a New Composition for Piano Four Hands and Sampler

For the programme Tracesby piano duo Rabbit&Haas (Hanke Scheffer and Tamara Laverman), composer Wilbert Bulsink is writing a cycle for piano four hands and sampler. The sampler draws on field recordings he made in 2010 along the edges of Europe, during a cycling journey through Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania and Turkey: voices in different languages, sheep, dogs, cows, crickets, (church) bells, engines, the acoustics of cathedrals, radar domes and mountain valleys, choral singing, minaret recitations, karaoke, wind, thunder, fire, rain — distant, intimate, distorted, windswept — all blending with live piano sounds, virtuously performed by Rabbit&Haas.

Tonight, the first sections of the work will be presented, and Wilbert will speak about his creative process and share the background of this exciting project. Pianist/composer Tamara Laverman will also present the first sketches of the composition she is writing for the same programme.

Join us at Splendor for this informal exchange of ideas, music, and sound!

Rabbit & Haas (Tamara Laverman & Hanke Scheffer) — piano & sampler
Wilbert Bulsink — composer