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Five saxophones play the monumental organ music of J.S. Bach.

BL!NDMAN was founded in 1988 by saxophonist and composer Eric Sleichim. The saxophone quartet immediately developed new playing techniques and significantly expanded the instrument’s repertoire, by constantly exploring the boundaries with other disciplines.

Contemporary echoes of a musical past. BL!NDMAN’s approach to early music using modern instrumentation seeks to achieve a reformative transformation, rather than an exact imitation to throw new light on old music. Central to this is timbre, as is the way in which the tone can be consciously influenced by the whole body, even the voice box.

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.

“In Bach’s time, the organ was like a huge synthesizer; the ‘King of instruments’ with its myriad hues and possibilities. In order to play polyphonous music, the organist, by changing manuals, has access to a range of registers through which the tissue of voices can be followed perfectly. The quartet can achieve this differentiation by utilising the very specific spectrums of each saxophone – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone. Exciting call and response playing then comes into play, where motifs and melodies are passed on almost unnoticed, like in a musical relay. The instrumentation closely follows the structure of the music, like the play of themes, counter-themes and spill-over passages in the fugues, or the variation technique in the Passacaglia.” /Eric Sleichim, Artistic director/

Programme:

Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. E. 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

Pauze

Pierre Bartholomée: Ricercar

J.S. Bach / Arr. E. Sleichim

BWV 535: Prelude & Fugue in G minor

BWV 596: Concerto in D minor nach vivaldi

BL!NDMAN [sax]:

Koen Maas, soprano saxophone

Pieter Pellens, alto saxophone

Piet Rebel, tenor saxophone

Raf Minten, baritone saxophone

Eric Sleichim, tubax and electronics

Concert in two parts. Duration approximately 2 hours

Venue: Great Hall

Organiser: Great Amber

Organiser: Great Amber