Genieting VIII for violin will be premiered in 2025 by violinist Janneke van Prooijen
02 01 25 Filed in: work in progress
»A half moon shines south and east of Europe, from Andalusia via North Africa and Turkey to the Balkans. Its light penetrates into Western Europe, and here, in this nightly light, I hear the contours of music that is strange to me but nevertheless deeply touches me. I capture its sound rays in Genieting VIII for solo violin.« (Willem Boogman)
flyer by Egbert Luijs
Composer Willem Boogman selected some forty melodies from classical Turkish art music, folk music from the Balkan countries, classical Arabic-Andalusian music and flamenco. The connecting link is a system of pitch intervals, the Turkish mode Hicaz, which is related to the Arabic Hijas and the Western Phrygian mode. It is these modes that give the music a specific colour. He uses the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and metric contours of these melodies as building blocks for his musical forms.
Musical forms rarely retain their identity in Boogman's music: they are recognisable, but also distinctly fluid. They appear, like clouds in the sky, ever changing in shape in an ever changing light, evaporating and penetrating each other, taking on each other's characteristics.
flyer by Egbert Luijs
Composer Willem Boogman selected some forty melodies from classical Turkish art music, folk music from the Balkan countries, classical Arabic-Andalusian music and flamenco. The connecting link is a system of pitch intervals, the Turkish mode Hicaz, which is related to the Arabic Hijas and the Western Phrygian mode. It is these modes that give the music a specific colour. He uses the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and metric contours of these melodies as building blocks for his musical forms.
Musical forms rarely retain their identity in Boogman's music: they are recognisable, but also distinctly fluid. They appear, like clouds in the sky, ever changing in shape in an ever changing light, evaporating and penetrating each other, taking on each other's characteristics.