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Mozart’s automatic organ, Sun 25 May 2025 11:00 - 12:00	7-5-2025
Triple trills, impossible pedal passages, and hands that are too small: those who want to perform Mozart’s virtuosic organ miniatures are faced with insurmountable problems. After all, Mozart didn’t write them for human hands, but for the Flötenuhr, a self-playing organ that was popular in wealthy Viennese households. The Fokker organ can recreate the magical experience of the Flötenuhr thanks to MIDI technology, making it possible for a computer to control the organ. Laurens de Man, winner of the Nederlandse Muziekprijs (Dutch Music Award), plays Mozart’s cheerful but impossible Flötenuhr music on the Fokker organ using files he created himself. In addition, he performs live preludes by Beethoven that were originally intended for piano or organ. The pieces by Jan van Dijk, Anthon van der Horst (founder of the Naarden Matthäus Passion performances) and Jago Thornton were composed specifically for the 31-tone organ and its computer-controlled capabilities. Buy your tickets at the Muziekgebouw! Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in F minor KV 608 Ludwig van Beethoven Zwei Präludien durch alle Tonarten Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante KV 616 Jan van Dijk Basso solo & Canon Joseph Haydn Drei Flötenuhrstücke Anthon van der Horst Pastorale from Suite for 31-tone organ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in F minor KV 594 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in D minor KV 397 Jago Thornton Hypervortex Credits Laurens de Man Fokker organ

In Memoriam Adriaan Fokker - Sunday 9 October 2022, 11.00 hours | Small Hall, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ	28-9-2022
On September 24, 1972 (50 years ago), Adriaan Fokker, professor of physics at Leiden University and spiritual father of the organ (with not the usual twelve but thirty-one notes per octave), passed away. His enthusiasm for this 31-tone system inspired several composers in the Netherlands in the 1950s, including Paul Christiaan van Westering, who was also the first organist of the Fokker organ. Ere Lievonen, the current first organist of the Fokker organ, pays tribute to Fokker, who himself, as an amateur composer, left a modest oeuvre to promote his unique instrument. You can order tickets at the box office of the Muziekgebouw. Jan van Dijk - Musica per organo trentunisono I/1: Quattro pezzi par organo trentunisono solo (1950) 1. Preludio / 2. Tema con Variazioni / 3. Inventio in cyclum / 4. Basso solo Adriaan Fokker - Bagatelle “Chinees” (1951) Ere Lievonen - Four improvisations on motives from A.D. Fokker's bagatelle “Chinees” (2010) Anthon van der Horst - Suite voor 31-toonsorgel (1953)

In the spotlight: Carillon	5-4-2021
The Jan van Dijk - Muziekwerken Foundation has conceived the plan to publish six carillon pieces in digital form: Fancy for bells (1976), Preludio, Arietta and Rondo (1989), Bruyère, grande silencieuse (1997), Symfonia per campani (1997), Cathédrale (1999) and Toccata 3 (2002). Read more : "In the spotlight - Carillon" .

In memoriam	25-11-2016
After a short period of illness, Jan van Dijk deceased in his hometown of Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands. He was 98 years old.

CD The Later Pianoworks	28-10-2015
Klaas Trapman - piano Klaas Trapman studied the piano, organ and musical theory at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, The Netherlands. Now he is a lecturer at this institute. 1.    Six préludes et cantique (opus 1137 ) 2.    Musiques pour piano seul (opus 1138 ) 3.    Uit een diep dal (opus 1149 ) 4.    Elf klavierstukken (opus 1150 ) 5.    Faire futur (opus 1154 ) 6.    Quattro pezzi (opus 1156 ) 7.    Preludio e fughetta (opus 1158 ) 8.    Variazioni per pianoforte (opus 1160 ) 9.    Pièces mélodiques (opus 1162 ) 10.  Fuga sopra Veerle (opus 1171 ) 11.  Wolken (opus 1174 ) 12.  Per pianoforte (4, 5, 6) (opus 1188 ) 13.  Triptiek voor piano (opus 1190 ) 14.  Variazioni per pianoforte (opus 1191 ) 15.  Drie inventies en een klein duet (opus 1192 ) 16.  Trilogie voor piano (opus 1197 ) This CD can be obtained from Stichting Jan van Dijk - Muziekwerken Please send us an e-mail: ij.dijk@hotmail.com

Renewed website	23-9-2014
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