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Isaac Albeniz
Tango |
To Willem Hofhuizen Satie, Albeniz
and De Falla were the main composers to determine his art. One could
say that the music is visualised in his paintings. In order to experience
this you may click on any composition in this list and you will
find that the combination always fits.
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Foreword:
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Antonio Lauro
Valse Venezolano No. 3 |
An ode to my father. This waltz
by Lauro is the ultimate in virtuoso compositions any classical
guitarist would like to be able to play. Was not Willem Hofhuizen
a virtuoso in his own right?
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Life:
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Frederic Chopin
A fragment of Nocturne No. 20 |
I remember after our parents’
devorce the steps we used to climb as children at the School for
canal-boat children, where my father would welcome us with this
tune, only to complete it in the warm atmosphere of his studio.
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The
Artist:
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Antonio Vivaldi
An Unknown Adagio |
I seldom feel as many different
things as when I listen to Vilvaldi’s adagio. There is a sense
of frowning, then one of amazement followed by a sense of deepening
when the oboe starts wailing and dancing. There is a resurrection
of the arabesque passing into a peaceful ending, a magnificent conclusion
reflecting man’s struggle in life.
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The
Draftsman:
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Antonio Vivaldi
Picolo Concerto in C, RV 443 Adagio |
The piccolo is scratching, like
a pen is scratching across a piece of paper, in utter concentration
endlessly and indefatigably along flowing lines. The piccolo’s
thin sound is as graceful as that of a pen to me.
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Landscapes:
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Domenico Scarlatti
Piano Sonata in f flat, 118 |
“To rest” seems
to be the landscape’s advice. This sonata by Domenico (also
my own first name) gives me this particular feeling. It is robust
and yet solemn, rocking and yet pieceful lifting the listener up
and then drifting away into recollections. Magnificent.
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Still
Life:
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 1 |
The cello’s heaving sound
perfectly reflects working and thinking.
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The
Mistery that is Woman:
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Baden Powell
Valse sem nome
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 2, Das Wohltemperierte klavier
Prelude No. 9, Das Wohltemperierte klavier
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He discovers.
He experiences.
He reflects.
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Bathing Women:
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Manuel de Falla
Lullaby |
Although he claims “to have conquered her”,
he remains in silent awe.
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Pavement
Café:
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Frederiek Chopin
Nocturne no 21 |
in happiness,
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Table
Conversation:
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Francois Joseph Gossec
Gavotte |
but unable to intervene,
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Mother
and Child:
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Camille Saint-Saëns
The Swan, Carnaval des animeaux |
always.
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Petrusjka:
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Igor Strawinsky
Petrusjka, ballet, third act |
Strawinsky is Petrusjka.
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The
Painted Bird:
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Erik Satie
Gymnopaedie |
Like the silence in these paintings.
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Garcia
Lorca:
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Enrique Granados
A Spanish dance |
A Spanish dance and a Spanish
Poet.
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Orestes' Revenge:
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Euripides
A clay tablet |
The clay tablet is the most
ancient piece of “sheet music” we know of, dating back
to 408 BC., and probably made by Euripides himself to accompany
the theatre play “Orestes”.
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The
Judgement of Paris:
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute quartet |
Paris, Athena, Hera and Aphrodite:
together a quartet. The tempting sound of the flute is proverbial.
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Crusifixion:
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein, Mattheus passion |
Here is a human voice after
all (Benjamin Luxon). To me it feels like an ending, but not a final
ending.
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Retrospection:
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosa mi narri ? Che soave zeffiretto La Nozze de Figaro
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It is in the film “Shawshank
Redemption” that Morgan Freeman utters his astonishment as
he hears the duet being poured out over the entire prison. “I
don’t know what these women are singing, but it brings colour
and light into the darkness of our prison". So did Willem Hofhuizen.
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Domien
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