Early in the morning, the Oude Kerk is a meditative oasis in the city. Since 2017, on every first Friday of the month at 8 a.m., when the rising sun casts its light through the church’s towering windows and the neighbourhood slowly wakes up, visitors can enjoy the Silence music programme. The concerts celebrate the acoustics and space of the Oude Kerk, which invites mostly young, experimental musicians. There are no fixed seats; visitors are welcome to walk around and discover what the music sounds like in different places in the church.

The Silence concert on March 1 took place around the High Choir of the Oude Kerk, the sound world of the mellotron was spatially 'enlarged' by means of two compositions by Alvin Lucier (1931). Sounds from The Instrument of Troubled Dreams mingled with the sound of cello and bass clarinet in Lucier's composition 'Carbon Copies' (1989). In addition, there was a performance of Lucier's composition 'Sizzles' (1997). The listeners could create their own composition by moving through the church, or by choosing a fixed place.

Materials

Instruments, mellotron

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