Silence #34: 40 Ways of Being; Viola Blache, Elisabeth Hubmann and Jacob Lekkerkerker

On March 4, music by two young women composers sounded in the Oude Kerk: Andrea Guterres and Wilma Pistorius. They are working this year on the composition series 40 Ways of Being (a Woman), the first part of which was premiered on March 4, performed by singer Viola Blache and organists Elisabeth Hubmann and Jacob Lekkerkerker.

‘The exhibition The Fall by Susan Philipsz engaged me deeply in thoughts of sound and space. The expression of the unpolished female voice, locally in the silos, and in fusion with the acoustic space; combined with the rebirth of Sweelinck, a man who worked here for 40 years. A melody about the transience of existence, Mein junges Leben hat ein End. It inspires me to write the first part of 40 Ways of Being (a Woman) for this space, at this moment in time.’ - Andrea Guterres