de oude woorden...
een idylle van pfeijffer op muziek van frederik neyrinck
programme
frederik neyrinck / Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
De oude woorden van een tijd die komen gaat
about
Who is the most famous Dutch author? Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer! Not only is he renowned for major novels such as Brieven uit Genua, La Superba and Grand Hotel Europa, he also writes exquisite poetry. His latest collection, Idyllen, was published in 2015 and consists of no fewer than 50 narrative poems in rhyming alexandrines. In the era of Facebook and Twitter addiction, refugees on boats and the Israel-Palestine conflict, Pfeijffer’s Idyllen are first and foremost a farewell to the idyllic. However, the reader will find some solace in Pfeijffer’s unsurpassed linguistic skill.
Klarafestival and Passa Porta Festival commissioned Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer to write a new idyll with a world altered by the pandemic in mind. On the basis of this poem, titled De oude woorden van een tijd die komen gaat (‘Old words from a text that is to come’), Frederik Neyrinck composed a new piece for soprano, narrator, two brass and two woodwind instruments.
The instrumentalists of the Antwerp wind ensemble I SOLISTI perform this composition in collaboration with Lore Binon (soprano) and Josse De Pauw (narration). Prior to the creation of De oude woorden van een tijd die komen gaat, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer will be interviewed by Nicky Aerts (Klara).
find out more
extra information
read here the text by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
watch now
Watch De oude woorden... on 28 March at 18:14 for the premiere via Podium 19. Or watch the performance when you like via on demand until the end of April.
podium 19 on your television
On Proximus Pickx channel 19 or channel 269 from Brussels or Wallonia (attention: only available for the Proximus Pickx subscription) or on Telenet TV channel 99 (attention: only available for Telenet digital TV) or on Orange TV channel 20.
'De oude woorden...' is also part of the Passa Porta Festival, that runs from 21 to 28 March. More information about the programme can be found here.
The interview prior to the creation will be conducted in Dutch.
credits
commission
Klarafestival, Passa Porta Festival
coproduction
Klarafestival, Passa Porta Festival, BOZAR, Muziektheater LOD
streamed from
BOZAR (the M hall)
image © Stephan Vanfleteren
