REINIER VAN HOUDT PIANO SOLO

In ‘Pieces off the street’, pianist Reinier van Houdt – member of the Ives Ensemble and the Maarten Altena Ensemble – performs work of composers who let in sounds from outside the academy: protest songs, dance music, free improvisations, hymns, collages, silences and soundtracks. The best known amongst them are Ives, Ligeti, Cardew and Alvin Curran, (the project is named after a composition of the latter.) Alvin Curran: For Cornelius 1983 Richard Rijnvos: ‘Cross Broadway 2005 (Dutch premiere) Yannis Kyriakides: Legerdemain 2 2006 Cornelius Cardew: We sing for the Future 1981 Rita Knuistingh Neven: Inner Bridge 2001 Kaikhosru Sorabji: Perpetuum Mobile 1964 Piet-Jan van Rossum: Acht 2006 (premiere) Gyorgy Ligeti: Etude 1 ‘Desordre’ 1985 Charles Ives: The Celestial Railroad 1925 Alvin Curran: Hope Street Tunnel Blues 1983