22.08 – Friday – 8:30 pm

/ the tower of St. Catherine’s Church /

Romantic Dances

Rien Donkersloot
(the Netherlands)

Program:

Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
Suita baletowa z opery Faust (opr. S. Tamminga):
– Allegretto (Valse)
– Allegretto (Danse antique)
– Moderato maestoso (Cleopatra)
– Moderato con moto
– Allegretto (Variations du miroir)

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Walc As-dur op. 69 nr 1 (opr. R. Donkersloot)

Piotr Czajkowski (1840-1893)
Suita Dziadek do orzechów op. 71a (opr. R. Donkersloot):
– Marche
– Danse de la fée-dragée
– Valse des fleurs

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Nokturn Es-dur op. 9 nr 2 (opr. R. Donkersloot)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Tańce węgierskie (opr. R. Donkersloot):
– nr 1 g-moll
– nr 5 fis-moll

about 9:15 pm
Kamil Cieślik (*1991)
Opowieści Fontanny Heweliusza (2016) na carillon, elektronikę i Fontannę Heweliusza

RIEN DONKERSLOOT   

studied organ at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Ben van Oosten and Bas de Vroome. In June 2008 he graduated summa cum laude. He took organ courses with Michel Chapuis, Andres Cea Galan, Harald Vogel, Olivier Latry, Zsigmond Szathmary and Thomas Trotter.
Following his organ studies, he studied the carillon at the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort with Frans Haagen, Henk Verhoef and Gijsbert Kok. In 2011 he obtained his Master of Music degree cum laude. As part of his carillon studies, he conducted research into early 20th-century Dutch carillon music. Rien has won various prizes at organ and carillon competitions in the Netherlands and abroad.
Since 2012 he is organist of the St.-Joriskerk in Amersfoort. He combines this function with the organistship of the Laurentiuskerk in Mijnsheerenland, where he plays the monumental Bätz organ.
Rien is city carillonneur of Haarlem, Brielle, Goes and municipal carillonneur of Ridderkerk. He is also frequently active as accompanist of choirs and soloists and is active as a teacher. He is an avid improviser on both the organ and the carillon.