CD
'Lucht' (Air), Ferdi Schukking solo saxophone
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CD | Performances
Ingeborg
van Stiphout - FiS (1993)
The solo CD is called
'Air', or 'Wind'. I recorded it on four different locations:
A chapel in Sambeek, an art-gallery in Dinther, a studio in Woerden and
a film-studio in 's-Hertogenbosch, all in Holland. The painting on the
cover is from Ingeborg van Stiphout. She painted me in 1993. Meta Knol
studied art-history. I asked her, after she listened to the CD, to find
14 corresponding 'skies' of painters to fit with the music. It are all
details of paintings on the cover. On this site you can find the whole
painting. Some of the pieces you can download and listen to with an MP3
player. Ruud Tuithof made the cover of the CD. Maarten Prins, my saxophone
repair-man supplied the felt (used on a saxophone) which helps the CD
to stay on the cover.
I use different techniques of playing.
Ferdi Schukking
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Jan
Hendrik Weissenbruch - Landscape in Boskoop (sun going down), 1864
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O Amor natural
6:17
The first piece
is a jazz ballad I wrote after I saw the movie 'O amor natural'
about the poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade.
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Leo Gestel - Evening landscape near Montfoort, 1909
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 Cirkels 0:59
'Circles'
are arpeggio's played very fast. That's why it suggests more melodies
at the same time. It is played with the 'circular breathing' technique.
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Reinier
Lucassen - The loneliness of Donald Duck, 1964
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Black Hole
2:42
Multiphonics
are played on 'Black Hole' on the baritone saxophone.
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Wassily
Kandinsky - Romantic landscape, 1911
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Constellaties
3:31
Constellations
on soprano consists of the same line, but slightly different every
time I play it.
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René
Daniëls - Subsoil connection, 1984
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Vogelleed
2:06
'Vogelleed'
(The cry of the bird) is played on only the neck and mouthpiece
of the tenorsaxophone.
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Charley
Toorop - Lighthouse at night (Oostvoorne), 1915
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Klakkeloos 3:37
'Klakkeloos'
(Suddenly) is played only on the body of the bariton saxophone (without
mouthpiece).
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JCJ
Vanderheyden - Curved skyline, 1990
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Rijzen
3:34
'Rise' is a
modal improvisation in a-minor.
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Lovis
Corinth - Walchensee, Neuschnee, 1922
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Springtij
1:24
'Springtij'
(Spring tide) is a tenor-lick with double tonguing. Other techniques
which are used: slap-tonque, glissandi, bugle-calls and top-tones.
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Ferdinand
Hodler - Der Niesen, 1910
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N'dida
2:29
'N'dida' means:
a search through the mountains. There are some microtones in the
short beginning melody, which establishes the atmosphere of the
piece.
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Meindert
Hobbema - The avenue of Middelharnis, 1689
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Kruising
4:04
'Kruising' (Crossroad)
is a improvisation on bariton saxophone in two keys.
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René
Magritte - The false mirror, 1928
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Ode aan de
Engelen 2:20
'Ode aan de
engelen' (a tribute to the angels) is an improvised eleven-tone
row, played with a lot of silence, which gives the serene atmosphere.
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Vincent
van Gogh - Coalbarges, 1888
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Flow 4:36
'Flow' is an
improvisation on the tenorsaxophone in b-minor.
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Paul
Cézanne - Bathers, 1890
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Antahkarana
1:54
'Antahkarana'
is played on soprano with an unconventional fingering. That gives
it the strange colour.
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Piet
Mondriaan - The red cloud, 1907
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W (Double You) 2:39
'W (Double You)'
is played on alto and soprano saxophone at the same time.
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For
booking and information:
Ferdi Schukking
Phone: + 31 6 27450768
Email: duodenum@xs4all.nl
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