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De Bètacanon

QUATRE BOUCHES ET AL.

In De Bètacanon, the fifty scientific topics from de Volkskrant’s eponymous project are sung in a musical canon in four voices, interwoven with love songs for DNA, enzymes, prime numbers and entropy. The result is a canon as a love song to science.

  1. Nul Plaattektoniek WC. De Bètacanon [10:21]

  2. Nul Plaattektoniek WC. De tekst [5:51]

  3. The Aftermath. Wat te doen na mijn afstuderen? [4:10]

Vocal quartet Quatre Bouches: Sabine Wüthrich (soprano), Petra Ehrismann (alto), Michel Poels (bariton) and Job Boswinkel (bass). Featuring Govert Valkenburg and Bas Ponsioen (tenor), Gerben Uilenbroek and Ruben Naeff (piano), conducted by Wouter Padberg. Guests appearance by Frits van Oostrom. Recording by Frerik de Jong, Kleinman Audio. Illustrations by Jean-Marc van Tol (Fokke & Sukke) and Robbert Dijkgraaf.

Released in 2008

 

 


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The Aftermath for piano four-hands

End of Summer for string trio

Arrangement for wind trio: flute, english horn, bass clarinet

Fill the Present Day with Joy for soprano, viola and piano four-hands

Arrangement for soprano, cello and piano four-hands

The Happy Medium for piano four-hands

JACKASS for string quartet

Mainstream for clarinet in Bb (+bcl), piano, violin, viola, and cello