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Van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof

4/23/2021, 22 Tracks, 1:12:51

Featuring

  • François Lazarevitch
  • Jacob van Eyck

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Composer Biography

Jacob Van Eyck, the composer of these variations, was blind from birth and served as the carillon player for Utrecht Cathedral starting in 1625.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Van Eyck was known for his extraordinary hearing, as his epitaph states: 'What God took away from his eyes, he granted to his ear.'

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Van Eyck made significant advancements in understanding acoustics and bell-tuning, which earned him an international reputation and connected him with figures like Huygens, Descartes, and Mersenne.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Van Eyck's 'Der Fluyten Lust-hof' is a large collection of variations for flute based on popular European musical pieces of the 17th century, including vocal music, airs, chansons, psalms, and dance tunes.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The album features various flutes, including a soprano recorder (fluijtien) like the one Van Eyck used for his open-air concerts, and a small transverse treble flute in G, as indicated by historical tablatures.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Performer François Lazarevitch emphasizes the importance of 'lingua riversa' (rapid, supple tonguing) and rhythmic inequality in his interpretation to highlight melodic and harmonic points, imitating the 'gorgiare' vocal technique of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Source: Booklet

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