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CHAMBER

Hammer und Tanz (2021)

for piano and percussion

  • 3 min
  • Donemus Publishing
  • July, 2021

HAMMER UND TANZ was composed in 2022 as part of the ‘Toonzetters’ project of Primo-Ish-Hurwitz, performed by Agostinho Sequiera, Shane van Neerden, Arjan Jongsma and Ramon van Engelenhoven

First performance

Artistic Leader Primo-Ish-Hurwitz
Musicians Shane van Neerden, Ramon van Engelenhoven, Agostinho Sequeira and Arjan Jongsma

General information

InstrumentationPiano four hands and two percussionists
Commissioned byToonzetters

“…together with the slow motion images within his Hammer und Tanz, where De Graaff hit the wooden floor with a sledge hammer, the repeating pulses sounded fatal and irrepressible – like the human need for dance.”

NRC
Thomas Batelaan

“De Graaff stands out immediately with his Hammer und Tanz, through his creative use of percussion. An actual hammer can be heard and Sequiera (percussionist) conjures the purest clinking from a wine glass.”

TROUW
Stella Vrijmoed

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HAMMER UND TANZ (2022)

Toonzetters is a straightforward kaleidoscopic auditory portret of what’s on the mind of the new generation of composers in The Netherlands. What’s truly magical, the album (which came as a result of an extensive concert tour) does feel like a continuous musical narrative. Quite an achievement by artistic leader Primo-Ish Hurwitz, the composer who came up with this masterplan. 

Performed by:

  • Agostinho Sequeira (percussion)
  • Arjan Jongsma (percussion)
  • Ramon van Engelenhoven (piano)
  • Shane van Neerden (piano).


Recorded by: 7 Mountain Records (7MNTN-041)

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