2solos2 Wilbert de Joode & Nora Mulder @ Splendor

2solos2

Sunday 16th February 15:00
Splendor Amsterdam “Nora Op Zondag”

Wilbert de Joode – double bass
Nora Mulder – piano

Can you move and be still at the same time? How much can you leave out? How important is the instrument’s physical aspect? Improvised and composed music – more about differences or more about similarities? Over these questions you could fill many books, hold days of symposia and have many a sleepless night. You could also put together a concert. Those who’ve heard satisfying answers to all these questions by the end of the programme are fortunate indeed!

Nora Mulder plays “L’uomo che cammina” by Eric de Clercq
Wilbert de Joode plays an improvisation

about Wilbert
“….de Joode’s approach to the bass is wholly original, showing little influence but the physicality of the instrument itself….one of the world’s most compelling players of the double bass.” Kevin Whitehead

about Nora
“frighteningly good….a fine balance between terrifying chill and vulcanic heat.” Erik Voermans in Het Parool

about Eric
“Chuming and thrumming, his music fills the room.” Floris Don in NRC
“De Clercq sketches a bewitching world of sound.” Thea Derks in Klassieke Zaken