Part of the audiovisual work "Algal Bloom" in collaboration with Mieke Robroeks (visuals)

watch the A/V work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCMcaMnqAic&t=173s

Algal Bloom (2020)- audio

For 2 guitars, 2 vibraphones,  piano, celesta, violin, voice, clarinet
with thanks to Tinka Pijpker, James Alexandropoulos-Mcewan, Marin Lambert, Annick Odom

Album van Amba Klapwijk

When voices are separate from each other (tryout)

Composed in 2017
Performed at De Duif, Amsterdam on 7 April 2017 by the Ives Ensemble:
Rik Andriessen (bass flute), Josje ter Haar and Emma Breedveld (violins), Ruben Sanderse (viola) and Job ter Haar (cello)

Omloop Het Ives

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First movement from the series "Arctic Sketches".

I-Frost
II-Avalanche
III-Tundra
IV-By first light

Piano - Sebastiano Evangelista

July 16th 2018, The Hague.

Arctic Sketches [Mvt.I] - Frost

Hex - for flute, saxophone, accordion, double bass, guitar and percussion.

Played by Ensemble The Hague-Brno connection. 2018

Hex (2018)

Recorded Live by Radio 4 in The Hague, 23.3.2019

Marvin Touch it (with Residentie Orkest)

The text for the piece is taken from The Ruin, an Old English poem which depicts a fallen Roman city. The poem is part of the Exeter Book, a large collection of verses and riddles which dates from the 10th century. The only existing copy of the book was damaged in a fire, affecting what survives of The Ruin. In light of this, I only used extracts of the poem from which words have been lost. In a similar way, some of the musical material has been dismantled to reflect this.

A huge thanks to Orkest de Ereprijs, Wim Boerman, Ana Maria Lopes, Carolina Luís, Francisca Branco, Rob Vermeulen, Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres, Ed Bennett, Anna Korsun, Silvia Borzelli, Guus Janssen, Georgia Denham, Ryan Probert, Paul Zaba, Robert Crehan, Robin Morton, Celia Swart, Paolo Griffin, Dani Blanco Albert, Hugo Bell, Sam Milan, Joe Rhodes and Stephen Plummer.

Performed by Orkest de Ereprijs, Ana Maria Lopes, Carolina Luís, and Francisca Branco on the 1st of March 2019

Conducted by Rob Vermeulen

Ruin (2019)

Recorded by Radio4

Performed by Nieuw Ensemble // Live in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

When voices are separate from each other (tryout)

Amba Klapwijk

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