Composed by Sazi Dlamini and Luc Houtkamp (STEMRA)
Lyrics by Ari Sitas and Alfred Temba Qabula 

Sazi Dlamini - voice, umakhweyana bow
Luc Houtkamp - electronics, mixing=

Walking Song

Song from the new POW Ensemble show STEIN, based on Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons

Roastbeef

Studies in Description - Part 1: Eating
Composed by Luc Houtkamp (2015)
Text by Gertrude Stein (Tender Buttons 1914)
David Kweksilber Big Band. 
Soprano - Laura Bohn Pianosolo - Guus Janssen
Recording of the premiere at the BIMHuis, Amsterdam, 29 December 2015


Eating, From Studies in Description -David Kweksilber Big Band

Studies in Description - Part 9: The change, the dirt
Composed by Luc Houtkamp (2015)
Text by Gertrude Stein (Tender Buttons 1914)
David Kweksilber Big Band. 
Soprano - Laura Bohn 
Recording of the premiere at the BIMHuis, Amsterdam, 29 December 2015


Luc Houtkamp - The change, the dirt, from Studies in Description -David Kweksilber Big Band

Studies in Description - Part 3: Considering the circumstances
Composed by Luc Houtkamp (2015)
Text by Gertrude Stein (Tender Buttons 1914)
David Kweksilber Big Band. 
Soprano - Laura Bohn 
Trumpet solo: Angelo Verploegen
Recording of the premiere at the BIMHuis, Amsterdam, 29 December 2015


Luc Houtkamp - Considering the circumstances, from Studies in Description -David Kweksilber Big Band

Studies in Description - Prelude: Mildred's Umbrella
Composed by Luc Houtkamp (2015)
Text by Gertrude Stein (Tender Buttons 1914)
David Kweksilber Big Band. 
Soprano - Laura Bohn 

Recording of the premiere at the BIMHuis, Amsterdam, 29 December 2015


Luc Houtkamp -  Mildred's Umbrella, from Studies in Description - David Kweksilber Big Band

Studies in Description - Part 8: 27 rue de Fleurus
Composed by Luc Houtkamp (2015)
Text by Gertrude Stein (Tender Buttons 1914)
David Kweksilber Big Band. 
Soloist: Peter Kuit - tap dance

Luc Houtkamp -  27 rue de Fleurus, from Studies in Description - David Kweksilber Big Band

Knitting Berny, by Guy Harries & the POW Ensemble

The Kantilena Procession (2018), by Luc Houtkamp

The Kantilena Procession is a site-specific work for violin and electronic sounds by Dutch composer Luc Houtkamp.
It was composed for two days of performances at the paleochristian catacombs of Ta’ Bistra, Malta in April 2018 and was commissioned by the Modern Music Days and Heritage Malta.


composition, sound deisign - Luc Houtkamp 
violin - Brianne Curran 
recorded voice - Francesca Aquilina 
Text by Pietru Caxaro

Picture by Edward Hamilton

Commissioned by the Modern Music Days and Heritage Malta, 2018

The Kantilena Procession

http://luchoutkamp.nl/

Luc Houtkamp is a composer who bridges the gap between different worlds of music. Having a background in jazz & improvised music as a saxophone player, his musical goal is to establish a continuum between improvisation and composition in which the difference between the two dissolves.



Luc Houtkamp

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