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Hugo van Neck

Hugo van Neck Jan Vayne gave an impressive Fri Friday night concert in Bethel, where they used different time styles.

Both pianists began their two-hour concert with the song "All men were BrĂ¼der 'from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

They played with great ease and good depth. The piece was marked with the more rigorous style that was common in Beethoven's time. Virtuoso sounded the music with a strong momentum, which is also in the other improvisations sounded.

Hugo van Neck then played the famous Impromptu No. 3 in sig by Schubert. With sophisticated test piece was played and the depth that it had left deep impression to the public. Jan Vayne improvised at the request of someone from the audience on the theme from Schindler's List. This improvisation was the contemplative character. Van Neck was still playing variations on "Merck yet how Sterck 'from Valerius memorable sounds.

Van Neck has a great technique, which he used in his improvisations. Many fast passages, which were interspersed by light areas. Jan Vayne played the organ in Bethel with the same ease as he did on the wing. He opened with gloomy thunder tones in the pedal, which he did on the manual wind roar and vultures with the music of "Hear the wind blowing through the trees'.

Hugo van Neck played for the break even Bach in modern style with lots of fireworks, that in the other music was heard. Finally improvisation played before the break the two concert givers together classical themes. They played right through each other with music from Tjaikovsky's first piano concert, gospel music and "Gershwin's Porgy '. The concert continued with the same intention, so it was a feast for the audience. Van Neck also played the organ of the Bethel Church in fugue style. A blend of baroque and classical. Finally, this unique concert played both an improvisation concert lenders on various Dutch songs. It was a great concert that well appreciated by the audience that the concert givers rewarded with a hearty spontaneous applause.

  Source: BarneveldVandaag.nl