Arnold Bake Day for Ethnomusicology: Tradition as Inspiration, Universiteitstheater Amsterdam, 30 november, 13-18h.

The Arnold Bake Society for the Performing Arts Worldwide was founded in 1984. Its purpose is to provide a platform for those involved in any way in the study, teaching, enjoyment or preservation of world music, dance and other performing arts. The Society takes its name from the Dutch ethnomusicologist and Sanskritist Arnold Bake (1899-1963) who was one of the first to make extensive field recordings all over South Asia.
The Arnold Bake Society hosts two Bake Days per year. 

De Arnold Bake Najaarsdag 2024
De Najaarsdag van de Arnold Bake Society for Ethnomusicology and the performing arts worldwide, vindt plaats op zaterdag 30 november, tussen 13 en 18 uur.

Locatie en Adres:
Universiteitstheater, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, Amsterdam 1012 CP

Deelname:
Graag opgeven met een mailtje aan: bakesociety@gmail.com
Bijdrage €10,- (in cash, aan de deur)

Thema: Tradition as Inspration
Aan de orde komen voorbeelden van Indiase klassieke dhrupad zang en Sarod spel met tabla, Soefi muziektraditie, geinspireerd op de geschiften van de Perzische/Turkse filosoof en dichter Jalal al-Dhin Rumi, de middeleeuwse harp in Japan en de Afro-Surinaamse liedtraditie / kinderliedjes waar nog de herinnering aan het slavernijverleden in doorklinkt.

Programme 30 November: ‘Tradition as Inspiration‘

13:00 welcome and introduction

13:15 Marianne Svasek (vocals) and Nathanael van Zuilen (pakhawaj) – spoken introduction and performance of Dhrupad, an ancient music tradition from northern India

14:00 Rokus de Groot: Rumi and Music, talk and a performance by bass-baritone Vincent Berger

14:45 Tea break

15:15 Masumi Nagasawa – Talk on her experience with the kugo, the medieval Japanese harp

16:30 Martijn Baaijens (sarod) and Ganesh Ramnath (tabla) -performance with explanation of this Indian music tradition

17:15 Dunya Verwey: Update Videoproject ‘Bigi Kaaiman – Songs & Tales from Slavery Times’, production Museum Geelvinck.

18:00 closure

 

A note on ‘Bigi Kaaiman – Songs & Tales from Slavery Times’:

In the year 2023-2024, in which the 150 year abolition of slavery in Suriname has been remembered and celebrated, we have highlighted one aspect of the musical traditions of the Afro-Surinamese community: songs and especially children’s songs, in which the memory of slavery times still can be heard. A small team of singer and actress Gerda Havertong, Jazz musician, flutist and composer Ronald Snijders and anthropologist Dunya Verwey traveled to Suriname in May 2024, with one question on their mind: are these songs still remembered and transmitted to the next generation? In short: is it living musical heritage? We will present in a 45 documentary, what our search for an answer to this question brought to light.

Picture Gallery of the Contributors:

Nathaniel van Zuilen – tabla

Martijn Baaijens – sarod, foto Martinez

Rokus de Groot – etnomusicoloog

Jalal Dhin Rumi (1207-1270)

from left to right: Dunya Verwey, Ronald Snijders and Gerda Havertong on their visit to Kaaimangrassi / Suriname