Jan Willem Achterkamp

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Jan Willem Achterkamp (* 1953 in Apeldoorn , Province of Gelderland , Netherlands ) is a Dutch carilloneur , composer , singing teacher , choir director and organist .

Life

Bathmen Church Tower

Jan Willem Achterkamp studied solo singing and school music at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. At the Dutch Carillon School he took lessons from Arie Abbenes (* 1944) and received his Bachelor of Carillon degree in 2005.

From 1983 to 2012 he worked as a singing teacher and taught music theory at the Center for Music and Dance in Deventer . He was a lecturer at the Hugo Distler Days in Utrecht in 1992 . For the Dutch radio station IKON (Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland) he designed a series about the musical aspects of Dietrich Bonhoeffer .

In 1996/97 he took a composition course with Daan Manneke at the Sweelinck Conservatory , which was regularly followed by private lessons. In 1997, his first composition, Cantus Terstegen in which Anna Church premiered in Aachen. He took private organ lessons from Bert Matter (* 1937). He received lessons in improvisation from Henk W. Luymes.

He was Carilloneur in Bathmen from September 2008 to January 1, 2020 . After Achterkamp had rendered outstanding services to the restoration of the carillon in Nyenrode Castle in Breukelen , the seat of the Nyenrode University of Economics , he was appointed Carilloneur of the university on October 1, 2011. On August 1st he was appointed Carilloneur of the city of Deventer. He also held this position until his retirement on January 1, 2020. Since 2007 he has played the carillon in Dinxperlo . Achterkamp has been a Carilloneur at the Grotekerk or St. Maartenskerk in Epe since September 1, 2019 .

He directed the choir of the Broederenkerk in Deventer and founded and directed the Distler Cantorij in Apeldoorn.

Works and publications (selection)

Vocal works

  • I broke three dry traveling lines. Text: Heinz Grunow (1898–), for voice and piano
  • Cantus Tersteegen for choir and organ, world premiere in the Annakirche in Aachen, 1997. The work was written for the 300th birthday of Gerhard Tersteegen .
  • Missa Sancti Lebuini, 2008
  • Magnificat for female choir, 2010
  • Geestelijke Koormuziek. [Sacred choral music]
    • Part 1 Psalms and Motets.
      • Psalms
        • Psalm 18: Hoezeer heb ik u ran.
        • Psalm 100: Juicht the army, heel de aarde.
        • Psalm 123: C'est vers toi que j 'élève les yeux.
        • Psalm 123: Ik hef mijn ogen op tot u.
        • Psalm 130: Uit afgronden roep ik u Heer.
        • Psalm 139: Waarheen zou ik gaan voor uw geest.
      • Ordinarium
        • Kyrie
        • Agnus Dei
      • Motets
        • Dichtbij en ver
        • Zalig de barmhartigen
        • Da pacem Domine (organ)
        • Da pacem Domine (choir)
    • Geestelijke Koormuziek. Part 2 (choir) songs and arrangements
      • Acclamations
        • Dona nobis pacem
        • U komt de lof toe
        • Luister, luister naar ons bidden
        • We thank u
      • Song editing
        • De aarde is guilty
        • De maan is opgekomen
      • Own melodies
        • Three songs based on texts by Jochen Klepper
          • Christmas carol in war
          • The night has advanced
          • Evening song
      • Edits
        • All my hope on God is founded
        • From good powers, text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
        • I broke three dry traveling lines, text: Heinz Grünow
        • Ik kniel aan uwe kribbe neer, text: Paul Gerhardt / J. Wit
        • Verder dan mijn ogen reiken
        • Secret
        • Liefde is blij zijn. Text: Hanna Lam
        • De avond komt. Text: Gerhard Tersteegen
  • Five early choral works
    • Oh bitter winter
    • So ben mi ch'a bon tempo
    • Ave Maria
    • The Lord's prayer
    • Dichtbij en ver, text: Huub Oosterhuis
  • Waar zal uw schat zijn, text: Willem Barnard , 2017

Organ works

  • Fantasia super ut, re, sol. 1996, Amstelveen, published in Edition Annie Bank, composed in memoriam Manfred Kluge , dedicated to Bert Matter. The world premiere took place in 1998 by Bert Matter on the organ of the Walburgiskerk in Zutphen and was broadcast by Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging . OCLC 71790771
  • Adagio for organ, dedicated to Toon Hagen, 1997
  • Crucifixus etiam pro nobis, Chorales for the Passion Time, 2000
  • It's calamity come here, 2001
  • Da pacem domine, dedicated to Ton Zwartkruis
  • Aria per Organo, 2012
  • Descendit de Coelo. Chorales for the Christmas season
  • Petite suite pour orgue. 2016
  • Oh, you fine rider , 2017

Piano works

  • Ten Miniatures, Part 1, 1982
  • Meditation, 2007
  • Ten Miniatures, Part 2, 2010
  • Piano book (also for harpsichord, partly for organ), 1982
  • Verten, 2014

Works for carillon

Original works

  • Adagio, dedicated to Roel Smit, 2006
  • Nijenrodesuite No. 1, 2007
  • SWLink, 2008
  • Frankenfantasie, 2008
  • Nijenrodesuite No. 2, 2010
  • Nyenrodesuite No. 3, 2011/12
  • Pentameter, 2013
  • Nyenrodesuite No. 4, 2014
  • Nyenrodesuite No. 5, 2015.
  • Nyenrodesuite No. 6, 2017.
  • Cinq pièces pour carillon [Five pieces for carillon], in: Bathmens beiaard boek, part 3
  • Petite valse
  • Danse paysanne et Allegretto
  • La mélodie passagère
  • Chevalier
  • Allez!

Anthologies

  • As of 2011, Achterkamp published a three-volume collection of pieces of music for Carillon OCLC 930697786
    • Part 1: Rondom Bach in Bathmen. OCLC 930698133 OCLC 710983317
    • Part 2: Romance in Bathmen. Stichting Bathmense Beiaard, Bathmen, 2013 OCLC 931083236
    • Part 3: Composities and arrangements. [Compositions and arrangements]
  • The Nyenrode carillonbook. Contains Nyenrode Suites No. 1 to 6.
  • Dinxperlo's Beiaardboek [Carillon book]. Gemeente Aalten, Aalten 2015. Contains folk songs and 4 pieces from the album for the youth by Robert Schumann , arranged for Carillon. OCLC 969674665
  • Deventer beiaardboek, 2018. Contains compositions and arrangements for Carillon by Jan Willem Achterkamp. OCLC 1091191149

Works for flute

  • Sibiu , for flute and piano
  • Aria per flauto , for solo flute

Works for violin

  • Antithet, for violin and piano
  • Petite suite pour le violon
  • Nine pieces for solo violin

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Jan Willem Achterkamp: Jan Willem Achterkamp. In: http://www.janwillemachterkamp.nl . Jan WillemAchterkamp, accessed on May 31, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Jan Willem Achterkamp: Jan Achterkamp. In: https://musicalics.com . April 13, 2011, accessed May 31, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Jeannet van Elst: composer Jan Willem Achterkamp geeft bijzonder concert in het organ museum. In: https://www.locourant.nl . LOCOURANT, November 15, 2019, accessed May 31, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Beiaardier en carillon - Bathmense Beiaard. In: https://www.bathmensebeiaard.nl . Stichting Bathmense Beiaard, 2016, accessed May 31, 2020 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Jan Willem Achterkamp: 100 jaar Bonhoeffer . In: Dienstorganisatie Protestantse Kerk in Nederland (ed.): Kerkinformatie . Utrecht January 2006, p. 11 (Dutch, protestantsekerk.nl [PDF]).
  6. ^ Jan Willem Achterkamp: Organist - Jan Willem Achterkamp. In: http://www.janwillemachterkamp.nl . Retrieved May 31, 2020 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ Nieuwe beiaardier carillons . In: Nieuwsblad Steden Driehoek . Deventer March 4, 2020, p. 3 (Dutch, issuu.com ).
  8. ↑ Pubble.nl: Jan Willem Achterkamp approved bevrijdingsconcert op carillon Epe | Veluws Nieuws. Retrieved May 31, 2020 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Achterkamp, ​​Jan Willem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch carilloneur, composer, singing teacher, choir director and organist
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Apeldoorn , Gelderland Province , The Netherlands