C14 Interpretation - Jakob van Eyk

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Renilde Duif (NL)

Around 1645 Jacob van Eyk was a (blind) carillon player of the cathedral tower in Utrecht.
In addition to playing the carillon, he was also expected to entertain the walkers who walked in the cemetery on Sunday afternoons.
He did this by playing well-known melodies from that time on his recorder and playing it with countless variations.
Those melodies with variations are bundled in 3 parts of "Der Fluyten Lust-hof".
Although the pieces are pleasing to the ear due to the virtuoso variations, they become even more interesting when the player uses a meaningful alternation of portato, non-legato and staccato.
For this it is necessary to know more about the origin and content of the songs used.
I have adapted the pieces that are treated in the lessons to the size and possibilities of the extended soprano pipe.