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Geesche Geddert |
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Geesche Geddert studied with Dorothea Winter at the Conservatory of Zwolle, obtaining
a degree in performance in 1986. She has worked together with such composers
as John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. With the latter she prepared the
recorder version of his In Freundschaft.
She has made CD and radio recordings, lectured at several conservatories, and
has written for the professional journal Tibia.
She teaches at various local schools of music and frequently concertizes in
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The recently discovered Beukers recorder
Geesche Geddert in conversation with Cees Scholtens |
special concert A special concert took take place Sunday, 2 June 2013, in the
Nederlands Hervormde Kerk at Dalen (NL) on the occasion of a recent discovery
of an original 18th century recorder. Geesche Geddert has revived this recorder, built by the Amsterdam
recorder maker Willem Beukers. She says:ÓItÕs just like the recorder still
remembers the music that was played on her in the eighteenth century. The
instrument reveals beautiful timbres, and although contemporary copies have a
larger volume of course, you can feel and hear the instruments authenticity
quite well. It is completely in original condition.Ó
At the rehearsals (left to right: Christine Brelowski, Egbert
Schoenmaker, Marian van der Heide, Geesche Geddert) This historic recorder could be heard in works by Telemann, HŠndel and
Hotteterre. With Egbert Schoenmaker, harpsichord; Christine Brelowski, viola
da gamba and Marian van der Heide, soprano. TV Drenthe made the following short documentary (in
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released: Karlheinz Stockhausen – In
Freundschaft In Freundschaft (1977-1984) version for alto recorder (by
Stockhausen in collaboration with Geesche Geddert) Geesche Geddert, alto recorder Stockhausen Edition No. 101 (released
2012) available from |
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updated 6 June 2013 |
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