 Here above, our host Hannah begins by explaining the intervals that are most used in the piece. The tritone, or "Devil's triad", or the augmented 4th, or even, as we say in the jazz world, the flatted 5 (flat 5 for short), is amongst our first lessons of the day. |
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We were given professional instruction from members of the CBSO. Above in the middle photo is Jayne who is one of the percussionist from the orchestra, and to the right of these words is Jackie, one of the orchestra's cellists (with Michael on the Orff xylophone and Linus with his tenor sax). To the right you see a rare photo of myself (I'm usually behind the camera) playing the west African talking drum with Stephanie on her violin, Ricardo on the Tibetan gongs, Kamal on the djembe (Kamal is also in the photo above on the marimba with Jayne), and Kim playing the claves. |  |
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Here Tijmen plays vibes while we try to figure out a twelve-tone melody to use for our performance. You can also see some of the typical architecture in the center of Amsterdam through the window behind the girls. | 
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Linus, Marc, Vincent and Tijmen having a little blues jam during the pause. Thomas in the background in the right picture, looks out longingly over the Amsterdam city streets. |  |
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Hannah and Jackie show and explain Lutoslowski's score. Here is a list of links of some different sites about Witold Lutoslawski.
The Classsical Music Pages The record company Naxos The Classical Net Ensemble Sospeso Chester Music The USC Polish Music Center A Concertgebouw Commissioned Work. I myself (Mr. Thompson) was fortunate enough to have participated in a Master Class with Mr. Lutoslawski when I was a music student at San Francisco State University. After the class I witnessed the premiere performance of his Chain 3. That was on the 10th of December way back in 1986! |
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