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The Tinbergen Variations for carillon
Composed by Mathieu Daniël Polak
Dies Natalis, November 8, 2019 Erasmus University Rotterdam
Comment on The Tinbergen Variations by prof. dr. Rutger Engels President of the Erasmus University Rotterdam
‘’Very special! Nice!!’’
About the Composer
Mathieu Daniël Polak attended the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort. He obtained his Master in 2000 with a specialization in carillon education. Since the graduation in 2000, he is a teacher at the Netherlands Carillon Center in Amersfoort. He won prizes for carillon playing at international carillon competitions in Hamburg (Germany) and Enkhuizen (the Netherlands). He gave carillon recitals in Japan, Denmark, Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania and the USA. Since 2008, he is the official carillonist of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Moreover, since 2003 Mathieu Polak is carillonist of Spakenburg. Mathieu Daniël Polak holds two Master Degrees in composition namely from the Lemmens Institute Leuven (2013) and from the Utrecht School of the Arts (2010). His composition Fleurs de Cerisier (Cherry Blossom) for wind quintet was awarded the third prize at the Coma Maastricht composition competition in 2011 and Puppy Love for horn was awarded the third prize at the composition competition IVME Antwerp 2011. His carillon piece Dandelion Field was awarded the second prize at the Johan Franco composition competition 2017. The carillon society of Perpignan (France) commissioned him to compose a piece in 2018. This composition, ‘And I dance’, was published by ACME (American Carillon Music Editions) in the same year. In 2018 the carillonists of Bad Godesberg (Germany) commissioned Polak to compose music for three books. These three books, The Bad Godesberg Carillon Books, are available at Beiaard Centrum Nederland in Amersfoort (through the web shop). His carillon piece A Butterfly’s Dance was awarded the first prize at the Johan Franco composition competition 2019. The score is published by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA). In 2019, on initiative of Diana Hoek, senior event manager, the Erasmus University commissioned Polak to compose a piece for carillon in the context of the Jan Tinbergen Year 2019. More information could be found at his website: www.mathieudanielpolak.com
Introduction Reason At the initiative of Diana Hoek-Penders, I was commissioned by the Erasmus University to compose and perform a composition for carillon. The premiere took place during the Dies Natalis of the University, Friday, November 8, 2019. The composition falls within the Tinbergen Year. The economist and physicist Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) was a professor at the Erasmus University and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969. His name ‘Tinbergen’ immediately evoked an association with Goldberg with me. The Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is one of my favorite pieces. That is why I decided to study about this piece and fantasize about how a connection with a new piece to be composed, could be made. Goldberg Variations (Bach), Chaconne (Händel) & The Tinbergen Variations (Polak) The title page of the Goldberg Variations calls the composition ‘Aria with thirty changes.’ After the theme and thirty changes, the piece concludes with the repetition of the theme. The entire composition therefore consists of 32 parts. In music, ‘change’ means something different than ‘variations.’ When I think of change, I think of gradual changes in sound as we hear it in the music of, for example, Philip Glass or other minimalist composers. The term Variations is a typical classical phenomenon in which the melody is more or less perceptible throughout the entire piece. The bass line of the initial measures of the Goldberg Variations is identical in terms of chord choice to the ostinato bass of the Chaconne with 62 variations by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759). The chords of the opening measures of both pieces are: G – D/F# - A7/E – D – G/B – Am/C – D – G. In the Tinbergen Variations I spread out the chords of these eight measures over eighteen bars. In bars 19 to 42 of the Tinbergen Variations, the bass line is largely repeated yet the melody appears in the alto line. The pieces by Bach and Händel are written in 3/4 time whereas the Tinbergen Variations is written in the irregular 5/8 time. Bars 43 to 66 of the Tinbergen Variations show references to the melody and harmony. Just like with the Goldberg Variations, The Tinbergen Variations ends with resuming the main theme. The Tinbergen Variations, Erasmus March & Bells change the World Professor Jean Paelinck composed a carillon piece for the Erasmus University named The Erasmus March. This cheerful piece was published in 1990. In 2008, commissioned by the Institute of Social Studies, I composed a piece named Bells change the World. In this piece one could hear the melody of the student song Gaudeamus Igitur. Together with the Tinbergen Variations, a Triptych occurs. I hope, from now on, every year this triptych will be performed at the Dies Natalis, the opening of the academic year and during the Eureka week of the Erasmus University. Attention The Erasmus Magazine published an article and video about the Tinbergen Variations at their website: https://www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2019/11/08/heres-the-sneak-peek-of-the-tinbergen-variations-new-composition-for-the-dies/
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