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source: unknown The blurb on this Dutch group contains an explanation of the name they've adopted for themselves: a composite of the English (or French) word "flair", and the Dutch "vlerk", which means scoundrel, rogue. There were rouguish, impish, and mischievous smiles and expressions a-plenty during the performance of Flairck, but take a look at the picture with at the top Jakarta-born Erik Visser on 12-string guitar, composer and leader of the group. In the top-right corner on double bass is Dirk van Gorp, and don't let that T-shirt fool you! That man is a cum laude graduate from the Brussels conservatorium, and has been picking up prizes as if it were the easiest thing in the world. In the cent, blowing the flute is Cornee van der Kleij who - fortunately for us - chucked teaching music and joined the group just recently. Bottom left, beating the tablas, is Ted de Jong - one Westerner who studied eastern instruments (Indian) and really made something out of it. Not like a number of so-called artists (especially pop stars) who did it only to acquire some gimmicks for the sound (or noise?) they make. Ted on the sitar and tablas is hot property - not only in Europe but also in India itself. Last but not least - by no means least - is Sylvia Houtzager, and if the group calls itself "rogue", she is it. A graduate of the Rotterdam conservatory, she studied the violin and harp and also chucked teaching to join Flairck, thank heaven. Anyway, why I wanted you to look at the photograph is because they're all wearing this deadly earnest expression. However, that expression is absent most of the time. What you see during their performances is a group of five good-looking guys and dollsobviously having a ball making music. They played together with the Jakarta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mr. Adidharma is concert presented by Radio Republik Indonesia and the Jakarta municipal government (DKI) in coopertation with the Dutch cultural centre, popularly known as Erasmus Huis. The program started sedately - with a work by Joseph Haydn, to be precise his 101st symphony popularly known by its nickname "The Clock" because of the second movement imitating the ticking of a timepiece. Quite well presented, although in a few spots a bit more togetherness would have made all the difference. The woodwinds also needed some tidying up but on the whole the rendition was agreeably pleasant. Three Flairck members joined in the symphony, Sylvia Houtzager on violin, Cornee van der Kleij on flute, and Dirk van Gorp on double bass. The main dish on this musical menu, however, came after the intermission, when all five "vlerken" presented two compositions by leader Erik Visser together with the orchestra. Not a new concept, actually. The idea of pitching a small group of instruments against a large one goes back as far as the 16th century, coming to full-fledged maturity with Handel's concerto grosso compositions. What is new, of course, is the use of exotic instruments already mentioned before. The first of the two numbers played after the intermission was entitled "Aoife", which is the Irish equivalent of the name Eve, or Eva. A really beautiful ballad with Sylvia Houtzager on the Irish harp, and the sitar played by Ted de Jong giving the otherwise diatonic piece an aura of ethereal enchantmentbecause of the different pitches between the sitar and the rest of the instruments, and the orchestra with a sort of sotto voce throughout. Gorgeous! And not at all out of place with a Irish inspired composition. That country (Ireland, I mean) is recognized as having the finest folk music in existence anyway. by Gus Koirupon |
