- 2019 -

MEZZO-SOPRANO and PIANO

For the Ensor commemoration in Ostend in 2019 (exactly 70 years ago, Ostend's most famous resident, the painter James Ensor, died), Bart Van Kerchove was commissioned to write a song with lyrics by Dirk Ooms. In his text 'Hareng Saur', referring to Ensor's famous painting, Dirk Ooms manages to capture the spirit of Ensor's work in a subtle but spicy way, with a nice play on words: Hareng Saur, Art Ensor... There is also a subtle reference to a piano work by James Ensor, who was also a composer, namely 'Gamme d'amour'. 

Performers on the live recording in the Duinenkerkje in Ostend on 13/04/2019 are: Mieke Goetghebeur, mezzo-soprano, and Bart Van Kerchove, piano

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