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Hans hovedinstrumenter er flojte og forskellige typer af orgler. Mother focus also sees focus highly skilled bass player bert ruiter try his hand in songwriting. Shop thijs van leer s bach for a new age cd for sale by minkocitron at 29. Presently van leer lives in lathum, the netherlands with his third wife, annelies lommen. Flute, electric piano fender rhodes, piano, synthesizer, vocals thijs van leer synthesizer arp odyssey, bass fender keyboard bass, tambourine, cello electric, electric piano fender rhodes paul buckmaster vocals roselie van leer bass wilton felder drums, percussion david kemper english horn, oboe eugene cipriano. Born and raised in amsterdam among a musical family, van leer took up the piano and flute as a child and pursued them at university and music academies. Buy thijs van leer bach for a new age mp3 download. Akkerman had left only weeks before, to be replaced by the.
It was then that i had the fortune to discover thijs van leer and i took him to his recording session in 1967. Focusing on a lifes work article by john kelman, published on november 24, 2018 at all about jazz. Nov 22, 2017 theres a new youtube music web player for desktop. Here you find akkerman and van leers exciting legacy of superb continental european progressive rock. The collection cd 2 thijs van leer introspection 92. Once youve got a copy, you can either tell your colleagues and friends how to get their own copy or simply pass it. Both discs start with thijs van leer s flute solo piece seemingly recorded in nature, birdsinging included from 2017. Bach, realised to computers by kathy geisler c1 aria for soprano aus liebe will mein heiland sterben mvt.
Find thijs van leer discography, albums and singles on allmusic. This is a list of flute players, organized alphabetically by the musical genre in which they are best known, and whose notability is established by reliable sources in other wikipedia articles. I also introduced van leer to ramses shaffy, who was just forming a new cabaret group and soon young thijs made his professional debut on stages all over the country. Free lossless and surround music download dvdaudio, dts. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Focus top albums cd, lp, mc, sacd, dvda, digital media download. Aug 18, 2010 it was then that i had the fortune to discover thijs van leer and i took him to his recording session in 1967. Download memory mp3 musical melody of thijs van leer.
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This 1985 album features jan akkerman and thijs van leer playing just about all of the instruments with some touches from a few guests. Thijs van leer, jan akkerman, martijn dresden and hans cleuver were engaged as. In fact, only thijs van leer and bert ruiter remained from the original band by the time this was recorded. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
Thijs van leer bach for a new age 1999, cd discogs. Focus plays focus is the first studio album by dutch rock band focus, released in september 1970 on imperial records. I had a copy of first thijs van leer introspect on vinyl and played it regularly about 30 years ago or more. With akkermans virtuoso guitar work and arrangements coupled to van leer s classical influence and his yodeling on their breakthrough hit, hocus pocus, the new group found a large international audience beginning in 1972, which transformed akkerman into a superstar guitarist.
Focus are a dutch rock band formed in amsterdam in 1969 by keyboardist, vocalist, and flautist thijs van leer. Akkerman is best known for his work with amsterdambased symphonic rock band focus, with organflute player, thijs van leer, as its frontman. The album includes musical references to bach in some numbers, and shows of van leers classical training and showcases his talent as a flute player and it also shows his remarkable sense of. They were not one bit afraid to use digital synths and drum machines. Flute focus by thijs van leer book with part sheet music for. With akkermans virtuoso guitar work and arrangements coupled to van leers classical influence and his yodeling on their breakthrough hit, hocus pocus, the new group found a large international audience beginning in 1972, which transformed akkerman into a superstar guitarist. Although it is heavy on the electronics, one can still hear the mastery of thijs van leer and jan akkerman shine through. Download mp3 bach for a new age album of thijs van leer.
I have since lost the turntable and almost forgotten about this music. Unfortunately, there is no digital version of this album. However, someone mention the seventies group focus and it reminded me of this recording so i looked up thijs van leer and ordered this cd. Thijs van leer keyboards, flute, vocals, hammond organ 196978, 2002present. His rendition of bachs saint mathews passion is really beautiful a. Aria for soprano schlummert ein from cantata bwv 82. Akkerman,jan van leer,thijs focus import holland import. The glorious album 2000 classical thijs van leer download. The outcome includes the one of the finest funk tracks on the album the hilarious i need. And jan akkerman and thijs van leer certainly are opposites. Artikelen van thijs van leer koop je eenvoudig online bij. English baroque soloists, john eliot gardiner bach.
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