| The elderly used | |
| to be superstitious, but -- | |
| now it is the youth. | |
| Vroeger waren de | Früher die Alten, |
| bejaarden bijgelovig -- | heute die Jugendlichen: |
| nu is de jeugd het. | abergläubisch sein. |
Amsterdam, 2026-07-28
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro) - 2015
Novel, chapter 1
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Ishiguro, Kazuo
| How many barbed spines | |
| would be hiding there under -- | |
| the down of your skin? | |
| Hoeveel stekels met | Wie viele Stacheln |
| weerhaken gaan schuil onder -- | verbergen sich unter dem -- |
| het dons van jouw huid? | Flaumhaar deiner Haut? |
Amsterdam, 2026-07-16
The animals, the animals - 2 (Anna de Bruyckere) - 2020
Poem "De dieren, de dieren - 2" (collection "Voor permanente bewoning")
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: De Bruyckere, Anna
| The echo resounds | |
| through the dead-end alley, tags -- | |
| are left on the walls. | |
| De echo weerkaatst | Das Echo schallt durch |
| in de doodlopende steeg -- | die Sackgasse, hinterlässt -- |
| zet tags op de muur. | Tags an den Wänden. |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-28
The motto (Alara Adilow) - 2022
Poem "Het motto", collection "Mythen en stoplichten" ("Myths and traffic lights")
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Adilow, Alara
| Dark corners: why do | |
| I pay attention to places -- | |
| on which no sun shines? | |
| Donkere hoeken: | Warum achte ich |
| waarom let ik op plekken -- | auf die Stellen, an denen -- |
| waar geen zon op schijnt? | keine Sonne scheint? |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-27
Diary 1972-1973 (Frida Vogels) - 2012
"Dagboek 1972-1973" - October 4th, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Feel them vibrating | |
| inside, the inaudible -- | |
| landers on the earth. | |
| Voel ze in jezelf | Sie vibrieren tief |
| trillen, de onhoorbare -- | in mir, die unhörbaren -- |
| landers op aarde. | Landegeräte. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-29
Deviations (Casimir Geelhoed) - 2024
Composition for hyperorgan, performed by Casimir Geelhoed in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024, with a light show by Zalán Szakács
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Geelhoed, Casimir
| Squadrons fly overhead, | |
| without the slightest shadow -- | |
| on anyone's eyes. | |
| Eskadrons vliegen | Über uns fliegen |
| over, zonder schaduwen -- | Staffeln, ohne Schatten auf -- |
| op onze ogen. | unseren Augen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-29
Deviations (Casimir Geelhoed) - 2024
Composition for hyperorgan, performed by Casimir Geelhoed in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024, with a light show by Zalán Szakács
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Geelhoed, Casimir
| I jump out of bed, | |
| the eiderdown around me -- | |
| What sound did I hear? | |
| Ik spring snel uit bed, | Ich spring aus dem Bett, |
| het donzen dek om mij heen -- | die Decke um mich herum -- |
| Wat heb ik gehoord? | Was hab ich gehört? |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-04
Collection: BloodTrunk
| A sound woke me up, | |
| I'm listening, a burglar -- | |
| must be scared, I guess. | |
| Een geluid wekt me, | Ein Geräusch weckt mich, |
| ik luister, een inbreker -- | ich höre, ein Einbrecher -- |
| zal nu wel bang zijn. | muss jetzt Angst haben. |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-28
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 84, Maarten Koning (and Nicolien) (1973)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Tap - Tap - so softly | |
| that it calls my attention -- | |
| and holds it captive. | |
| Tik - Tik - Tik, zo zacht | Leises Ticken zieht |
| dat het juist mijn aandacht trekt -- | meine Aufmerksamkeit an -- |
| en gevangen houdt. | und fesselt sie dann. |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-06
Confessions #1 (Claudio F. Baroni) - 2021
Composition for quintet, four exciter speakers and tape
Performed in the Organpark on November 6th, 2021; texts by The Barton Workshop
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Baroni, Claudio F.
| The dogs are running | |
| to the northern lights, watch out! | |
| Don't eat yellow snow! | |
| De honden rennen | Die Hunde rennen |
| naar het noorderlicht, pas op! | zum Nordlicht, vorsicht, und iss -- |
| Eet geen gele sneeuw! | keinen gelben Schnee! |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-18
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Frank Zappa) - 1974
Song on the album "Apostrophe (')
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank
Composer: Zappa, Frank
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno
| The cheerful singing | |
| does frighten me, it threatens -- | |
| to conceal something. | |
| Het vrolijk lichte | Das fröhlich leichte |
| zingen beklemt me, het dreigt -- | Singen beklemmt mich, es droht -- |
| iets te verbergen. | was zu verbergen. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-08
First part of the improvisation by Markus Hinz on the Utopa hyperorgan, on Friday November 8th, 2019
Collection: ORG anp ark
| Both safe and unsafe, | |
| the clear vocals are hidden -- | |
| in a gritty sound. | |
| Onveilig veilig | Unsicher sicher, |
| gaat de heldere zang schuil -- | klares Gesang, verborgen -- |
| in gruizig geluid. | im grusigen Klang. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-03
Hidden Melodies (Tom Johnson) - 2014
Composition for organ, performed by Johan Luijmes in the Organpark on November 3rd, 2019
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Johnson, Tom
| The dyke is a line, | |
| where the land ends, a border -- | |
| hiding the spring-tide. | |
| De dijk is een lijn | Die Deichlinie |
| waar het land ophoudt, een grens -- | ist die Grenze des Landes -- |
| die de vloed verbergt. | Sie verbirgt die Flut. |
Amsterdam, 2012-11-23
Collection: The Praised One
