| The army sound swells, | |
| swells, while many tidal waves -- | |
| dance onto the beach. | |
| Het legergeluid | Das Armee-Geräusch |
| zwelt aan, vele vloedgolven -- | schwillt an, viele Flutwellen -- |
| dansen het strand op. | tanzen an den Strand. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-26
The Desert Music (Steve Reich) - 1984
Cantata, part 1, Fast
Collection: Local interest
Composer: Reich, Steve
| The speedboat takes off, | |
| the rumbling first swells, then dies -- | |
| away in the light. | |
| De speedboot vaart weg, | Das Schnellboot fährt ab, |
| het ronken zwelt eerst aan, sterft -- | das Rumpeln wird erst lauter -- |
| dan uit in het licht. | verklingt dann im Licht. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-24
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 2, chapter 'January', § 'The funeral' - March 2002, Sandøya (west of Førde)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| There stands a rock here, | |
| the Queen; the King has fallen -- | |
| into the breakers. | |
| Er staat hier een rots, | Hier steht ein Felsen, |
| de Koningin; de Koning -- | die Königin; der König -- |
| is in zee gestort. | ist eingefallen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-13
Possession, A Romance (A.S. Byatt) - 1991
Novel, chapter 12 - June 15th, 1859 (Flamborough, south of Scarborough)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1990-1999
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S.
| There, mountains floating | |
| violet on olive-green, | |
| in the sky blue sea. | |
| De bergen drijven | Die Berge schwimmen |
| paarsig op olijvengroen, | violett auf Olivgrün, |
| in de blauwe zee. | im hellblauen Meer. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-17
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - September 5th, 1970, Bologna (the Gargano forms the peninsula in the north of Apulia [Puglia])
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I'm riding along | |
| the sea, swallowing large chunks -- | |
| chunks of bread and sea. | |
| Rijdend langs de zee | Entlang der Küste |
| slik ik grote brokken in -- | verschlucke ich Brot und Meer -- |
| brokken brood en zee. | iSehr große Stücke. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-17
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - September 5th, 1970, Bologna (about Chieuti on the northern border of Apulia [Puglia])
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I do love the sea, | |
| but I never go there, not -- | |
| to all those bodies. | |
| Ik houd van de zee, | Ich liebe das Meer, |
| maar ga er niet heen, niet naar -- | gehe aber nicht dorthin -- |
| al die lichamen. | nicht zu den Körpern. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-17
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - September 5th, 1970, Bologna (about Chieuti on the northern border of Apulia [Puglia])
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I'm not at home here, | |
| but I live here and I look -- | |
| out over the sea. | |
| Ik ben hier niet thuis, | Ich bin hier nicht zu |
| maar ik leef er en ik kijk -- | Hause, lebe aber hier -- |
| uit over de zee. | blicke auf das Meer. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-17
Two white boats glide into the harbour (Frida Vogels) - 2005
Poem "In de haven glijden twee witte boten", published in "Diary 1954-1957" - September 6th, 1956, Rome (about Cagliari and her relationship with her fiancé, Ennio)
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Dad is standing tough | |
| in the surf, so are we, mum -- | |
| and I, and my doll. | |
| Papa staat heel stoer | Papa steht ganz cool |
| in de branding, mama ook -- | in der Brandung, Mama auch -- |
| en ik, en mijn pop. | und ich, und Puppe. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-30
With a photo of Pieter, Michi, and Lotte W in the North Sea (August 5th, 2016, Noordwijk)
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| Breakers, in just this | |
| one word: living water foam -- | |
| rumbling and bubbling. | |
| In dat ene woord | In dem Wort Brandung: |
| branding: levend waterschuim -- | lebendiger Wasserschaum -- |
| rommelend, bruisend. | grollend und tosend. |
De Koog, 2024-09-26
Collection: Silent walk
| When the waves rejoice | |
| I hear mermaids singing, blown -- | |
| about in the wind. | |
| Als de zee jubelt | Wenn das Meer jubelt, |
| hoor ik meerminnen zingen -- | singen die Meerjungfrauen -- |
| verwaaid in de wind. | in Winden verweht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-29
For the Call of the Running Tide (Lydia Gardiner) - 2024
Composition for two organs, performed in the Organpark on March 29th, 2024 by Ere Lievonen (Van Straten-organ) and Annie Spink (Sauer-organ and Utopa baroque-organ)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Gardiner, Lydia
| The vast fickleness | |
| of the sea slows down the winds -- | |
| makes them wrench themselves. | |
| De grillige zee | Das launische Meer |
| remt de vaart der winden af -- | verlangsamt die Winde, zwingt -- |
| laat hen zich wringen. | sie, sich zu wringen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-29
For the Call of the Running Tide (Lydia Gardiner) - 2024
Composition for two organs, performed in the Organpark on March 29th, 2024 by Ere Lievonen (Van Straten-organ) and Annie Spink (Sauer-organ and Utopa baroque-organ)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Gardiner, Lydia
| The slowed down breathing | |
| of the towering water -- | |
| walls of the ocean. | |
| Vertraagd ademen | Verzögert atmen |
| de hoge watermuren -- | die hohen Wasserwände -- |
| van de oceaan. | der Meeresmasse. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-03
Occam ocean (Éliane Radigue) - 2015
Personal transmission-composition for orchestra, performed in the Organpark on February 3rd, 2024, by ensemble ONCEIM (L'Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations, et Improvisations Musicales) and others - @orchestra
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Radigue, Éliane
| Seawater gently | |
| rinses the washed grains of sand -- | |
| No flood to be seen. | |
| Het zeewater spoelt | Das Meer spült über |
| over het gewassen zand -- | den gewaschenen Sandstrand -- |
| Geen vloed meer te zien. | Die Flut verschwunden. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-03
Occam ocean (Éliane Radigue) - 2015
Personal transmission-composition for orchestra, performed in the Organpark on February 3rd, 2024, by ensemble ONCEIM (L'Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations, et Improvisations Musicales) and others - @orchestra
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Radigue, Éliane
| There's a lot of blood | |
| spurting out of the trawler -- | |
| Murder of the sea. | |
| Er spuit bloed, veel bloed | Da spritzt Blut, viel Blut |
| opzij uit de vissersboot -- | seitlich aus dem Fischerboot -- |
| De zee wordt vermoord. | Ermordung des Meers. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-28
Leviathan (Paravel and Castaing-Taylor) - 2012
Documentary
Collection: BloodTrunk
Tribute to: Paravel, Véréna; Castaing-Taylor, Lucien
| The storm sweeps away | |
| everything, there is nothing -- | |
| just a shoreless sea. | |
| De storm slaat alles | Der Sturm fegt alles |
| weg, er is alleen nog zee -- | weg, es gibt nur noch das Meer -- |
| een kustloze zee. | küstenloses Meer. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-16
Again from the start (Jan Slauerhoff) - 1947
Poem "Van voren af aan" (from the collection "Al dwalend"), quoted in the novel "De verdronkene" (2005, "The Storm" / "The drowned", 2010, Margriet de Moor), about the North Sea flood of 1953
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Slauerhoff, Jan; De Moor, Margriet
| The eternal noise | |
| of the sea minimises -- | |
| all that is nearby. | |
| De eeuwigheidsruis | Das Meer rauscht ewig |
| van de zee kleineert alles -- | und schmälert dabei alles -- |
| dat dichtbij bestaat. | was uns nahe ist. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-08
Moving (Chaz Underriner) - 2023
Microtonal composition, performed by Ensemble Modelo62 in the Organpark on September 8th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Underriner, Chaz
| The waves climb on each | |
| other's backs, so hastily -- | |
| about to fall off. | |
| De golven klimmen | Die Wellen klettern |
| op elkaars rug, zo gehaast -- | einander auf den Rücken -- |
| Ze vallen eraf. | Fallen herunter. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-06
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 215, Maarten and Nicolien Koning (1976)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
|
There's a thin sea drifting |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-30
From and To Infinity, Intro (Niels Brouwer) - 2023
Composition "From and To Infinity", for voice and 70 bamboo flutes (2019, BOI AKIH: Niels Brouwer; lyrics Monica Akihary), intro
The version for voice, guitar, kora, percussion, recorder and organ (2023) was performed in the Organpark on January 29th, 2023, by Monica Akihary (voice, kalimba), Niels Brouwer (guitars), Sekou Dioubate (kora, slit drum), Dodó Kis (recorders), and Nora Mulder (organ)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Brouwer, Niels
| Allured, enchanted | |
| by the murmur of its voice -- | |
| Sea, sea everywhere. | |
| Verleid, gegrepen | Verführt, gefesselt |
| door haar zacht bruisende stem -- | vom Geräusch seiner Stimme -- |
| Zee, overal zee. | Meer, Meer überall. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-29
The Sea (Niels Brouwer) - 2023
Composition "From and To Infinity", part 1: "The Sea", for voice and 70 bamboo flutes (2019, BOI AKIH: Niels Brouwer; lyrics Monica Akihary)
The version for voice, guitar, kora, percussion, recorder and organ (2023) was performed in the Organpark on January 29th, 2023, by Monica Akihary (voice, kalimba), Niels Brouwer (guitars), Sekou Dioubate (kora, slit drum), Dodó Kis (recorders), and Nora Mulder (organ)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Brouwer, Niels
| As a swimmer, I | |
| am too small in the wide sea -- | |
| in fact I am swum. | |
| Als zwemmer ben ik | Als Schwimmer bin ich |
| te klein in de wijde zee -- | zu klein im weiten Meer, ich -- |
| Ik word gezwommen. | werde geschwommen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-14
Groundwater (Piet Gerbrandy) - 2017
Essay "Grondwater"
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Gerbrandy, Piet
| The yellow-brown waves | |
| of the muddy murky surf: | |
| crowned with a white fizz. | |
| Geelbruine golven | Gelbbraune Wellen |
| van de troebele branding: | der schlammig-trüben Brandung: |
| bruisend wit bekroond. | sprudelnd weiß gekrönt. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-28
Collection: Local tardiness
| We kiss at the sea, | |
| all our worries blow away -- | |
| It is spacious here! | |
| We kussen aan zee, | Wir küssen uns am |
| onze zorgen waaien weg -- | Meer und Sorgen verfliegen -- |
| Wat is het hier ruim! | Wie viel Raum hier ist! |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-28
Collection: Without reserve
| Walking, I follow | |
| but one single thinking track: | |
| my longing for you. | |
| Een dag langs de zee, | Am Strand folge ich |
| één enkel denkspoor volgen: | einer einzelnen Denkspur: |
| verlangen naar jou. | die Sehnsucht nach dir. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-25
Collection: Take a picture, now
| Take my hand, let us | |
| go to the beach together -- | |
| be sea with the sea. | |
| Kom, geef me je hand, | Gib mir deine Hand, |
| we gaan samen naar het strand -- | komm, lass uns zum Strand gehen -- |
| zee zijn met de zee. | Meer mit dem Meer sein. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-25
Being sea with the sea (Toon Hermans) - 1997
Song "Zee zijn met de zee"
Collection: Take a picture, now
Tribute to: Hermans, Toon
| Nice weekend: lonely | |
| I'm walking along the sea -- | |
| with my shoes in hand. | |
| Weekend: fijn eenzaam, | Wochenende: schön |
| met mijn schoenen in de hand -- | einsam, mit meinen Schuhen -- |
| langs de zee lopen. | in der Hand am Meer. |
Scheveningen, 2018-06-21
The road to Sacramento (Gerrit Krol) - 1977
Novel "De weg naar Sacramento"
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
|
The great sea |
Amsterdam, 2018-03-17
Zebulon, the red window (Marc Chagall) - 1961
Window in the Abbell synagogue in Jerusalem
Composition "Okna podle Marca Chagalla" ("Windows after Marc Chagall", 1976), performed in the Organpark on April 5th, 2014
Collection: ORG anp ark
Tribute to: Chagall, Marc
Composer: Eben, Petr
| The breakers bubble | |
| in seven front lines: closed off -- | |
| is the sea, the sea. | |
| In zeven linies | Tosende Brandung, |
| bruist de branding: gesloten -- | in sieben Linien: gesperrt -- |
| blijft de zee, de zee. | bleibt das Meer, das Meer. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-01-30
Collection: Secrets & Believers
| Not one ship withstands | |
| the pointing water, one by -- | |
| one they disappear. | |
| Geen een schip weerstaat | Kein Schiff widersteht |
| het wijzen van het water -- | dem weisenden Wasser, sie -- |
| Éen na éen verdwijnt. | verschwinden alle. |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-20
beyond the point (Chris van Schagen) - 1947
Poem "voorbij de punt" (collection "Narrenwijsheid")
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Van Schagen, Chris
| A beautiful sea | |
| view from my house on the cliff! | |
| Stop the eroding! | |
| Een prachtig zeezicht | Dieser Meerblick von |
| vanuit mijn huis op de klif! | meinem Haus auf der Klippe! |
| Stop het afkalven! | Stoppt die Erosion! |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2016-10-09
Collection: WoofWoof
| Salt biting my skin, | |
| tides rinsing me out, the sea -- | |
| pulling me along. | |
| Zout bijt in mijn huid, | Salz beißt meine Haut, |
| getijden spoelen me uit -- | Gezeiten spülen mich aus -- |
| de zee trekt me mee. | das Meer zieht mich mit. |
Amsterdam, 2015-07-27
Collection: NightWatch
| The water scales off | |
| sleazily wild and the rocks -- | |
| gasp with the swinging. | |
| Het water schilfert | Schlampig wild schuppt sich |
| slonzig wild en van deining -- | das Wasser und vor Dünung -- |
| hijgen de rotsen. | keuchen die Felsen. |
Amsterdam, 2014-02-26
View (Judith Herzberg) - 1968
Poem "Uitzicht" (collection "Beemdgras")
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Herzberg, Judith
| The sea is whitened, | |
| the sand's blown up in the air -- | |
| secure from the flood. | |
| De wind wit de zee | Der Wind weißt das Meer |
| en jaagt het zand de lucht in -- | und jagt den Sand in die Luft -- |
| veilig voor de vloed. | sicher für die Flut. |
Texel, 2012-10-16
Hoornderslag (Texel), Post 9
Collection: A Home
| In the gusts of wind, | |
| the waves foam yellowish green -- | |
| and.. a boat dances. | |
| In de windvlagen | In den Windböen |
| schuimen de golven geelgroen -- | schäumen die Wellen gelbgrün -- |
| en.. er danst een boot. | und da.. tanzt ein Boot. |
IJsselmeer, 2012-07-12
Collection: The drama
| Away from the banks, | |
| the ferry crosses the Thames -- | |
| Heading for the sea? | |
| Ver van de oevers | Weit von den Ufern |
| vaart de pont over het IJ -- | befährt die Fähre den Fluss -- |
| Wil ze mee naar zee? | Will sie mit zum Meer? |
Amsterdam, 2011-12-15
Collection: Moons
