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February 20, 2005
First performance
In a good filled concert hall in the Rotterdam theater Lantaren/Venster, German pianist Rainer Klaas and Dutch bass clarinetist Henri Bok last night premiered Boilerplate.
Although I am not much of a speecher, Henri asked me to give a brief introduction to the public. Somehow I missed Henry and Rainer had went backstage, so when I turned around to join them in my introduction the audience was amused with my surprise to see an empty stage. Behind my back I heard a roar of laughter.
I babbled about how my speech was getting a boilerplate of its own when Henri and Rainer came to the rescue. I said something about why I dedicated Boilerplate to Joop Nuyten and how he had played a role in my decision to take up music as a profession; not exactly boilerplate talk.
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