MUSICvideos
EXISTENCE
ALBUM //
Contemplation
Poem: Maria Davits
Voice and translation into German: Henning Schmidt
Translation into English: Afra Hendriks
Composition, piano and stop-motion-video: Isabelle van Dooren Piano
recorded in Garageband, with Nord Stage
Created in: 2020
'Existence' is a piece about my grandmother.
As a highly sensitive person she sometimes felt overwhelmed by life, and then she tuned out, became absent-minded.
Her daughter Maria wrote a beautiful poem about her being present, at the same time feeling her absence.
This song is based on her poem:
'Do I truly exist?'
It's raining.
The mother is stirring apples through the red cabbage. The child is looking at her shy, stubborn back.
'Do I truly exist?' the child asks.
The mother isn't listening.
She is dreaming about a man that gives her flowers at the same time she imagines an island in the ocean.
'Do I truly exist?' the child asks again.
'Air bubbles appear on the puddles. There is going to be an evening rain', the mother says.
Poem by: Maria Davits
ALBUM //
Contemplation
Piano, composition and video: Isabelle van Dooren
Studio recording: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Courtesy of images: unsplash.com
Created in: 2021
RAINFOREST
This is a musical poem honoring the Earth: her richness, abundance and playfulness.
Her aliveness, fruitfulness and forgiveness towards us.
An ode to the heart of the rainforest representing the untouched sense of self of our planet.
ALBUM //
Contemplation
Piano, composition and video: Isabelle van Dooren
Studio recording: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Courtesy of images: Nasa
Created in: 2021
SONG
This composition is dedicated to a beloved family-member; her name was Lied, which means 'Song'.
Piano, composition, paintings and stop-motion-video: Isabelle van Dooren
Voice: Henning Schmidt
Studio recording: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Created in: 2020
ALBUM //
Contemplation
CONTEMPLATION
A meditative composition, describing the feeling of a calm walk outside, the senses being nurtured by the sounds of the birds, the fresh air, the peacefulness of nature.
Improvisation on the theme of 'CONTEMPLATION'
MUSICVIDEO //
Piano, composition, paintings and video: Isabelle van Dooren
Piano recorded in Garageband, with Nord Stage
Background recorded with iphone: birds and frogs
Created in: 2021
ALBUM //
Contemplation
Piano and composition: Isabelle van Dooren
Studio recording: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Courtesy of image: Unsplash.com
Created in: 2021
NOCTURNE
Nocturne is a soothing piece, some sort of a dance.
It describes the feeling of a soft twilight, a summer night: walking outside, hearing the sound of crickets.
EGO
Words, wolf and stop-motion-video: Isabelle van Dooren
Voice: Richard de Man
Created in: 2018
VIDEO //
(with subtitles in English)
Ego, you're a little child. You need a parent.
Somebody who knows what you really want
who gives you boundaries
and the safety of a listening ear
so that you can become a playful child again.
Don't be afraid of the world;
I'll be there for you, little Me.
I'll parent you
You can play with the other children in me
you will grow up amongst them
and you will slowly get to know yourself.
UNIVERSE
MUSICVIDEO //
(with subtitles in English)
'Can you hear me, where are we'
Piano (improvisation): Isabelle van Dooren and voice (improvisation): Jo-Anne Vissers
Recording: Zoom & grand piano
Courtesy of images: Nasa
Created in: 2018
FROM FEAR
TO FREEDOM
Based on a wonderful poem by
Annemieke de Bruijn-Sharma,
co-written by Maria Davits.
Composition, voice, painting of goddess and stop-motion-video: Isabelle van Dooren
Poem: created by Annemieke de Bruijn-Sharma, co-written by: Maria Davits
Translation: Richard de Man
Portret of Isabelle as a child: Maria Davits
Recording: iPhone and Zoom (low sound quality)
Created in: 2019
MUSICVIDEO //
(with subtitles in English)
Fear
Pain is fear
It doesn't feel like fear
Since fear disguises itself
Because we are so afraid
Yes, that’s the only answer
Because we fear fear
Which hides deep within us
Like it’s at home there
As if it's at ease there
We carry fear with us
Like it’s normal
As if we don’t know any better
Then maybe
Bit by bit
We can understand
The essence of fear
And when we truly see
It seems cristalline
We can pass through
Without force
Without action
It may well be
That the fear that
Is rooted so deeply
But the curious
Wants to know and see
Searches
We can search
If we are open
And honest with ourselves
If we gaze with love
At fear
Which has been hiding
Time and again
Life after life
Within us
Which we are used to
Which we even hold dear
That that fear
Suddenly takes flight
Into the space
And we gaze
Into that space
And then we will
Bit by bit
Feel what space is
Composition, voice, paintings and stop-motion-video video: Isabelle van Dooren
Studio recording: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Created in: 2021
ALBUM //
Contemplation
BEGINNING
This piece is both about the beginning of a new life, and about every new beginning, the challenge to begin something new.
A beginning can sometimes be a struggle, and sometimes it has a flow to it, and wonder. Most of us started our lives without consciously knowing where it would lead us to.
It is about the wonder of birth, and about giving birth in the figurative sense: moving into a new phase, starting a new project, trying to manifest a dream, the struggles and challenges 'to begin'.
How to make the first steps?
This piece is a musical research into insecurity,
capability - can I do it? - ,
doubt - am I on the right path?'
curiosity.
As humans we need to begin a lot: each time we are invited to go into the unknown.