The third edition of Silence took place on Friday, 3 March 2017, and is directly relating to the exhibition by Marinus Boezem . A previously unperformed composition by Boezem received its premiere in the Oude Kerk, 37 years after its conception. A series of graphics that chart the lung contents of the musicians – at rest and when exerting themselves – serves as the score for this ‘Sound Project for Three brass Players, One Singer, and Two Floors Fans’. The result was a piece of music in which the musicians’ exertion becomes increasingly visible, palpable and audible.

The performing musicians were VOC al performer Jaap Blonk , famous for his renderings of the Ursonate (‘primordial sonata’) sound poem by Kurt Schwitters, the leading Dutch brass players Tjeerd Oostendorp (tuba), Wolter Wierbos (trombone), and Romain Bly (French horn).