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).