FRANS
BRÜGGEN
...My God, who is present in the cellars of museums, who can open the eyes of individuals, and knows hidden attics, grant me many more, or all, old recorders...
F.B.
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
RECORDER PLAYER OF XX CENTURY
BART SPANHOVE
"Brüggen was portrayed like a pop-idol, with wild hair, messy jeans, a turtleneck sweater and a cigarette. This was unusual: a classically-trained musician was expected to dress well, neatly and conservatively. It was also most unusual that a recorder player should get so much publicity. For me that was something characteristic of Brüggen— he wanted to shock"
WALTER VAN HAUWE
...I remember a statement of Brüggen’s during an interview. He was asked why with all his musical talents he remained in the recorder world. After a long pause, waiting till the auditorium became very quiet (timing was never his weak point), he asked his questioner one of his own, “Do you yourself play the recorder?” After an affirmative nod of the listener “During all your times of playing the recorder, did you ever just get tears in your eyes?” whereupon the hall hushed down even further...
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