Silent waves was commissioned by "Stichting Vrienden van de Grote Kerk Schermerhorn" and funded by "Victoriefonds" and "Gemeente Alkmaar". It was premiered by Bart Klijnsmit on 11 October 2019 during the inauguration of the restored (by the firm Flentrop) Courtain organ. When I first went to Schermerhorn it occured to me that the church was much too big for such a little village. When I entered the Grote Kerk (meaning Big Church) I also saw wooden ship models hanging from the ceiling. Henkje Koning told me that Schermerhorn was much bigger in the old days and that it was surrounded by water and had an open admittance to the sea. It was until 1600 that land was reclamed from the waters and the waves went silent. Duration: 5’30” ABOUT AD WAMMES Ad Wammes (1953) studied composition with Ton de Leeuw, Theo Loevendie and Klaas de Vries, piano with Edith Lateiner-Grosz and electronic music with Ton Bruynèl. He played keyboards with the symphonic rock group Finch. Between 1983 and 1985 he wrote the music for 5 Sesame Street albums. From 1986 to 2002 he realised the music (composing, playing and recording) of 35 serials for TeleacNOT. In recent years he has concentrated more and more on composing "concert music". His piece for organ "Miroir" was his international breakthrough. It has been played all over the world by such renowned organists as Thomas Trotter, David Sanger and John Scott and has already been recorded 19 times on CD. In 2007 Boosey and Hawkes published a reissue. Commissions from Norway (Aqua Messe) and England (Orgelbüchlein project) followed. Compositions for piano were published by Schott and De Haske. In 2012 Boosey & Hawkes published two new works for organ "Toccata Chromatica" and "Ride in a High-Speed Train", followed by "Interludes" in 2014. His works for accordion are being published exclusively by Jetelina . In 2016 “The Lorenz Corporation” published ‘Triptych’ an album for chamber organ. In 2017 Schott published an album for piano named "Dedicated to you".