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Tonk : for saxophone quartet, 1995 / Frank Crijns

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: 4sax

Speed-well : version for ensemble, 1993 / revision 1995 / Frank Crijns

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2010 2sax 2121 perc el.g g-b pf

Speed-well : version for small orchestra, 1993 / revision 1995 / Frank Crijns

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2030 2121 perc pf cb

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Bits : voor basklarinet/tenorsaxofoon, electrische gitaar, piano en slagwerk, 1992 / Frank Crijns

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl-b(sax-t) perc el.g pf

 

composer

Crijns, Frank

Nationality: Netherlands
Date of birth: 1960-06-12
Website: Officiƫle website

Frank Crijns plays guitar and writes music for Titanic Combo and Spelonk, and cofounded the group BLAST. He plays with the big bands 'Nieuwe Muziek' and 'Positive Nuns'. He organises and plays in projects with Fred Frith, Elliot Sharp, Tim Hodgkinson, Rhys Chatham, Phil Niblock, Pavel Fajt, Jacques Palinckx and others.
Frank Crijns' work as a composer can be divided in two parts: 1. composing for soloists and modern music ensembles and 2. playing and composing contemporary and improvised music.

1960 - 1997

Frank Crijns (12 juni 1960, Sint Pieters-Woluwe, Belgiƫ) studeert compositie aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium bij Peter-Jan Wagemans en Klaas de Vries.

1992

In 1992 schreef hij samen met vijf componisten van de Tilburgse groep De vonk de compositie 'Ergens ervoor...' voor het Aquarius Ensemble.