related works
Quartet in two movements : for string quartet / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Yasutani : C version : Bb version : Eb version / Yuri Honing
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation
Average music III : for 4 instruments, 1979, (revision 1982) / Ernst Oosterveld
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation; Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-s sax-a sax-t sax-b
Amsterdam : C version : Bb version : Eb version / Jesse van Ruller
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation
composition
Workers union : symfonic movement for any loud sounding group of instruments, for variable ensemble, 1975 / Louis Andriessen
Other authors:
Andriessen, Louis
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Workers Union was originally written for the orchestra De Volharding (Perseverance), in which I myself figured as a pianist at that time. This piece is a combination of individual freedom and severe discipline: its rhythm is exactly fixed; the pitch, on the other hand, is indicated only approximately, on a single-lined stave. It is difficult to play in an ensemble and to remain in step, similar to organising and carrying out political actions. - LOUIS ANDRIESSEN