composer
Christina Viola Oorebeek was born in New Work, on November 7, 1944. Since 1972, she lives in Amsterdam.
Education: Christina immersed herself in music as a profession at 21, teaching herself ...
related works
Afterwalk (après promenade) : for partially prepared piano / Christina Viola Oorebeek
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Axis / Ashes : for ensemble, 2005-2006 / Willem Boogman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
fl 3sax h 3trp 3trb pf cb
Cassation : voor blazers, harp, celesta en slagwerk, 1983 / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
0022 2221 timp 2perc cel hp
Persistente : for ensemble, 2000 / Ig Henneman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
1020 3sax 1330 pf cb
composition
Una cicala innamorata : il pandemonio in arcadia, for ensemble, 1999 / revision 2000 / Christina Viola Oorebeek
Description:
Program note (English): The musical and visual imagery behind 'una Cicala innamorata' was conceived listening to the sounds in a summer field in Akiyoshidai, Japan. The perfect orchestration of rhythm, tone color and melodic motive was disturbed only by the listener. The soundscape evoked echos of Arcadia, the pastoral paradise of escape and (oft unconsummated) desire, conceived and recreated throughout European history. The god Pan is a central figure in Arcadia, spending his time chasing after nymphs, playing his pipes and lording over shepherds, driving them to bouts of pendemonium from time to time. The instrumentation of the Nieuw Ensemble seemed ideal for music on this subject. The scene is set in a static ambiance, out of which small episodes of interaction follow between various combinations of instruments, using two melodic modes in a free manner. The rhythmic musical material is a translation of insect sounds heard in Akiyoshidai and is based on the numeric relations in symmetrical,
mathematical squares. - CHRISTINA VIOLA OOREBEEK