related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, 1996-2006, Volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Capriccio : for 12 wind instruments and double-bass, (1978) / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2ob(eh) 3cl cl-b 2fg 4h cb
Habanera : for small orchestra / Erik Lotichius
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl 2ob 2cl bsn 2h 2tp trb perc str
Comparing green : for orchestra, 1992 / Henk van der Meulen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2222 2221 perc hp pf 14vl 4vla 3vc 2cb
composition
Una cicala innamorata : il pandemonio in arcadia, for ensemble, 1999 / revision 2000 / Christina Viola Oorebeek
Other authors:
Oorebeek, Christina Viola
(Composer)
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