related works
The young girl and the philosopher : for soprano and piano, 1998 / text: Heloïse, Richard Sims
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
sopr pf
Estampie : voor viool, klavier en trom (ad lib.), 1974 / Rob Goorhuis
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument; Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vl pf (drum ad lib.)
Trois portraits de l'amour : pour viole et piano / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl pf
Sonate : voor viool en piano / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl pf
composition
I can see the lines dissolving : for violin and piano, 1994 / Richard Sims
Other authors:
Sims, Richard
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): This is a piece about dissolution of structure. Just as a wax object will gradually lose its defining characteristics under the steady application of heat until only the essence remains so, in this work, the opening elaborate lines is transmuted into the raw material of which it is constructed. One is reminded perhaps of the eternal dichotomy between form and content, the philosophy of Plato or the uncovering by a skilled sculptor of the form implicit in a piece of stone. - Richard Sims