composer
Klaas de Vries (15 juli 1944, Terneuzen) studeert piano, theorie en compositie aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium en vervolgens compositie bij Otto Ketting aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag.
related works
De profundis : for large wind orchestra, 1991 / Klaas de Vries
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Band
Instruments:
pic(fl) 2fl fl(pic) 2ob eh 3cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4sax 4h 3trp 3trb 4tb 6perc 2hp 2pf cb
Solo Song for Viola : Ten Lines / Ig Henneman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Instruments:
vla
Music for Viola / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Instruments:
vla
Twelve : for viola / Heleen Verleur
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Instruments:
vla
composition
Tegen de tijd : (Elegie voor altviool-solo), 1998 / Klaas de Vries
Description:
Program note (English): The elegy 'Tegen de tijd' is derived from the solo sung by the character Rhoda in my opera 'A King Riding', which was written for mezzo-soprano (Gerrie de Vries) and viola (Susanne van Els). Although 'Tegen de tijd' is derived from 'A King', it differs substantially in significant ways, and should, therefore, be considered an independent work. The character of Rhoda (crisis; always on the border between existence/non-existence) was a determining factor for the elegy, but Rhoda as a person is in fact no (longer) speaking; also because, as far as I am concerned, the piece is, in fact, about 'speechlessness.' Susanne commented once that the music progresses towards moments where it almost breaks off, or diappears in near-silence... And then, near the end, during the only loud passage in the work, each musical progression is hatted through the use of continuously repeated chords. - KLAAS DE VRIES