related works
Preludium - Interludium - Postludium : for 23 solo strings, 1996-2000 / Klaas de Vries
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
10vl 5vla 5vc 3cb
Tfila (Prayer) : for viola solo / Benjamin Ashkenazy
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
Prayer : for viola / Katia Tiutiunnik
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
Labyrinth : for viola / Reza Nakisa
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
composition
Tegen de tijd : (Elegie voor altviool-solo), 1998 / Klaas de Vries
Other authors:
Vries, Klaas de
(Composer)
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