related works
Eruption : for orchestra / Edward Top
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(picc) 2ob cl cl-b 2fg 4h 2trp 2trb trb-b timp 3perc hp str
Ouverture in D mineur : voor orkest / Johannes Verhulst
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 3trb tim str
Metamorphosis 4-6-2-1 : orchestra, 1976 / Benjamin Ashkenazy
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2232 4330 2perc 2hp pf str
The Dreamcatcher : for orchestra / Bram Kortekaas
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl(picc) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb-ten trb-b tb timp 3 perc cel pf 2hp str
composition
Symphony : Golden dragon, for orchestra, 2001 / Edward Top
Other authors:
Top, Edward
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): There are three main elements onto which this piece is constructed. 1) Sound: this is often created by successions of clusters; I shall call them cluster-chorales, hissing sounds (strings), chromatic walls, and/or modal sound fields. - 2) Motives: there are a number of motives of different character forming the basis of the composition, either tonal-melodic or harmonic and chromatic. - 3) Traditional gestures: a lot of gestures in the piece originate from traditional symphonic music. The final chorale towards the end of the work is some sort of blown up Tchaikowski. The three elements join each other in a fourth element: Layers. On many occasions there are different elements sounding simultaneously and in different instrumental groupings. An important feature in the Symphonys orchestration is the particular octave doubling, or being 'on the verge of octavation'. Idea is to create extra tension by not resolving dirty octaves, i.e. major sevenths and minor ninths. One could say
the orchestration has become part of compositional ideas, even with finding pitches. After its original setting including Wagner tubas and contrabass trombone, the symphony was revised in 2001 and the orchestration was reduced. - EDWARD TOP