composer
Merlijn Twaalfhoven wordt geboren op 14 februari in Wapserveen, Drenthe.
related works
Verdwenen : 2006 / Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Symfonie : for orchestra, 1935 / Willem van Otterloo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 6431 timp perc xyl cel 2hp str
Suite voor jeugdorkest : (8 augustus 1968) / Hans Osieck
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
School Orchestra; Orchestra
Scoring:
2221 2200 timp perc pf4h str(vl vc cb)
Black City : Concerto for violoncello and orchestra Nº 2 / Douglas Knehans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
vc-solo dulc pf hp sopr(offstage) 2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg(cfg) 4h 2tpt 2trb-t trb-b tb timp 3perc str
composition
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the tree / Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Description:
Program note (English): [Première: November 17, 2002 - Concertgebouw, Bruges - Koninklijke Filharmonie van Vlaanderen cond. Lucas Vis] - The title of this piece is a text by Kahlil Gibran from Sand and Foam (1926). It is nice that musicians can perform a piece of music according to signs on paper. This saves a lot of time and discussion. Especially with a large orchestra, time is expensive and discussion is risky. Notation is practical and careful: bar lines clearly define the music in small blocks and noted define the pitch. This is why composing music is like LEGO; big and small pieces are available, red and yellow ones, sometimes a little puppet or a pair of wheels. As long as your manual is correct, the results will be fine. If you prefer clay modelling to playing with LEGO, than composing is a complicated business. Between the notes lies a world of sound which is impossible convert exactly into notation. A rehearsal is brief and the work of building up the piece does not allow you the time you
might want to sculpt, transform and shape the inner world of sound. This piece tries to disagree with the usual reign of the bar line-security imposed by the notation system. The order of convention appeared hard to resist though... - MERLIJN TWAALFHOVEN