composer
Martijn Padding was born on April 24, 1956 in Amsterdam.
In the introduction to his website, Martijn Padding writes, regarding his music and way of working, that he studied a volume ...
related works
Swift, Grey and Spacious : Cello Concerto Nº 2 / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Cello and orchestra
Scoring:
vc-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl fg 2h 2tpt 2trb(trb-b) tb hp 2perc str
Ouverture Lucifer / Johannes Albertus van Eyken
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2230 timp str
René : (8 phasen uit een menschenleven), suite voor orkest / van Hans Osieck
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4220 timp perc cel str
Cirkels II : voor harmonie- en strijkorkest, opus 90, nr. 2, 1993 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Band; String orchestra; Orchestra
Scoring:
2232 3sax 4331 2bug euph timp 2perc mar(xyl) str
composition
Kier : symphony orchestra, 2005 / Martijn Padding
Description:
Program note (English): Conductor Jurjen Hempel asked me to write a composition for the opening of the concert. I interpreted the word Opening in two different ways. First as Jurjen meant it, as a beginning of something, as an overture. But Opening also means something that is not closed, something open, something ajar. This idea of music with a chink (Kier is the Dutch word) had a lot of influence on the form and the instrumentation of the piece. That's why you will hear a few windy holes in this overture. When all goes well, the fifty-seven score pages of Kier take only nine minutes to play. Nine minutes for a youth orchestra; an overture in which all orchestral divisions have their part and do what young musicians do so well: play fast! The structure of the music is a chain of up and down moving curves, whirling speedily through the whole orchestra. At first in clear, simple movements, later as dense constellations of curves together and echos of various instrumental groups. The only contrasts with
this orchestral whirling are the incidental breakouts of some instruments and the moments where the musicians come together again in large chords. - MARTIJN PADDING