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 NÂș 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
Trekganzen (version 2014) : for orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp hp pf timp vibr perc str
It comes from afar : for symphonic wind orchestra / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 3fl(fl-a) 2ob eh 2fg cfg 4cl cl-b cl-cb sax-s 2sax-a 2sax-t sax-b 4h 4trp 4tmb(trb-b) 2tb-t 2tb-b 5perc db
Shunyata : for small orchestra, 1988 / David Little
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 0000 perc pf 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