related works
Opposite Pieces : for violin and bayan accordion / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl acc (bayan)
Sinfonia nr. 3 : "Facetten", opus 45, Amsterdam maart 1955-4 april / Lex van Delden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2233 4331 timp perc xyl hp str
Symfonietta : voor orkest, 1959 / Antoon Maessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2220 timp perc str
Nocturnal conversation : for orchestra in 4 groups and optional tape / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Orchestra with multimedia
Scoring:
2121 2211 timp 5perc pf str(8.4.2.1.) (tape ad lib.)
composition
Kier : symphony orchestra, 2005 / Martijn Padding
Other authors:
Padding, Martijn
(Composer)
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