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
Instruments:
vc-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl fg 2h 2tpt 2trb(trb-b) tb hp 2perc str
Souvenir : pour grand orchestre, 1979 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
4443 4331 timp 2perc hp cel str
Cyclofonie II : voor orkest / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2201 str(15.5.5.2.)
6 Etats intermédiaires : Sinfonia for orchestra / Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
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