composer

Simons, Marijn

Marijn Simons was born in The Netherlands on December 25, 1982. He studied violin with Prof. Saschko Gawriloff, composition with Daan Manneke and James MacMillan and conducting with Ed Spanjaard, ...

related works

Fire Column (Piano Concerto Nº 2) : for piano and string orchestra / Marijn Simons

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Piano and string orchestra
Scoring: pf str

Towards the center of indigo : for saxophone quartet, 1996 / Vanessa Lann

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: 4sax

Saxofoonkwartet : 1969 / Ludwig Otten

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: 4sax

Mars : voor 4 klarinetten en 4 saxofoons (2 alt, 2 tenor) of 8 saxofoons (2 alt, 2 tenor, 2 alt, 2 tenor), 1979 / Otto Ketting

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Wood Wind ensemble (2-8 players); Saxophone
Scoring: 4cl 2sax-a 2sax-t / 4sax-a 4sax-t

composition

L' espoir : pour quatuor de saxophones, opus 30, 2005 / Marijn Simons

Description:
Program note (English): My previous work for saxophone quartet, Rocking Birds, is a work in which the saxophones are used for the things they are best at: rock and jazz influenced music. At least, that's what I thought. After having heard more concerts and recordings of the Amstel Saxophone Quartet I realized that the saxophone also has an exquisite soft and lyrical side. In L'espoir I wanted to use both sides of the saxophone: the soft and lyrical side and the loud and agressive side. L'espoir is a painting by Joan Miró. It has a background from which figures appear. These figures are often very playful. In the music - which develops from a soft, single note - this can be heard in the playful and jazzy second section. - MARIJN SIMONS