composer

Roukens, Joey

Joey Roukens (b. 1982) is an Amsterdam-based composer of contemporary classical music. He studied classical composition at Codarts University of the Arts and psychology at Leiden University. Since graduating in ...

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Running from silence : for orchestra, 2005 / Joey Roukens

Publisher: Amsterdam: Donemus, cop. 2005
Publisher's number: 11218
Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 2fl(pic) fl(fl-a) ob ob(eh) 3cl 2fg 4h 3trp 2trb tb timp 3perc pf(cel) hp str
Remarks: In opdracht van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Geschreven voor het Brabants Orkest. - Tijdsduur: 17'
Duration: 17'00"
Year of composition: 2005
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Description:
Program note (English): (Première: April 28, 2006 - Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven, Brabants Orchestra, Arie van Beek, conducting) - Running from silence describes the development of silence by means of a quiet sounding landscape to a violent and infuriating burst of energy. The emptiness and (almost) silence with which the piece opens is rapidly filled up with sounds which lead to a quiet, and ethereal music, transporting the listener along an imaginary landscape. Suddenly a regular pulse of sixteenth notes leads to an escape from this landscape at a given moment becomes more and more distant from the tranquillity with which the piece began...-- JOEY ROUKENS

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