related works
In Unison : Concerto for two pianos and orchestra / Joey Roukens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
2pf-solo picc 2fl 3ob 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb timp 3perc cel str
Suite voor orkest : (1954) / Karel Mengelberg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp str
Rompere le Noci : In memoriam Louis Andriessen; for orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Beestenkwartet : voor (amateur-) symfonieorkest, (1972) / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2(-6)2(-4)2(-6)2(-4) 2(-4)2(-4)2(-4)0 timp perc pf str
composition
Running from silence : for orchestra, 2005 / Joey Roukens
Other authors:
Roukens, Joey
(Composer)
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