composer
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 ...
related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
De vliegende Hollander : = The flying Dutchman, 1930 / Matthijs Vermeulen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3433 4331 timp perc hp str
Putti : for chamber orchestra, 1991 / Bart de Kemp
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl fl(pic) ob ob(eh) 2cl fg cfg 2h 2trp 2trb tb str
Závoje : = (Les voiles), flauto, archi, tuba, 1977 / Daniel Brozak
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1000 0001 str
composition
Running from silence : for orchestra, 2005 / Joey Roukens
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