related works
One Noon : for six percussionists / Willem Boogman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
6perc
Muziek : voor groot ensemble, 1989 / Will Hoogakker
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
12.3.3.3 0300 5vl 3vla 3vc
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1021 1000 perc hp vl 2vla 2vc
RHOmbos : for ensemble, 2001 / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1111 1110 perc cymb hp el.g acc pf 2vl 2vla 2vc cb tape
composition
Axis / Ashes : for ensemble, 2005-2006 / Willem Boogman
Other authors:
Boogman, Willem
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Axis/Ashes consists mainly of rotations. But the music begins and ends with a 'flame' - in any case, this is what I have called the blaze of tones, with which the piece begins - , referring to the ancient Greek belief that the centre of the cosmos and the earth is fire. That led to the choice of the title for the composition. ...Clouds and rotations have one thing in common with harmony: they involve the blending of sounds. In Axis/Ashes the instrumentalists are positioned spatially, surrounding the audience. This arrangement is essential to the realisation of the effect of the sound's motion. But consequently the orchestra becomes fragmented and the individual sound characteristics of each individual instrument are clearly audible. Mixing the sounds harmonically is no longer feasible, but rotation and cloudlike structuring mix the sounds in the way sugar dissolves when stirred into coffee. In Axis/Ashes the music is likewise dissolved and dispersed. At times one will observe
remnants of melodic, harmonic or rhythmic forms. It goes without saying that this dispersion is not an end in itself. Something that no longer entirely exists can still become something complete again, but unlike what it was before - and we are there, more or less, to witness it. That is my music - Willem Boogman