related works
Genieting V : for accordion / Willem Boogman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Accordion
Scoring:
accordion
Volkskrant contrapunt : for large ensemble, 1996 / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players); Orchestra
Scoring:
1221 4sax 2220 4perc hp pf synth 2vl vla vc cb / str
The Bare Fact : = (Het ontblote feit), for ensemble, 1989/1991, revision 2008 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl fl(pic) cl 2sax h trp 2trb tb drums el.g el.g-b pf
Softloader : for ensemble, 2000 / Jan-Bas Bollen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1020 3sax 1330 el.g-b pf
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