related works
Two Sides : for alto saxophone, cello and piano / Joey Roukens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
sax-a vc pf
Freedom. Angels : for symphony orchestra / Victoria Poleva
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2bsn 4h 2tp 3trb timp perc str
Divertimento pittorale : per orchestra, op. 69 / Anthon van der Horst
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3343 4331 timp perc 2hp str
Keep going : for 20 wind instruments, violin, cello and double-bass / Hans Kornac
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2243 sax 4220 vl vc cb
composition
365 : for orchestra, 2006 / Joey Roukens
Other authors:
Roukens, Joey
(Composer)
Description:
365 can be listened to as a continuous musical stream, which – over the course of exactly 365 measures – takes on very different guises, eventually ending exactly at the point where the piece started (not unlike a year cycle of 365 days). In the piece I have tried to connect highly diverse stilistic references and gestures within a single quasi-symphonic architecture as organically as possible: from ethereal, impressionist-like textures to an almost Mahlerian rhetoric to minimalist passages with references to pop and jazz. In doing so, the music is sometimes consciously taken to the edge of kitsch and syrupy tonal harmonies and (what the old avant-garde considers) banal means of expression are not avoided.