related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
picc / picc elec / picc pf / picc mar
Afterthoughts : opus 22, for orchestra, 1983 / Leo Samama
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 2perc str
Sentences : for orchestra, 2003 / Lars Skoglund
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 timp 2perc cel str(14.12.10.8.6)
Continental : for double chamber orchestra, 1999 / Sander Germanus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl 2ob cl 2fg 2h 2trp trb hp str(5.4.3.3.2.) ; 2fl ob 2cl fg 2h trp 2trb hp str(5.4.3.3.2.) 2perc
composition
A tempest in a teapot : 2006 / Ned McGowan
Other authors:
McGowan, Ned
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): I based my new work on an Asian way of experiencing time. In some parts the audience participates for example by making breathing noises. I wanted to compose a work with a non-European attitude and do away with Western concert rituals. At the moment I think a lot about what the atmosphere in the concert hall is like when the audience participates. The Asiatic feeling for phrasing is also very different from ours. No lengthy build-up and development of material, but rather short statements separated by silence. It is living in the present, while listening to and experiencing every detail attentively. - NED MCGOWAN