composer
Ned McGowan is born in the United States in 1970. He is living in the Netherlands since 1994.
Education: Ned holds degrees in composition from the Royal Conservatory Den Haag and ...
related works
Cycle Games 1 : for vocal percussion / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Instruments:
perc
Symfoniëtta : voor amateurorkest, 1990 / Adriaan Bonsel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2200 1-2perc str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3333 4331 timp 3perc str
Wilhelmus van Nassouwe : rhapsodie voor orkest, 1950 / door Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 4331 timp perc hp str
composition
A tempest in a teapot : 2006 / Ned McGowan
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