related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
picc / picc elec / picc pf / picc mar
Sinfonia : 1956/'57 / Kees van Baaren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp str
De kikvorst : symfonie orkest, 1978 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 2210 timp 3perc (pf ad lib.) str
Una storia della mille e una notte : 1985 (rev. 1987) / David Coppoolse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2220 timp vibr hp pf str(8.8.6.4.4.)
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