related works
Ricochet : for contrabass-flute and percussion / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl-cb perc
Concerto : per orchestra, 1982 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl(pic) 2ob eh 3cl cl-b 2fg cfg sax-a 4h 3trp 3 trb tb timp 4perc hp str
Variaties en thema : voor orkest / gecomponeerd door Bertus van Lier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4230 timp perc str
Blues : Cantate 2, for orchestra, 1999 / Hans Koolmees
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
5555 sax-s 4441 6perc hp 2pf str
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