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
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Instruments:
picc / picc elec / picc pf / picc mar
Inno della tecnica : introduzione e scherzo, per orchestra / di Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3222 4331 timp perc cel str
Trois simphonies opus 3 : Sinfonia I / Johann Gabriel Meder
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
0201 2200 timp str(vl vla bc)
Slowmotion : for orchestra, 1990 / Ernst Oosterveld
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
1112 4110 xyl vibr mar pf 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