related works
Wood Burn : Version for alto recorder, trumpet, contrabass flute and harpsichord / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl-db rec-a trp cemb
Fast lane woodpecker : for orchestra, 2001 / Giel Vleggaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4231 3perc hp str
Evviva : (particolare), per orchestra, 1981 / Ronald Halier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 2200 3perc hp str(18.6.6.0.)
Chorai revisited : for orchestra / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4242 2sax 2220 4perc hp pf str
composition
A tempest in a teapot : 2006 / Ned McGowan
Author(s):
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