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Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
picc / picc elec / picc pf / picc mar
1e symphonie : ("Sinfonia breve"), op. 5 / Nic. Hermans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4331 timp perc cel hp str
Divertimento : for orchestra / Rosy Wertheim
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
Orchestra
The pride parade : for orchestra, 1998 / Lowell Dijkstra
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3332 4331 timp 2perc hp 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