related works
Devil's Dust : for string quartet / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Serenade : for orchestra / Robert (Bob) Hanf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h perc str
Another World : for symphony orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2ft ob 2cl fg FH trp-Bb trp-C trm perc vl1 vl2 vla vc cb
Triple Concerto : for piano trio and small orchestra / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
vl-vc-pf-solo cl fg h 2perc 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