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
Workshop : Version for alto recorder and tape / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Electronical music
Subgenre:
Recorder with electronics
Scoring:
rec elec
Irold's youth : for orchestra, 1983 / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4331 timp 2perc str
Terricone : for orchestra / Anna Korsun
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl(picc) 2ob 2cl(cl-b) 2fg(cfg) 4h 2tpt 3trv(trb-b) tb 5perc hp str
Mars : voor klein symphonie orkest, (1957) / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4230 timp 2perc 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