related works
Devil's Dust : for string quartet / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Dansvariaties : voor orkest, (1956) / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3232 4331 timp perc pf str
Pier & ocean III : voor orkest, 1989 / Andries van Rossem
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp str(8.8.6.6.0.)
Symphonic Transformations : for orchestra / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2picc(fl-a) 2fl 2ob eh 3cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb 5perc 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