related works
Heterophonic : for orchestra / Evrim Demirel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc 2hp pf str
Prélude de ballet : per orchestra, arr. per orch. piccola, (orch. d'amatori), 1963 / Harold C. King
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1010 0000 pf str
Raving : for large orchestra and electronic dance pulse / Willem Boogman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg fg-c 4h 3trp 2trb trb-b tb timp dr dr-b g-b str elec
Concerto : for string quartet and chamber orchestra / Mehdi Hosseini
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2vn vla vc fl ob cl fg cfh 2h str
composition
Heterophonic : for orchestra / Evrim Demirel
Other authors:
Demirel, Evrim
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): As the title suggests, the piece is based on the idea of heterophony. The elaborated embellishments on the sophisticated melodic structures apply to the whole orchestra. Music evolves in a linear concept, within the harmonic interruptions. Each individual line folllows a melodic route and sounds in unison, octaves or double octaves at certain structural points. The simultaneity of different tracks does not follow the Western system of organized chord progressions; hence its fundamental organization is mainly horizontal. The large rhythmic patterns, termed 'usul' in Turkish music, are abstracted and scattered out during the course of the piece played by timpani. Rhythmic features, timbre characterisctics, microtonal substance and the heterophonic peculiarity of classical Ottoman music have been unified in a symphonic piece. This work as a whole represents Demirel's interpretation of imaginary contemporary Ottoman music of today, which does not exist.