composer

Simons, Marijn

Marijn Simons was born in The Netherlands on December 25, 1982. He studied violin with Prof. Saschko Gawriloff, composition with Daan Manneke and James MacMillan and conducting with Ed Spanjaard, ...

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composition

TURO : for string quartet and tape / Marijn Simons

Publisher's number: 11738
Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) with electronics
Scoring: 2vl vla vc tape
Remarks: Opus 44. Originally composed as ballet in three acts. '
Duration: 33'00"
Number of players: 4
Year of composition: 2008
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Description:
Joost Vrouenraets on TURO:

The title has been taken from Esperanto, an international artificial language which has especially been designed for communication between people from different cultures. A full language in which all the nuances of human thinking can be expressed. Turo translated into English means ‘tower’.

For this work’s script I have been inspired by Genesis 11, 1-9 The Tower of Babel. Geographically Babylon represents the crossroads where the worlds of East and West meet.

TURO is in 3 acts and 10 movements. The title of each movement is dramaturgically defining. From heavenly atmospheres it descends to Earth where it finds apotheosis in the enlightenment.

© 2008 by Joost Vrouenraets
English translation by Marijn Simons

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