composer
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, ...
related works
Fire Column (Piano Concerto Nº 2) : for piano and string orchestra / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and string orchestra
Scoring:
pf str
String quartet nr. 5 : with electronic tape ad lib., 1992 / James Fulkerson
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello); Electronics and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s); String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) with electronics
Scoring:
2vl vla vc (tape ad lib.)
Translucent I : for soundtracks and string quartet, 1976 / Ton Bruynèl
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello); Electronics with different instruments; String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) with electronics
Scoring:
2vl vla vc tape
Helena is coming later : string quartet, ARP-synthesizer / Will Eisma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello); Electronics with different instruments; String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) with electronics
Scoring:
2vl vla vc arp-synthesizer
composition
TURO : for string quartet and tape / Marijn Simons
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