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24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and large ensemble
Scoring:
4sax 8perc 4mar sax-a-solo
Winterconcerto : for soprano saxophone and orchestra, 1984 / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and large ensemble
Scoring:
2222 2220 3perc hp 14vl 4vla 4vc 2cb sax-s-solo
ShhBang : for alto saxophone and ensemble, 1996 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and large ensemble
Scoring:
0100 3sax 0220 2perc el.g g-b pf(ampl.) org/synth sax-a-solo
composition
Tallahatchie Concerto : version for alto saxophone and wind orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis; scored by R. Mark Rogers, 2001 ; arr. 2009
Other authors:
Rogers, R. Mark
(Editor)
Veldhuis, Jacob ter
(Composer)
Contains:
Slow
Fast
Description:
Program note (English): The Tallahatchie Concerto is the first piece that I wrote after the oratorio Paradiso, my 'magnus opus' so far. This is the reason why 'pink shadows of heavenly orange clouds' hang over the opening adagietto of the piece. The Tallahatchie Concerto is in fact a streched out crescendo/accelerando, in which the saxophone gradually leads us from celestial atmospheres into terrestrial ones. I regard this Concerto as an abstract piece of music, which is quite exceptional in my work, because I love to connect an anecdote to each composition. All I can say about the piece is that the word 'tallahatchie' occured to me spontanuosly. It appeared to be a native-American word, meaning 'river of rocks', which is in my opinion an apt metaphor for this concerto. I also think that there is some similarity with pieces such as 'Les Soupirs de Rameau', the 'Goldrush Concerto' or my third string quartet 'There must be some way out of here'. All these works are 'dreamed expeditions', composed
voyages of discovery for moments of beauty, bliss and ecstasy. - JACOB TER VELDHUIS