related works
A Tí Te Toca : para dos pianos y orquesta / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
fl(ad lib picc) fl(picc) ob ob(ca) cl cl(bcl) bsn(ad lib cbsn) bsn(cbsn) 2h tpt(ad lib d or picc tpt) tpt t-trb b-trb perc(5-6) kbd(ad lib) str(8.6.4.4.2) 2 pno-solo
Partita : per violoncello, (opus 62), 1978-'79 / Hendrik de Regt
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Prelude : for violoncello solo / Anna Leonova
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Cello concerto : for one cellist & tape, 1986 / Tera de Marez Oyens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello; Electronics with different instruments; Cello with multimedia
Scoring:
vc tape
composition
Vita Fugax : for cello / Marijn Simons
Author(s):
Simons, Marijn
(Composer)
Description:
Vita Fugax means "fleeting life".
The opening movement, Secret Societies, is a social commentary on behind-closed-doors politics and silly conspiracy theories.
The second movement, Futurology, is based on Stanislaw Lem's novel The Futurological Congress.
The third movement, Christian Extremism, is a statement against extremism (of any sort), which, unfortunately, is still too much a part of our present society.
The final movement's title, A Fairy Story, comes from a quote by a man I admire, Stephen Hawking: "A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a fairy story for people afraid of death."
Marijn Simons