composer
Edward Top was born in Ommen, the Netherlands, in 1972. Top has lived and worked in London, Bangkok, and Rotterdam. He now lives in Vancouver, Canada. Top studied composition and ...
related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
fl ob cl cl-b fg h perc hp str
Pretty beautiful : for 12 wind instruments / Giel Vleggaar, 2010
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
2ob eh 2cl cl-b cl-cb 2fg cfg sax-a sax-t
Time Processional : for wind ensemble / Douglas Knehans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
Symphonietta : voor blaasinstrumenten / Willem van Otterloo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2 ob ca 2cl bcl 4hn 2fg cfg
composition
Riff : for wind ensemble / Edward Top
Description:
Riff is built on a chromatic theme in parallel fifths (‘power chords’) with a direct-ness and rawness of a heavy-metal riff. Similar to a theme-and-variations form, this theme goes through several metamorphoses. Towards the climactic end it returns in its original guise, as a recapitulation with additional dissonant stabs in a cubistic rhythm.
Edward Top, 2014