related works
The stillpoint : for violin and vibraphone, opus 4, 1994/1995 / Edward Top
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vibr vl
Concerto grosso "2000" ("La Creazione") : for winds and percussion / André Laporte
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
3fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb-bass 3perc
Intrada festiva : 1971, per 4 corni, 4 trombe e 4 tromboni / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
0000 4440
Triade : fiati d'ottone, timpani, 1975 / Mathieu Geelen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
0000 3231 2crt timp
composition
Riff : for wind ensemble / Edward Top
Other authors:
Top, Edward
(Composer)
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