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
... en weende hij bitter : voor viool, violoncello en piano, 2000/2001 / Edward Top
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano Trio (piano, violin, cello)
Scoring:
pf vl vc
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
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
Phases of the Wind : for 2nd grade band / Douglas Knehans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
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