related works
The Grey Tree : for Chinese chamber orchestra / Edward Top
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2dizi 2sheng suona 2perc yangqin pipa ruan guzheng 4erhu 2zhonghu vc db
Es schweigt : for soprano and ensemble, 1993, revision 1996 / Jan van de Putte
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr 1121 1110 2perc pf 2vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr mand-orch
Sortie : for mezzo-soprano, oboe, trombone, violin, violoncello and piano (opus 33) / Micha Hamel
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
m-sopr ob trb vl vc pf
composition
Family Songs : for soprano and chamber orchestra / Edward Top; text Martinus Nijhoff, Hanny Michaelis, Edward Top
Other authors:
Michaelis, Hanny
(Text writer/Librettist)
Nijhoff, Martinus
(Text writer/Librettist)
Top, Edward
(Text writer/Librettist)
Top, Edward
(Composer)
Description:
In Family Songs it was my objective to move towards simplicity and away from my usually complex and maximalist style. The texts, in both Dutch – my mother tongue - and English, are all chosen and written to express the honesty of life, memory and expectations of parent- and childhood. As such, upon reading, they almost dictated the music in an intuitive and folk-music-like way.
Edward Top, 2013