related works

The overwhelming blankness of the ultimate meaninglessness of tragedy : for 2 ensembles, soprano and actor, 1995-1996 / words: Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz, Amnesty International, Edward Top

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and large ensemble
Scoring: sopr recit 1111 1110 perc vibr hp pf 2vl vla vc cb

Verzamelde liederen / arr. Toek Numan, Modest Musorgskij

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and large ensemble

Wesendonk Lieder : 1857; bew. 2006 / bew. Geert van Keulen, Richard Wagner

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and large ensemble

The Tell-Tale Heart : Monodrama for soprano and ensemble / Willem Jeths; arranged by Fergus McAlphine. Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and large ensemble
Scoring: sopr fl/picc ob/eh cl fg h 2perc mar acc pf 2vn vla vc db

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