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
Pots 'n Pans Falling : for 6 amplified musicians and recorded child violinist / Edward Top
Genre:
Electronical music
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met elektronica
Instruments:
fl cl perc pf vn vc tape
A crossing place : for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble, 1989 / Frank de Munnik
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Instruments:
sopr-m 1121 1110 perc hp pf vl vla vc cb
Speechless : for voice and ensemble / Maarten Altena
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Instruments:
zang fl-a ob cl fg h tpt trb 3cymb pf hp 2vn vla vlc db
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Instruments:
sopr 1121 1110 perc hp pf 2vl vla vc cb
composition
Family Songs : for soprano and chamber orchestra / Edward Top; text Martinus Nijhoff, Hanny Michaelis, Edward Top
Other authors:
Michaelis, Hanny
(librettist)
Nijhoff, Martinus
(librettist)
Top, Edward
(librettist)
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