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
Farewell Songs : for countertenor, Baroque ensemble, and Chinese instruments / Edward Top
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zzang suona 2erhu saxkbut perc cemb vn vc db
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr 1111 1110 pf vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble; Vocal Ensemble (2-12) and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr/2sopr 1110 0000 2perc man g hp pf/cemb vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr mand-orch
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