related works
Midare : for marimba, (1972) / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
mar
Lucent aquarelle : 2001 / Takayuki Rai
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Electronics with different instruments
Collected papers II : for a solo instrument, percussion and synthesizer, Will Eisma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation; Electronics with different instruments; Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia; Variable instrumentation with multimedia
Scoring:
perc synth solo-instr
Entanglements : for one recorder player and magnetic tape, 1987, revision 1992 / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Recorder; Electronics with different instruments; Recorder with multimedia
Scoring:
rec tape
composition
Mountains : bass clarinet, tape, 1977 / Ton de Leeuw
Author(s):
Leeuw, Ton de
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): At the heart of this work is an integration of the instrumental and electronic sounds rather than opposition. On the one hand, many of the electronic passages almost seem to become live music, owing to the very detailed flexible shape, whilst on the other hand the bass clarinet describes curves which come close to those of some of the electronic connections.
The musical events develop slowly and over long periods; in addition, there are many built-in repetitions with continuous subtle variations. The slowly ascending and falling lines, the high plateaus on which the music seems to stand still, readily provided me with the title - "Mountains". Echoes of folk music can be heard throughout, eternal and not confined to any one setting, mingled with the contemporary idiom and the electronic means that are used. The tape was made by voltage-controls equipment in the composer's studio. The aim is to create all the variants that occur from a programme determinated in advance. - TON DE LEEUW