related works

Transparence : for mixed choir and brass instruments, version for trumpet, 2 horns, 2 trombones and tuba, 1986 / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring: 3sopr 3sopr-m 3alt 3ten 3bar 3bas h 2trp 2trb tb

Momentum : for bass clarinet, harpsichord & tape, 1991 / Roderik de Man

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Electronics with different instruments; Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring: cl-b cemb tape

Chimaera : for bass clarinet and stereophonic magnetic tape, (1974) / Enrique Raxach

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet; Electronics with different instruments; Clarinet with multimedia
Scoring: cl-b tape

Cairngorm : for clarinet quartet, 1990 / Will Eisma

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: 3cl cl-b

composition

Mountains : bass clarinet, tape, 1977 / Ton de Leeuw

Other authors:
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