composer
Luc Brewaeys was born on August 25, in 1959 in Mortsel (Belgium) and passed away on December 18, in 2015.
Education: He studied composition with André Laporte in Brussels (Belgium), with ...
related works
...e poi c’era… : Symphony Nº 1 / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb 4perc hp pf perc
Soliloquist : for cello / Wassim Ibrahim
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Sonata : per violoncello solo, opus 63, 1958 / Lex van Delden
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Sonatine : pour deux violoncelles, 1956 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
2vc
composition
Per André L. 80 : for violoncello / Luc Brewaeys
Description:
This short composition was the first I composed after months of severe illness, and written for solo violoncello as a surprise for the 80th Birthday of my former teacher and friend André Laporte.
The first performance has been given by cellist Seraphine Stragier on July 24, 2011 during a dinner party on that occasion.
The piece is based on harmonics (flageolet tones) and multiphonics, with extremely subtle sounds, delicate and (sometimes) pretty hard to produce correctly. There are maybe 4 or 5 'normal' notes in the work. As a tribute to André I wrote a slightly arranged quotation -with flageolets, of course- of the main theme of his opera "Das Schloss" ("The Castle", after Kafka), which he composed in the early 80's for the Brussels National Opera La Monnaie/De Munt.