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
Nobody is Perfect ! (Jonathan Harvey Sixty) : for flute, clarinet and piano / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl cl pf
Prayer, Torture and Ecstasy : for violoncello solo, 1990 / Vanessa Lann
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Petite suite archaïque : pour violoncelle, 1953 / Simon Pluister
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Sonata : for violoncello solo, 1987 / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
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.