related works
Fred’s Hallucination : for piano / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
See-through : for orchestra, 2000, revision 2001 / Michel van der Aa
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic fl 2ob 2cl cl-b fg 4h 4trp 3trb tb 4perc hp str
Modern times sonata : Arrangement for orchestra / Ignace Lilien; arranged by Dolf de Kinkelder
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl ob(eh) cl sax-s sax-a sax-t cl-b fg h 3trp 3trb tb 3perc hp pf str
Am ende des Regenbogens : für Orchester, 1980 / Enrique Raxach
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4444 4441 timp 3perc str
composition
Shadows with Melodies : for symphony (youth) orchestra / Luc Brewaeys
Other authors:
Brewaeys, Luc
(Composer)
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.