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
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra with electronics
Divertimento : for orchestra / Rosy Wertheim
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
Orchestra
Affiche pour la reouverture du magasin : orchestre / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3333 4331 timp 5perc hp str
De hel van het noorden : voor orkest, 1992 / Jan Bus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2sax-a 2110 str
composition
Shadows with Melodies : for symphony (youth) orchestra / 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.