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Introduction : for english horn and (youth / school / amateur) orchestra / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Oboe and orchestra
Scoring:
eh-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 2trb tb 3perc pf str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp 4perc cel 1-2hp str
Le Moment : for bass clarinet and orchestra / Bernard van Beurden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
cl-b 3trp 2h 2trb tb hp vibr mar xyl glock tub-bells 2perc str
Opus labyrinthum lego : for orchestra, 1992-1994 / Cees van Zeeland
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2342 4220 perc 2hp 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.