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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp trb tb 3perc hp pf cel str
Scènes de ballet : voor orkest / Henri Zagwijn
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp perc str
Sinfonia giocosa : per orchestra, (1964) / Johan Weegenhuise
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
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1. Sinfonia jubilata : 1975, per orchestra / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4443 4431 timp 3perc hp 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.