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...e poi c’era… : Symphony Nº 1 / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb 4perc hp pf perc
Gruppi : per 20 strumenti e percussione, (1962; revisione 1980) / Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl ob cl fg h trp trb tb 5perc xyl vibr hp str(6.4.0.1.)
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt timp str
... cascade... echo... : for orchestra / Douglas Knehans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
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.