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Talisker : for ensemble / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
cl cl-cb h cl-choir slag
Dura Lex : (Po Zakonu - By the law - De harde wet), for orchestra, 2001 / Jan Bus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4231 timp 3perc pf str
Rainfall on Pink City : for symphonic orchestra / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3(3rd +picc) 2 3(3rd +bcl) 2 / 4331 / perc (5 players) / hp / pf / strings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4354 6431 timp perc 2hp pf cel 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.