related works
Talisker : for ensemble / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
cl cl-cb h cl-choir slag
Ricercare : for orchestra, 1992 / Willem Dragstra
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
(GK4 ad lib.) 2222 4221 4perc hp (org ad lib.) pf(cel) str
Rondo festoso : voor orkest, op. 57, 1956 / Marius Flothuis
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob 2cl fg fg(cfg) 4h 3trp 3trb timp perc str
Commentary : for orchestra / Misja Mengelberg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2121 sax-s 1111 timp perc xyl mar cel hp man acc cemb pf mouth-org 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.