related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Momentum : for bass clarinet, harpsichord & tape, 1991 / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Electronics with different instruments; Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
cl-b cemb tape
Green drake : for bassoon solo and ensemble / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
acc 2vl vla vc cb bsn-solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
ob / ob vc / ob vc pf / ob vn vc pf / vn vc pf / vn pf / pf
composition
In Transit : for string quartet and percussion / Joey Roukens
Author(s):
Roukens, Joey
(Composer)
Description:
In Transit is a 15-minute piece for string quartet and percussion, in which the music sounds as if it is continually in flux, like a kind of endless search for stability, which is not reached until the last five minutes of the piece. The first ten minutes are highly energetic, vibrant and with a strong rhythmic element, full of syncopations that may evoke the sound of rock and electronic dance music. Because of the music’s persistent forward momentum, the listener feels as if he is in transit on a journey and doesn’t know what his destination will be. Sometimes the music becomes more threatening and dark, other times it sounds more uplifting and groovy. Also, sometimes the music takes a ‘wrong turn’ (such as the short slow intermezzo, after which the energy of before is quickly restored and the old road retaken). After 9 or so minutes the music gets more and more intense and finally explodes into a ferocious, plaintive climax. It is only after the climax has faded away that the piece reaches its destination in its last five minutes, where the restless energy gives way to a slow, expressive chorale-like conclusion.