related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Le Mirage : for orchestra / Lina Tonia
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 4trb timp 2perc str
Qwerty : for chamber orchestra, 2002 / Tomas Hendriks
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2210 perc str
Trois préludes : pour orchestre, 1969 / instrumentation 1981, John Borstlap
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3332 4330 timp perc hp str
composition
Dancing to an Orange Drummer : Version for orchestra / Vanessa Lann
Other authors:
Lann, Vanessa
(Composer)
Description:
The title Dancing to an Orange Drummer comes from the expression "moving to the beat of a different drummer." The piece was inspired by the challenge of moving to a new country (in this case, the Netherlands), and for the composer this meant feeling, and enjoying, the very different beat and energy of new people, places and customs. Lann uses two contrasting elements that gradually merge: simple melodies in the brass begin the work, against a repeated rhythmic pattern in the other instruments. The two groups do clash with each other, but eventually the brass instruments take over aspects of the rhythmic pattern, while the others imitate the brass melody. This climaxes in a new unity in orchestral sound by the end of the piece. The original big band version of this work was written in 1993 for the Dutch ensemble De Ereprijs; the version for symphony orchestra was completed on request of the Boston Pops Orchestra on the occasion of their performance in May 2015 in Symphony Hall (Boston, USA).