composer
Rudi Martinus van Dijk werd op 27 maart 1932 in Culemborg geboren. Hij overleed op 29 november 2003 in East Sussex, Engeland.
Opleiding
Op zijn twaalfde jaar kwam hij in de voorbereidende ...
related works
A touch of the Blues : for piano solo, 1998 / Rudi M. van Dijk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK4 2222 2221 timp perc str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
alto GK 2fl/picc 2ov 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 5perc gtr hp pf str
Todesfuge : per basso-solo, coro a 4 voci ed orchestra / Wim Dirriwachter; tekst van Paul Celan
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
bas GK4 2232 4220 timp 2perc pf str
composition
A Christmas Cantata (Now is the Prophet's Time) : for solo tenor, school choir, mixed choir and orchestra / Music: Rudi M. van Dijk; text: Prof. George Johnston
Other authors:
Johnston, George
(librettist)
Description:
This little Cantata is not a claim to stylistic originality. It is tonal (sometimes polychordal). I felt a need to make an effort with the utilitarian in mind.
The hymn (130th psalm) is European. This short work could be programmed with other short compositions at a Christmas concert.
The other motivation originated when, while visiting “Le Père Lachaisse” in Paris, looking for the grave of Fr. Chopin, I got lost in a maze of little paths and suddenly found myself at Francis Poulenc’s resting-place. This explains a motif throughout this work, which occurs in Poulenc’s Gloria.
Suitable for college and highschool performance because the difficulty is very moderate.