composer
Rieteke Hölscher (1969) studied piano classical music and jazz / pop at the conservatory of the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (1987-1992) with Frans van Dalen and Tine Schneider, also ...
related works
Eigen-wijsje Nº 2 (Wildlife) : for piano / Rieteke Hölscher
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Triple Concertino : for three solo woodwinds and orchestra / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
eh-solo cl-b-solo cfg-solo 2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt timp 2perc str
Sonate opus 1 : for orchestra, 1907-1908 instrumentation 1984 / Theo Verbey, Alban Berg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl fl(pic) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc hp str
Symfonietta : voor orkest, 1959 / Antoon Maessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2220 timp perc str
composition
Il cibo per la Musica : a musical menu for symphony orchestra / Rieteke Hölscher
Description:
Il Cibo per la Musica’ is a musical menu for symphony orchestra, food for the musical mind. I wrote the composition at request of Erik Waerts, conductor of Jeugdsymfonieorkest Bloembollenstreek.
The titles of the movements are inspired by Italian dishes, but the translation of these dishes are not always proper Italian. For example, the word “pizza” is female - but because “fortissimo” is a general musical term I took the liberty to use an incorrect conjugation for the title of the first part. Also pizza isn’t a dish that actually belong to the category antipasto. I hope the Italians may forgive me!
And although the Italian word for nuts (‘noci’) has a double meaning in Dutch (‘noten’: musical notes and nuts to eat) - the word has a single meaning in Italian. ‘Noci’ only refers in Italian to food, not to musical notes.
As with an Italian meal, one can choose from the menu, not all movements have to be played.
Each movement contains an educational element and also includes extended techniques in contemporary music - such as air sounds, keyslaps, feathered beams and indefinite events - something new and different in every movement.
Rieteke Hölscher - Kortenhoef, 2017