related works
String Quartet Nº 2 / Rieteke Hölscher
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vn vla vc
We're having a party : for chamber orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2clBb 2bsn sax-a fr.h tpt trb dr 2vl vla vc cb
Prélude de ballet : per orchestra, arr. per orch. piccola, (orch. d'amatori), 1963 / Harold C. King
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1010 0000 pf str
Ricordanza : 2005/2006 / Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
composition
Il cibo per la Musica : a musical menu for symphony orchestra / Rieteke Hölscher
Other authors:
Hölscher, Rieteke
(Composer)
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