composer
Bram Kortekaas (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989) studied composition with Willem Jeths and Wim Henderickx at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. From an early age, his love for writing for large ensembles and orchestra’s ...
related works
Notenkrakers' notulen : for soprano and orchestra / Bram Kortekaas; text by Lex Bohlmeijer
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Instruments:
sopr-solo 2fl(picc) 2ob(eh) 2cl(cl-b) 2fg(cfg) 2h 2tpt trb-t trb-b timp 2perc pf/cel hp str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Instruments:
sopr-m 1222 2000 str(6.6.4.4.4.)
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra; Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
alt str bc ; alt bc
Die nächtliche Heerschau : op. 23, 1922, m.s. van 1943 / ballade van Carl Loewe, ork. Willem Pijper
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Instruments:
bar 2223 4230 timp 3perc str
composition
Notenkrakers' notulen : for soprano and orchestra / Bram Kortekaas; text by Lex Bohlmeijer
Description:
Noisemakers were used to disturb the performance of the Concertgebouworkest on the 17th of November 1969. They consisted of metal bug clickers and, according to some sources, a small number of rattles and flutes.
In this composition, the events of that evening are recreated with Noisemakers by all players in the orchestra, except the strings. The noise should grow organically and randomly in bar 16 and fade out in the same fashion in bar 18. The players should do no effort to align their noises with their fellow musicians in terms of tempo or rhythm.
Louis Andriessen’s personal noisemaker (in Dutch: knijpkikker) is preserved in the Notenkrakers archive at the International Institute for Social History in Amsterdam.
Bram Kortekaas