related works

Effusion : for soprano saxophone and piano / Brendan Faegre

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: sax-s pf

aarde : for panpipes and organ / Piet-Jan van Rossum

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: panpipe org

This is Life (It seems like people get burned many times over) : for clarinet, vibraphone and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl vib 4vl 2vla 2vc db

Grosso modo : for wind octet and percussion, 1997 / Maarten van Norden

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl ob cl cl-b fg h trp trb perc

composition

From the Asphalt to the Spires : for carillon and percussion / Brendan Faegre

Other authors:
Faegre, Brendan (Composer)
Description:
As part of an exhibition celebrating Dutch sculptor Auke de Vries’s 80th birthday, Slagwerk Den Haag asked me to compose a new work based on one of Auke’s concepts: a conversation between the bells of a carillon and percussionists elevated to the same height.
From the Asphalt to the Spires surrounds the carillon with percussionists on adjacent balconies, rooftops, and particularly resonant alcoves. The carillon was designed to be heard throughout the city, and through the dialogues and arguments between percussion and bells, the carillon’s massive sonic reach is made visible. New connections are made between the architecture, space, and sounds of the city.
Brendan Faegre