related works

Dirt to Gold : for chamber orchestra / Brendan Faegre

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp trb trb-b timp perc hp 2vln vla vc db

Rapprochement : for microtonal ensemble / Arnold Marinissen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: Carrillo piano, Fokker organ, meantone guitar, percussion, shadow parts

No Name I & II : Two pieces for oboe and violin / Calliope Tsoupaki

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: ob vn

Espaces à remplir : pour onze musiciens, (1963) / Rob du Bois

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 2cl sax-t trp trb tb perc vibr pf cb

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