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Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
zang/rec-t str tape
Symphony No. 2 : for orchestra / Erik Lotichius
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2bsn 3h 3tp 2trb timp perc str
BLEEDING (Similar: Chapter V) : for 13 brass instruments / Maxim Shalygin
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (13 or more players)
Scoring:
4tpt 4h 4trb tb
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
sopr ten bar bas-bar 3343 2sax 4332 timp 5perc hp g-b acc pf 2synth str
composition
weltjugend U6 [1984] : for reed quintet and electronics / Rick van Veldhuizen
Other authors:
Veldhuizen, Rick van
(Composer)
Description:
In Berlin, in 1984, while the city was divided, some underground lines serving the West-Berlin underground passed underneath the eastern part of the city, passing multiple dimly-lit stations without stopping. One of those stations was Stadion der Weltjugend (now: Schwartzkopffstraße) on the current line U6, which was a ghost station for all of the Cold War, which didn’t prevent the GDR authorities to rename it not once, but twice. weltjugend U6 [1984] paints the dilapidated station, where only aural clues – of passing trains, of rock music on broken radios, of dripping water, remain at this station. In the middle of the piece, the impression of the station breaks down into a desperate, violent cry of help – the youth of the world trying to undo the mistakes of generations upon generations of their ancestors.
Rick van Veldhuizen