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Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
zang/rec-t str tape
Mania : for wind quintet / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind quintet
Scoring:
ob 2cl sax-a fg
Canon a 3 voci : voor ad libitum bezetting, 1988 / Maarten Bon
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation; Vocal ensemble (2-12)
Scoring:
variable
Schumann’s last procession : for contrabass trombone and harp / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
trb-cb hp
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