related works
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
zang/rec-t str tape
St. Franciscus' Zonnelied / muziek van Theo v.d. Bijl, vertaling: Chr. Mertz
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
ten 2222 4221 timp hp org str
Übergänge : Text vomKomponisten, für Singstimme, Flöte und Klavier, 2. Folge, 1955 / Fré Focke
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
medium fl pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
medium 2332 0000 glock cel hp str vc-solo
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