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Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Band
Scoring: picc 2fl fl-a 2ob eh 2fg cfg 4cl cl-b cl-ca 5sax 2corn 3tpt 4h 2trb-t trb-b euph tb timp 5perc hp pf

Adagio cantabile : per pianoforte, (1967) / Henk Badings

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Draaidans : opus 75, voor blazers, slagwerk, piano en contrabas, 1962 / Lex van Delden

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 0000 5sax 0431 perc xyl pf cb

Urban Turban : Version for flute, violin and piano / Ned McGowan

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl vl pf

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