related works

Vie di scampo : for dulcian, baroque trombone, organ, triple harp, 2 baroque violins, violone / viola da gamba and electronics / Rick van Veldhuizen

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring: dulcian trb org hp 2vn viola da gamba tape

HCE : for soprano and ensemble / Robert Groslot; text by James Joyce

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and large ensemble
Scoring: zang fl(picc/fl-a) ob hp cemb 2vn vla vc db

Le tombeau de Van Gogh : 20 pièces pour piano, 1951 / Fré Focke

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Missa Majellana : 4-stemmig gemengd koor en orgel (strijkorkest ad libitum), 1984 / Nico Hermans

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and orchestra; Mixed choir and organ
Scoring: GK4 org (str ad lib.)

composition

weltjugend U6 [1984] : for reed quintet and electronics / Rick van Veldhuizen

Author(s):
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