related works
mais le corps taché d'ombres : for harp and string orchestra / Rick van Veldhuizen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Harp and string orchestra
Scoring:
hp-solo str
Labyrint : for tuba solo, 1994 / on words by Jorge Luis Borges, Ron Ford
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Tuba
Scoring:
tb (recit)
Vier Warren-liederen : versie voor bariton en strijkkwintet, 1996 / Hans Broekman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
bar 2vl vla vc cb
One/Life : for piano quintet / Vanessa Lann
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano quintet (piano, 2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vn vla vc 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