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
Sextet in G-major : for string sextet, 1931 / ed. by John Smit, Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
2vl 2vla 2vc
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Electronic music
The Boy Without Shoes : for string quartet / Jannum Kruidhof
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
str
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