related works

les grillons sont d’exquises bruiteurs : for two pianists and a percussionist / Rick van Veldhuizen

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

Petite suite pour orgue : 1979 / Wim Brandse

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Organ
Scoring: org

Ballade : for guitar and harp, 1989 / Jurriaan Andriessen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: g hp

A New Day, A New Life : version for 2 flutes and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Flute and string orchestra
Scoring: 2fl 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