related works
cōnflārī : Version for cello, piano and French romantic organ / Rick van Veldhuizen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vc pf org
Sonatine : voor fluitsolo, 1959 / Will Eisma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute
Scoring:
fl
Three poems by KS : for soprano and piano / Marijn Simons ; text: Karina Sabac
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
sopr pf
Haiku II : for soprano and orchestra, (1968) / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr 3fl fl(pic) 3ob ob(ob-am) 4cl 4fg 4h 4trp 4trb tb 3perc vibr(mar) str(16.14.12.10.8.)
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