related works
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
zang/rec-t str tape
Achaé, la docile amie : for clarinet and orchestra / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Clarinet and orchestra
Scoring:
cl-solo 3fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 3trb tb 3perc hp pf str
III. Symphonie : op. 40 / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3343 4331 timp perc xyl hp str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and organ
Scoring:
4-5voices org
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