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24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Hommage (Symphony NÂș 3) : for orchestra / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb timp 3perc hp pf str
The eternal return : = De eeuwige terugkeer = Die ewige Wiederkehr, for orchestra / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb 3perc str
Diaphonie : for orchestra / Karel Goeyvaerts; edited by Max Erwin
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl/picc 3ob 5cl 2fg 3h tpt 5trb-ten tb hp pf cemb/pf 24vn 12db
composition
Ritratto : Orchestral suite / Willem Jeths
Author(s):
Jeths, Willem
(Composer)
Description:
Ritratto is the Italian word for 'portrait' and the title of this opera. The young orphaned and married, excessively wealthy Italian Marchesa Casati strove to be seen throughout her life. She was famous for the exuberant parties she organized. She allowed herself to be portrayed or photographed by numerous artists.
With her black-rimmed eyes, her flaming red hair and eccentric behaviour she tried to gain a place in the art world. Against the background of the first world war, the libretto questions the importance of art.
At a feast of Casati, all sorts of artists from the time of Casati are brought together. At the time, it was the Futurists who paved the way for fascism with their art. Casati does not engage with secular problems and focuses on her passion. In opera she goes even further than in real life; by not seeing, she tries to be seen herself.