composer
Lowell Dykstra is op 14 september geboren in Exeter, Huron County (Ontario), Canada. Op zevenjarige leeftijd emigreert hij met zijn familie naar Nederland. Hij studeert gitaar bij Guido Topper aan ...
related works
The pride parade : for orchestra, 1998 / Lowell Dijkstra
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3332 4331 timp 2perc hp str
The Four Quartets : for four singers/players / Alexander Manotskov
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr/pf tec/vla bar/perc bass/g-e
Fuji Dichtungen / Jacques Reuland
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr cl pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr-m 4sax
composition
Lyrics of Life : for soprano and guitar / Lowell Dykstra; lyrics by W. Sharp, P.B. Shelley, W.H. Davids, E.A. Poe, E. Dickinson, L. Marks, S. Teasdale
Description:
Lyrics of Life are the outcome of two musical worlds: my background in popular music and the classical. Having grown up in the 60s and 70s my musical expression was mainly formed by pop music with a special focus on singer-song writers such as Paul Simon and Don McClean. However, as of 1980 or so, my interest switched to classical music. Yet somehow, I knew that someday I would write a piece for voice and guitar where both genres could meet. It is in these songs that I strongly feel I have achieved this. Although classical in form and idiom, they touch the directness of popular song.
Lowell Dykstra