composer
Bram Kortekaas was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1989. He studied composition with Willem Jeths and Wim Henderickx at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and political science at the University ...
related works
L'Élue : Prelude pour orchestre / Bram Kortekaas
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 3fl(picc) fl-a 3ob 2eh 3cl 2cl-b 3fg 2cfg 8h 5tpt(tpt-b) 3trb 2tb 2timp 3perc str
Variaties '85 : voor orkest, (1985) / Jelle Hogenhuis
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4220 timp 2perc str
3e suite voor orkest : 1932 / Willem van Otterloo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3143 4331 timp 4perc 2hp str
2de symphonie Cis gr.t. : voor groot orkest, gecomp. in 1965 / Henk Bijvanck
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp 4perc hp str
composition
Cosmic Cliffs : for chamber orchestra / Bram Kortekaas
Description:
In 2015 I wrote a composition inspired by an image from the Hubble Space Telescope: The Pillars of Creation. Recently, NASA published the first images that are made with their new James Webb Space Telescope. It includes a picture of the Cosmic Cliffs: a cosmic landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” at the edge of the Carina Nebula, the birthplace of new stars.
The new image captivated me and seemed to deserve a composition of its own. While composing, I envisioned a visit by the Voyager 1 spacecraft to the Cosmic Cliffs. In my imagination it performs its cosmic concert by playing the Voyager Golden Record, which includes amongst others a recording of the Georgian choral song “Chakrulo”. This choir has infinite space as its concert hall, but, perhaps, no-one to listen to it.
The composition mixes a number of feelings and impressions, like the awe for the beauty of the cosmos and the incomprehensible size of the Cosmic Cliffs with its peaks of seven lightyears tall, the desolateness of space and the lonesome trajectory of the Voyager Spacecraft and its music.
Bram Kortekaas