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My Skeletonized Portrait : for violin and orchestra / Edward Top
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vl-solo 3fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc hp cel str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4330 timp 2perc hp str
Symfonie no. 1 : -1945- / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 42(-4)31 timp 4perc hp str
No reason to panic : for wind orchestra, percussion and double basses / Mayke Nas
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic) fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp perc 6cb
composition
Helix (2022 revision) : for orchestra / Edward Top
Other authors:
Top, Edward
(Composer)
Description:
Helix consists of a single motive that occurs in five different speeds. At the opening of the work it can be heard on its own - slowly - in the horn and strings, followed by denser sections where the music intensifies through diminution (the motive in faster appearances), spiralling in and out of the different speeds. An echoing technique derived from electronic delay as found in rock music emphasizes this spiralling. This echo can be heard throughout the six-minute composition, but starts right at the beginning as a layer in bassoons, percussion, harp and piano. The work shifts through different diatonic modes where Corellian suspension chains in the strings, again, underscore the spiralling motion. These elements combined result in a weightless twirling that eventually gravitates towards a more grounded climax.