related works
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
Variaties : op een Nederlands volkslied, voor orkest en koor / Géza Frid
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
(GK4 ad lib.) 3243 sax-a 4331 timp 3perc str
Oud-Nederland : Suite voor orkest / Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl picc 2ob 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb-ten trb-b tb 3timp perc str
Concerto : per orchestra, 1982 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl(pic) 2ob eh 3cl cl-b 2fg cfg sax-a 4h 3trp 3 trb tb timp 4perc hp str
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.