related works
Bass Trombone Concerto : for bass trombone and orchestra / Edward Top
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trombone and orchestra
Scoring:
trb-b-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp trb timp perc pf str
Ouverture Gijsbrecht van Aemstel : voor orkest / Johannes Verhulst
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp perc str
1e Symfonie : 1984 / Kees Schoonenbeek
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3232 4431 3perc str
Concerto : per percussione, celesta e strumenti a corda, opus 94 / Lex van Delden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
0000 0000 timp perc vibr xyl cel hp pf 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.