composer

Samson, René

René Samson (1948-2019) was born in Paramaribo, the capital city of Surinam (former Dutch Guyana in South America). He grew up in a home where music (from classical music to ...

related works

Kinot (Klaagzangen) : Oratorium voor gemengd koor, koperensemble, slagwerk en harp / René Samson; Op teksten uit het Oude Testament (Jeremia’s Klaagzangen en Psalm 23) en een gedicht van Nelly Sachs

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and large ensemble
Scoring: GK4 4trp 4h 4trb trb-b tb 2perc hp

Magnificat : voor zangstem, fluit en piano, (1971) / Jacques Reuland

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: alt-m fl pf

and somewhere in between : for soprano, tenor trombone, piano, violin, double bass and loudspeakers / Piet-Jan van Rossum

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr trb-t pf vn db

Finale : voor bariton, altsaxofoon/basklarinet en marimba/vibrafoon = for baritone, alto saxophone/bass clarinet and marimba/vibraphone, 1984 (rev. 1986) / tekst = words Fer Bank, Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: bar sax-a(cl-b) mar(vibr)

composition

Songs of Love and Merriment : Six Elisabethan songs for mezzo-soprano and harp / René Samson; lyrics by Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Thomas Campion, Anonymous, William Shakespeare, John Lyly