related works
cōnflārī : Version for cello, piano and French romantic organ / Rick van Veldhuizen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vc pf org
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK org str
Missa festiva : voor koor en orkest, '56 / Marius Monnikendam
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK4 2222 4221 timp perc hp str
King David, Symphony Nr. 1 : for orchestra, solo baritone and choir / Benjamin Ashkenazy
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
bar-solo GK 3fl 3ob eh 2cl cl-b 3fg cfg 6h 4tpt 3trb tb 2hp pf4h perc str
composition
Ausschweifungen : for chamber orchestra and optional choir / Rick van Veldhuizen
Other authors:
Veldhuizen, Rick van
(Composer)
Description:
Ausschweifungen is a tender fairy tale dedicated to a Ukrainian lover I met in Berlin, who passes his days half-conscious, on a whim. The fairy tale is that this person - who is the hero of the piece - with a blurry peripheral vision and sometimes half asleep in the street, has voices pitying him tenderly chanting to him, before a terrifying swarm of birds come to wake him up and exalt him (as those who live on the edge are hardly terrified by what would normally be seen as aberrant or terrifying).
Most of the piece is a vacillating, microtonal lullaby, which then flies off the rails and into a crooked - but sumptuous - apotheosis.
Rick van Veldhuizen