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
De glans van Hellas : voor gemengd koor en orkest / Antoon Maessen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK4 2222 4230 timp perc str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Jaergetijde : voor gemengd koor en orkest / Jan van Dijk; tekst J. v/d Vondel
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK4 1020 2211 timp org 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