related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
medium pf
Ut, re, mi, sol, la : voor blaaskwintet, strijkkwintet en piano, 1982 / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string and keyboard instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl(pic) ob(eh) bh fg h 2vl vla vc cb pf
Trio : altsaxofoon, altviool, piano, 1982/83 / Simon Burgers
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string and keyboard instrument(s)
Scoring:
sax-a vla pf
Polskie miasta : = (Polish cities), for six players, 1981 / Tera de Marez Oyens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Wind and string and keyboard instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl ob vl(vla) vla vc pf
composition
Oriënt Express : fantasie voor saxofoon (klarinet), altviool en piano, 1982 / Peter Visser
Other authors:
Visser, Peter
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): 'Orient Express' was written on the special request of saxophone player Arno Bornkamp, who liked yo have a piece for his ensemble in the 'Hindemith constellation' of tenor saxophone, viola and piano. Since a clarinet trio along the lines of Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio was also asked for, and since I felt the range of the tenor saxophone to be too limited, I decided to conceive the work in such a way that the first movement could be played by tenor saxophone of clarinet and the second by alto saxophone or clarinet. 'Orient Express' came into being partly owing to my love of East European folk music, especially Balkan music. However, I realized that, not being a native, I could not integrate and use the elements of this music in the way composers such as Bartók did. The approach of the well-known Dutch group Flairck, and the wareness that one will always remain a Western 'tourist' in this idiom, inspired the style and the name of the composition; the name was also chosen because of
the motile force of the elements, particularly in the final movement. This is the main part of the composition, on which the whole first part - of a more or less improvising character - is focused. Apparently, the musicians are probing and playing solos behore they really find each other in this turbulent toccata, in which all the elements of the work come together. - PETER VISSER