composer
Lex van Delden was born Alexander Zwaap on September 10, 1919 in Amsterdam the only child of Wolf Zwaap, a school teacher, and Sara Olivier. He died on July 1, ...
related works
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2000 timp perc str vl-vla-cb-solo
Te Deum laudamus : voor gemengd koor en orkest, 1947 / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK4 3222 4331 timp str
And nothing death : 2007 / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr GK orch
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
bar GK4 2222 2200 timp perc str
composition
De Vogel Vrijheid: Oratorium in drie delen : voor baritonsolo, sopraansolo, kinderkoor, gemengd koor en orkest / Lex van Delden; text Jan Willem Schulte Nordholt
Description:
The series 'Forbidden Music Regained' proudly presents works by composers who were persecuted during the Second World War. Performances of these works were forbidden during the war. Many composers were imprisoned, several did not survive and others went into hiding.
After the war a new generation took over. The pre-war composers were soon forgotten and their compositions remained hidden in closets and archives or fell otherwise into oblivion. In recent decades
numerous works have been rediscovered through the efforts of the Leo Smit Foundation. Some scores were found in attics, others in a garden shed and a pile of music was found by young children next to a garbage can. These compositions are of a high quality and deserve to be performed again. The diversity of styles represents the entire spectrum of the first half of the Twentieth century: romanticism, impressionism, modernism, neoclassicism, jazz, and so forth. This project aims to encourage musicians, young and old, from across the globe to perform these compositions, and for concert audiences to (once again) become acquainted with this “unheard” music.