composer
Joep Straesser was born in Amsterdam on March 11, 1934. He died on September 22, 2004 in Loenersloot.
Joep Straesser studied musicology from 1953 to 1955 at the University of Amsterdam.
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genesis : saxofoonkwintet en strijkkwintet, 2001 / Nathalie Boogers
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
5sax str
Concert spirituel : flûte, hautbois, violon, violoncelle, 1966-1967 / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl ob vl vc
Trio Nakupenda : for flute, violin and viola / Joop Voorn
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl vl vla
composition
Intersections 4 : for oboe, violin, viola and 'cello, 1972, rev. 1984 / Joep Straesser
Contains:
Moderato
Allegretto
Presto
Lento
Description:
Program note (English): 'Just like the Spring Quartet' for string quartet (1971), this work shows a clear sobering down compared to my compositions from the sixties. With the revision in 1984 the third movement, which in my view was too long and rather weak, was replaced by a much shorter, very fast movement. Without interruption it is followed by (and in a way it functions as an upbeat for) the extremely slow fourth movement, which I consider one of the finest 'Satzen' from these years and in which short melodic gestures stand out against a slowly shifting harmonic background. - JOEP STRAESSER