related works
Five Reflections on Water : for ensemble / Elena Langer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl/picc og cl fg h 2vn vla vc db
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano; Harpsichord
Scoring:
pf
Toccare for soundtracks and harpsichord : 1988 / Ton Bruynèl
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Electronics with different instruments; Harpsichord with multimedia
Scoring:
cemb tape
Frenzy : for harpsichord, 1985 / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
composition
L'Armoire de Couperin : Version for harpsichord / Elena Langer
Other authors:
Langer, Elena
(Composer)
Description:
While my piece hasn’t got much in common with Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, the title reflects a similar idea of looking back on the Baroque, and paying homage to it.
The piece is in two movements, both of which play with the idea of the Baroque idiom, or being part of an imaginary Baroque suite. The first is delicate and dancing. As the second progresses, a Baroque tune gradually takes shape out of a twelve-tone row. Once the Baroque tune is complete, it dissolves again and disappears back into chromaticism.
Elena Langer