related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
De sonate nr. 1 : voor 1 tot 5 spelers en elektronische klanken, 1969/83 / Victor Wentink
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation; Electronics with different instruments; Variable instrumentation with multimedia
Scoring:
1-5 instr. electronics
Mixed feelings : for four tracks and percussion / Tera de Marez Oyens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion; Electronics with different instruments; Percussion with multimedia
Scoring:
perc tape
Fantasia IV : de aarde, voor basklarinet en klanksporen, 1988 / Hans van Eck
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet; Electronics with different instruments; Clarinet with multimedia
Scoring:
cl-b tape
composition
Les Soupirs de Rameau : for harpsichord with multimedia / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Other authors:
Veldhuis, Jacob ter
(Composer)
Description:
The composition was inspired by ‘Les Soupirs’ from the Suite no.2, Pièces de Clavecin, 1724 by Jean Philippe Rameau. The work contains typical baroque characteristics, like symmetry, ornamentation, fugato structures, arpeggios, a basso continuo and a passacaglia. The harpsichord itself is subject of the work. The instrument was sampled in every possible way, by microphone and camera. The centrifugal music gradually transforms the small sound of the harpsichord into a mechanical monster that threatens to explode, whereas the images are much more centripetal, still and intimate, focalising.