related works

The Laws of Science No. 2 : for 2 timpani and orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Percussion and orchestra
Scoring: 2222 2200 perc str timp-solo

Trekganzen (Migratory Geese) : for oboe, soprano saxophone, bassoon and strings / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: ob sax-s fg vl vla vc db

Symphonie No. II : voor orkest / Jan van Dijk

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 3233 4331 perc str

Cruiser : Version for Eagle recorder and piano / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Recorder and keyboard instrument
Scoring: rec pf

composition

Syracuse Blues : for trombone solo, string quartet and soundtrack / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis

Other authors:
Veldhuis, Jacob ter (Composer)
Description:
September 2008 I visited Sicily. On the fishing market of Syracuse I recorded a couple of stallholders selling fish, in a melancholic way, singing with glissandi, like sirenes. The melodies of their speech became the leitmotif for the composition. Sicilian fishermen probably advertised their fish like this for thousands of years. But what are they actually saying? Oscar Pizzo, a Sicilian friend, explained that it’s a mixture of Sicilian dialect, mixed with old Greek and Arab words. I regard Syracuse Blues also as a lament. The world’s seas and oceans are poisoned and overfished.