composer

Andriessen, Louis

General: Louis Andriessen was born in Utrecht on June 6, 1939. Education: After an early training in composition with his father, composer Hendrik Andriessen, he continued his studies with Kees van ...

related works

Workers union : symfonic movement for any loud sounding group of instruments, for variable ensemble, 1975 / Louis Andriessen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Variable instrumentation
Instruments: variable

Toccata : per cembalo, 1985 / Luctor Ponse

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord
Instruments: cemb

Muziek : voor twee clavecymbels, (1974) / Jan Welmers

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord
Instruments: 2cemb

Harpsi-kord : for tape and harpsichordist, 1988 / David Little

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord; Electronics with different instruments; Harpsichord with electronics
Instruments: cemb tape

composition

Overture to Orpheus : for harpsichord, 1982 / Louis Andriessen

Description:
Program note (English): A harpsichord has little to do with a piano, but rather with plucked instruments such as harp, guitar, lute. Orpheus' prelude-playing came to my mind when writing the composition. A reference to dramatic development in this piece makes it an overture for an imaginary opera in which Orpheus plays the leading part. The fringe between canon and unisono techniques - just as in my other works from recent years - is the musical subject of the composition. - LOUIS ANDRIESSEN