related works
Registers : for piano / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Partita 'Wereldwijven' : for harpsichord / Kees Arntzen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Frenzy : for harpsichord, 1985 / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
L'Armoire de Couperin : Version for harpsichord / Elena Langer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
hrps
composition
Overture to Orpheus : for harpsichord, 1982 / Louis Andriessen
Other authors:
Andriessen, Louis
(Composer)
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