related works
De toren : = (The tower), for carillon, 1988, revision 2000 / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Carillon
Scoring:
car
Three minutes for harpsichord : 1991, revision 1998 / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Muziek : voor clavichord of clavicimbaal, 1960 / Ary Verhaar
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Harpsichord
Scoring:
clav/cemb
Witte roos : = (White rose), for harpsichord, 1994, revision 1996 / Geoffrey King
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
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