related works
Un beau baiser : from the opera 'George Sand'; for choir a cappella / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
In A : op. 29, voor klavecimbel solo, 1983 / Daniel Brozak
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Canzonetta : voor clavichord, 1963 / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
clav
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano; Harpsichord
Scoring:
pf
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