related works
Flora Tristan : for mixed choir a cappella, 1990 / text by Fleur Bourgonje, Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
What's in a name? : for harpsichord, 1985 / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Fantasia II : per clavicembalo, (1972-'73) / Piet Ketting
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Piano; Organ
Scoring:
cemb/pf/org
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