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

Archipels pour clavecin : (1974) / Rob du Bois

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord
Instruments: cemb

By the skin of my teeth : for harpsichord, synthesizer (Yamaha DX7) and tape, 1986 / Lárus Halldór Grimsson

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

Bien mesuré bien : for harpsichord, 1998 / Martijn Padding

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord
Instruments: cemb

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