related works
The Memory of Roses / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano; Piano 4 hands; Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
pf / pf4h / vl pf / vc / ob trb glock / hp / voice pf / sopr fl vc / GK4
The Waves : for 2 harpsichords and spinet ad libitum / André Douw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
2cemb(1spt ad lib.)
Muziek : voor clavichord of clavicimbaal, 1960 / Ary Verhaar
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Harpsichord
Scoring:
clav/cemb
Januari '09 : for harpsichord / Margriet Hoenderdos
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
hpscd
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