composer
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 Baaren ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation
Scoring:
variable
Kleine suite : voor piano of clavecimbel, 1979 / Johan Weegenhuise
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano; Harpsichord
Scoring:
pf/cemb
Sonatine : voor clavecimbel, 1953 / Hans Kox
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Fenetres cassées : klavecimbel en tape, 2003 / Juan Felipe Waller
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Electronics with different instruments; Harpsichord with electronics
Scoring:
cemb tape
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