composer
“The title of Flothuis' 'Zoeken naar zuiverheid en schoonheid' [Search for purity and beauty], his 'in memoriam' for his friend Witold Lutoslawski, could actually also stand as the motto of ...
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24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Instruments:
vl
Nocturnal : for flute, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion, 1994 / Gerda Geertens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
fl(fl-a) perc pf vl vc
5 miniaturen : voor klarinet en harmonium, opus 870, 1994 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
cl harm/org/pf
Oilless motors : for two guitars and harpsichord, 1973 / Bernard van den Boogaard
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Harpsichord
Instruments:
2g cemb / 3cemb
composition
Sonate : pour hautbois, cor et clavecin, opus 85, 1985 / Marius Flothuis
Contains:
Préambule
Nocturne
Finale
Description:
Program note (English): On the manuscript of the sonata for violin and piano, the third of a series of six that Debussy had planned, the composer announced: "La quatrième sera pour hautbois, cor et clavecin" .
For many years I have had the objective to write a work for this combination, of course with no intention whatsoever to imitate Debussy, least of all to compose "the fourth Debussy sonata". Please do not search for quotations from Debussy's work, as they are not to be found. What I did try, was to honour some of the features of Debussy's later works: harmonic clarity, transparency in the combination of instruments, and freedom of design.
In that respect, it is a "hommage à Claude Debussy, musicien Français". - MARIUS FLOTHUIS