composer
Loevendie calls himself a “latecomer as a composer”. Until the 1970s, he was known only as a jazz saxophonist. He gained international fame with his quartet (with Hans Dulfer, Arjen ...
related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Instruments:
sopr/sopr-m pf
Newspaper : for vibraphone, bass tuba and drumset, 1989 / Martin van Duynhoven
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
tb-b vibr drumset
Alarm : voor beiaard en luidklokken = for carillon and church bells, opus 40, 1994 / Peter Schat
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
car (bells ad lib.) / 3car (bells ad lib.)
Studies in contrapunt : voor fluit en clavecimbel, 1962 / Hans Kox
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Flute and keyboard instrument
Instruments:
fl cemb
composition
Venus and Adonis suite : for 5 instruments, 1981 / Theo Loevendie
Description:
Program note (English): The Venus en Adonis Suite is based on stage music, written for a theatrical performance of Shakespeare's poem 'Venus and Adonis'. The instrumentation has been left unchanged. Some musical parts were added.
The performance in 1980 of the stage music written in this scoring gave rise to the founding of the now famous Nieuw Ensemble. - THEO LOEVENDIE