composer

Loevendie, Theo

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

Neue Niederländische Klaviermusik : = Contemporary Dutch piano music, Heft 1 = Book 1 / mit Werken von = containing works by J. Andriessen, R. du Bois, G. Janssen ... [et al.], herausgegeben von = edited by Ton Hartsuiker

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Instruments: pf

Capriccio for Stan & Ollie : for 9 players, opus 11a, 1996 / Marijn Simons

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments: 2ob cl-pic 2cl 2fg 2perc

Sextet : fluit, hobo, strijktrio, clavecimbel, opus 27, 1958 / Luctor Ponse

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Wind and string and key instrument(s)
Instruments: fl ob cemb vl vla vc

Eitt sinn poppari ávallt poppari : 1983, for harpsichord, piano, ac. guitar, el. guitar and tape / Lárus Halldór Grímsson

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Electronics with different instruments; Mixed ensemble (2-11 players) with electronics
Instruments: cemb(pf) g(el.g) tape

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