composer

Vlieger, Henk de

Henk de Vlieger started his musical education at an early age, playing the harmonium of his grandfather. Ever since his childhood, he has been drawn to the challenge of writing ...

related works

Pictures at an exhibition / (Modest Mussorgsky), transcription for 14 percussionists, celesta, harp and piano by Henk de Vlieger, (1981/84) (rev. 1989)

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players); Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments: 0000 0000 14perc hp pf(cel)

Barracuda septet : for (extended) marimba solo and percussion ensemble / Jacob ter Veldhuis, arr. for percussion ensemble by Ana Mihajlovic, 2009

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Instruments: 6perc perc-solo

Sloterplas - suite : for six drummers, 1985 / Martin van Duynhoven

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Instruments: 6drumset

Seismograms : for percussion, 1967, (second version 1979) / Joep Straesser

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Instruments: 2perc(pf)

composition

Toccata : for 2 xylophones and 2 marimbas, 1979 / Henk de Vlieger

Description:
Program note (English): Clear, direct, unequivocal: these terms largely cover this work's character, the thematic material and structure as well as the timbre resulting from the scoring. Although it is a dodecaphonic composition, it's three 'themes' were built exclusively on four triads. - HENK DE VLIEGER