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:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Quatuor de ballet : 1962, per clarinetto, tromba, percussione e pianoforte / Nico Schuyt
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
cl trp perc pf
The swing of the thing : for accordion, viola and double bass, version 1990 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
acc vla cb
Fanfara : per 3 chiarine (klaroenen) e 3 tamburi / Henri Zagwijn
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
3clarions 3tambourines
composition
Nonet : for winds, percussion, piano and double-bass, (1980) / Theo Loevendie
Description:
Program note (English): (Premiere: 26-11-1980 - London - Capricorn Ensemble, cond. Anthony Pay (BBC)). The Nonet, completed in November 1980, consist of two parts.
The first part has a strict rhythmic organisation, which binds together heterogeneous elements such as tone clusters, percussive sounds and diatonic material. Apart from the elaboration in details, this first part is structured as a sort of palindrome: from end to beginning being the same as from beginning to end.
In contrast, the second part is determined by the aspect of pitch. A 35-tone series is continuously being repeated, but in a very free rhythm: tones from this series can be held on for anything between a split second and dozens of bars. - THEO LOEVENDIE