related works

Put up your umbrella : five pieces for 8-part mixed choir a cappella, 1981 / [translation by Harold G. Henderson], Joep Straesser

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK8

Projections I : for baritone saxophone & percussion, 1987 / David Rowland

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: sax-b perc

Séance : for percussion / Ton de Kruyf

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 5perc pf4h(perc) (hp/cemb ad lib.)

Septet : opus 3, for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, horn, piano, cello and percussion, (1957) / Peter Schat

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl ob cl-b h perc pf vc

composition

Encounters : bass clarinet, percussion, 1973, second version 1975 / Joep Straesser

Other authors:
Straesser, Joep (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): In order to understand the intention of this piece, for which various interpretations are possible according to the differences in mental inclination and musicality of the audience, ears, not eyes are needed. The piece should not be read, but listened to. Contrary to the listener, the reader can determine his own tempo and reread a fragment. Therefore new pieces should be performed several times, either at the same concert or at the following one, so that the listener once again hears the piece. When it is a good piece (composer's activity) and the listener gradually succeeds in following the musical mental process (listener's activity), he will have conquered a new world; communication will have taken place. And only then listeners can explain the piece to one another bringing out the different paths they have found in the musical landscape. In this confrontation the composer can function as listener. - JOEP STRAESSER