related works

Enclosures : for wind instruments and percussion / Joep Straesser

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Wind ensemble (13 or more players)
Scoring: 3333 2221 perc

Little buff : for ten instruments, 1990 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl 2fg 3g 2acc vla cb

Alarm : voor beiaard en luidklokken = for carillon and church bells, opus 40, 1994 / Peter Schat

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: car (bells ad lib.) / 3car (bells ad lib.)

Deux Interludes : voor saxofoon alto, marimba, harp en piano / Piet Kingma

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: sax-a mar hp pf

composition

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

Author(s):
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