composer
Hendrik Andriessen was raised in an artistic environment. Of his six children, Juriaan, Caecilia, and Louis also became composers. As an organist and composer, he gave attention to both sacred ...
related works
L' indifférent : pour quatuor à cordes / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Symfonie no. 1 : opus 1, 1980, revisie 1983 / Marc van Delft
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3223 4331 6perc cel 2hp (org ad lib.) str
Here I come! : for symphony orchestra and rapper, 1993 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 sax-a 4441 3perc drums el.g pf str rapper
That's the way she Goes : for orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
composition
Ricercare : orchestra, (1949) / Hendrik Andriessen
Description:
Program note (English): [Première: 25 January 1950 - Residentie Orkest o.l.v. Willem van Otterloo] - The original 16th century ricerare was in fact a vocal form without words. Instrumental music searched therein a sort of independence, the contents were therefore a musical evocation. This Ricerare is also a recollection of several themes, which are 'apparently' mutually contradictory, but due to their contrast and by their contrapuntal dialogue an entire symphonic form is realized. These themes are shaped by the notes b, a, c, h. There is however no relation of this 'Ricercare' to the ancient motet character. - HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN