related works
Adagio : for piano 4 hands / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano 4 hands
Scoring:
pf4h
Preludio : for small symphony orchestra / Maxim Kolomiiets
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(picc) 2cl fg h tpt 2trb trb-b 3perc hp pf str
Anagrammen : voor orkest / Guillaume Landré
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4330 timp 2perc str
Syntaxis II : voor symphonieorkest / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl fl(pic) 4ob 4cl 4rfg 4h 4trp 4trb tb 3perc hp pf(cel) str
composition
Ricercare : orchestra, (1949) / Hendrik Andriessen
Other authors:
Andriessen, Hendrik
(Composer)
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