related works
L'indifférent : pour quatuor à cordes / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Il divorzio di Figaro : variazioni per orchestra di dilettanti / di Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1(-2)1(-2)1(-2)1(-2) 2200 timp str
Wals serioso : orkest, 1962 / Nico van der Linden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4231 perc hp str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp 4perc cel 1-2hp 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