related works
Variations and fugue on a theme by Johann Kuhnau : for string orchestra, (1935) / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4230 timp perc xyl pf str
Blauwvingers : fantasie voor orkest, opus 8, 1981 / Ed de Boer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4230 timp 2perc str
It's... Madness : for orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
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