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Canzona : for saxophone quartet, 1969 / Robert Heppener
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
4sax
Bourrée Overflakkee : voor 21 blazers, slagwerk, piano en strijkers, (1972) / Ruud Bos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2233 2sax-t 4221 timp perc pf str(vl vc cb)
Symphonie no. 1 : opus 21 / Rudolf Koumans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp perc hp str
Ouverture in D mineur : voor orkest / Johannes Verhulst
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 3trb tim str
composition
Air et sonneries : pour orchestre / Robert Heppener
Other authors:
Heppener, Robert
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): 'Sonneries' are certain musical formulas, indicators, performed by the brass instruments, drums and church bells. The 'Sonneries' are officially associated with the events during the reign of French royalty. In my 'Air et Sonneries' each 'sonnerie' has a specific musical formula as a basis. There are three Sonneries and one 'air', which proceed from one to the next. The air is perceived moreover - in several ways - here and there in the Sonneries, so that a confrontation of several musical ideas arises. For those who have the need, here below is an overview. Sonnerie I: scherzando, mainly a dialogue between strings con sordino and percussion (bongo's). Air: a slow phrase, in which the trumpet con sordino plays an important role. Sonnerie II: one long crescendo in a static field of sound. Sonnerie III: a short processing of the preceding of a fanfare. An epilogue of some pianissimo-measures concludes this work. - ROBERT HEPPENER