composer
Robert Heppener was born in Amsterdam in 1925. He died on August 25, 2009 in Bergen.
He studied piano with Jan Odé and Johan van den Boogert at the Conservatory of ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano; Violin and keyboard instrument
Instruments:
pf pf4h 2pf vl and pf
To catch a Heffalump : for orchestra, (1971) / Willem Frederik Bon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Orchestra with electronics
Instruments:
2222 2200 timp 2perc hp pf/el.org str tape
Ouvertüre : for orchestra / Fré Focke
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
pic 2fl 2ob 2cl sax-a 2fg cfg 3h 3trp 3trb tb timp xyl cel perc 2vl vla vc cb
Sinfonietta : voor orkest / Robert Heppener
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2100 timp str
composition
Air et sonneries : pour orchestre / Robert Heppener
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