related works
Dorpsdans : voor vierstemmig gemengd koor en piano, 1941 / tekst: Jacques Perk, Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and piano
Scoring:
GK4 pf
Rehearsal : for orchestra / Svyatoslav Lunyov
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl ob cl fg h trb perc pf str
Openingsmuziek : fluit, clarinet, fagot, 2 hoorns, slagwerk, strijkers, 1976 / Lucas Vis
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1011 2000 perc str
Sinfonia : for chamber orchestra, 1985 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2333 2000 str
composition
Symphonia 4 : 1962 / Oscar van Hemel
Other authors:
Hemel, Oscar van
(Composer)
Contains:
Allegro moderato
Passacaglia
Scherzo
Allegro con spirito
Description:
Program note (English): 'A short symphony' was the description of the commission. The result of this is a highly contrasting composition in four movements. The dynamic propulation is suddenly curbed in the first movement with its terse main theme by a stable, introvert image, after which the stirring movement again asserts itself. The Passacaglia with its strongly contrasting variations has as its background a twelve-tone bass figure, the second half of which forms the inversion of the first. The third movement is a lively, light-footed Scherzo with a sharp, humorous Trio in duple time. The Finale is characterised by a high degree of movement - initially by lively triplet passages and a little later in conjunction with a virile theme in the violins. After a development, there is an abrupt reaction from the brass and timpani. There follows a gradually built up energetic episode with a second motif related to that of the Passacaglia. After a transition, a short misterioso atmosphere suddenly occurs,
after which various motifs are combined simultaneously in the final phase. The main subject of the symphony is also intoned. - OSCAR VAN HEMEL