related works
Concert voor altviool en orkest / Hans Henkemans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Viola and orchestra
Scoring:
3343 4331 timp perc xyl(vibr) cel hp str vla-solo
Suite : voor jeugdorkest / Hans Osieck
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
School orchestra; Orchestra
Scoring:
2221 2200 timp perc pf4h str(vl vc cb)
Triple Concerto (Des-dur) : for violin, violoncello, piano and symphony orchestra / Maxim Shalygin
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
vl-solo vlc-solo pf-solo 2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc hp str
Sinfonie nr. 18 in A-Dur : für Orchester / Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb timp perc 2vl vla vc cb
composition
Barcarola fantastica : per orchestra, 1962 / Hans Henkemans
Other authors:
Henkemans, Hans
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): The Barcarola Fantastica was the result of a commission received on the occasion of the centenary of the Northern Philharmonic Orchestra, Groningen, The Netherlands.
The composition has been scored for normal large orchestra, to wich has been added an alto-flute as only unusual instrument. On the steady rhythms of 6/8 and 9/8 beats -the rhythms of the Barcarola, the Venetian gondola-song- the composition develops as a fantasia on the two principal motives of themes, the first of which is heard, after some introductory bars, in the flute and alto-flute; the second, immediately following upon the first, is played unisono by 'cellos and bass-clarinet.
It is in no way important to try and follow the formal and technical developments in order to appreciate the composition. A thorough-going elucidation would, therefore, seem redundant.
The only aspect of the structure, worth mentioning, is perhaps the relation between the rhythm pattern and the "undulating" course of the dynamics: the composition might, without much effort, be subdivided into five dynamic episodes, of which the the second and fourth are "summits", while the first, third and fifth proceed in a sound-volume not exceeding mezzo-piano.
All other, more artistic observations, are left to the listener, guided by his own fantasy and intuition. - HANS HENKEMANS