composer
Jan Rokus van Roosendael sought from the beginning an individual idiom that allowed him to express his leaning toward reflection and the spiritual. He initially found inspiration in non-Western music, ...
related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Pier & ocean IV : voor orkest, 1989-1992 / Andries van Rossem
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp timp str(8.8.6.6.0.)
Erdenlicht : für Orchester / Enrique Raxach
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4231 timp 2perc str
Voorgevoel : voor orkest, 1981 / Gene Carl
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 timp 3perc hp str
composition
Tala : per orchestra, 1987 / Jan Rokus van Roosendael
Description:
Program note (English): The orchestral work Tala is inspired by authentic Indian music. It can be considered as a frame story in five acts, in which the theme 'the cycle' is centrally located. In the first, third and fifth part this theme is developed in always returning in a cyclical drum pattern, which shows a strong affinity to the tabla patterns in traditional Indian music. The Indian name for such a cyclic rhythmic pattern is Tala. In the parts two and four, related to each other this theme is however developed in a continuous reoccurring varied bass sequence. One can compare this form of recurrence more or less with the color and the talea method, which was used in the isorhythmic motet. The orchestral work Tala can therefore be consider as a confrontation between two cultures; namely, between East and West (Tala and Talea). - JAN ROKUS VAN ROOSENDAEL