related works
2e Concert : voor violoncello en orkest, opus 95, 1984 / Léon Orthel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Cello and orchestra
Scoring:
3232 4231 timp 2perc str vc-solo
Wintergezicht : for orchestra, 1994-1995 / Micha Hamel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4231 4perc cel hp pf str
Toccata : Cantate 3, for orchestra, 1999 / Hans Koolmees
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
5555 sax-s 4441 6perc hp 2pf str
Triple Concertino : for three solo woodwinds and orchestra / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
eh-solo cl-b-solo cfg-solo 2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt timp 2perc str
composition
Scherzo no. 2 : per orchestra, opus 38, 1956-'57 / Léon Orthel
Other authors:
Orthel, Léon
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): (Première: 12-3-1957 - The Brabant Orchestra) - When one looks up 'scherzo' in Boumans' Foreign words in music (in the version by prof. Dr K. Ph. Bernet Kempers), the book gives the following explanation: rhythmical, piquant piece of music that is useful for a large diversity of moods. By nature lively and farcical, it can also be dark and ominous - with a slight inclination to charge - often also fantastic. For the average concert audience it should not be difficult to determine that scherzo is under no circumstances a happy phenomenon. It is, on the contrary a darkly coloured piece, to a certain degree. That it is a mixed form, written as a passage between the composed song form and larger rondo form, will be of interest to only a few. Perhaps it is more appropriate to say, that during my work on this scherzo the spirit of Jeroen Bosch came into view (that was, as a matter of fact, more so when writing my first symphony). I want to by no means give the impression of trying
to make a Bosch painting sound in music. However, it is still a name, in this lively scherzo. - LÉON ORTHEL