related works

Midare : for marimba, (1972) / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: mar

RHOmbos : for ensemble, 2001 / Yannis Kyriakides

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1111 1110 perc cymb hp el.g acc pf 2vl 2vla 2vc cb tape

Flowers : for chamber orchestra, 1986/87 / Burkhardt Söll

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1121 1111 2perc hp pf 2vl vla vc cb

Habanera : for small orchestra / Erik Lotichius

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: fl 2ob 2cl bsn 2h 2tp trb perc str

composition

Spatial music IV : homage to Igor Strawinsky, for twelve players / Ton de Leeuw

Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): "Spatial Music IV" is one of a series of works bearing the same name in which the spatial positioning of the performers plays an essential role. The position of the performers has compositoral consequences. This can be illustrated by two extremes taken from the score: in the case of the greatest dispersion, totally independent parts can be said to be playing together. The players are, as it were, isolated from one another, only connected by the same time limits given the score. The other extreme is the classic set-up of the players around the piano. In this case, all the parts are closely related to the quotation of a Stravinsky chorale.
The 12 instrumentalists have a limited amount of freedom with regard to their choice of instrument. The composer indicates the following possibilities for part A, for example: flute-bass flute-oboe-oboe d'amore-clarinet-soprano saxophone or trumpet.
There is no improvisation; the composer envisages guided interpretation, i.e. his text is the framework which the players are to take as a basis for their embellishments, colourings and dynamic nuancing; a procedure which is still frequently used today in the highly developed musical cultures of Asia. - TON DE LEEUW