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
Instruments:
vl
Terzo concerto : per orchestra / Will Eisma
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3343 4331 timp 4perc cel hp cemb str
Chase : for orchestra / Joey Roukens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
pic 2fl 2ob eh 3cl 3fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc pf str
Polonaise : per orchestra, 1966 / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3233 4441 timp perc 2hp str
composition
Anabasis : voor orkest, 1984 / Jan Rokus van Roosendael
Description:
Program note (English): Although the title refers to Xenophon's account of the excursion by the Greeks through Asia-Minor, his Anábasis has nothing to do with my Anabasis. I chose the Greek word anábasis, which means something like: "rise, or uprising, upstream, elevation"... etc. to describe the escalating passages (in small intervals) and the fast development (in large intervals). The pillars of this composition are formed by a recurring, rapidly rising Rakete"-motif, the pediment with its slowly rising and falling structure. The material exists from five different ranges built from three tetrachords. Through the usage of these tetrachords (in total four types) the musical language becomes somewhat modal in character. Anabasis is a composition with many contrasts: fast-slow, aggression-resignation, light-dark, movement and eventually at the end, following the last pillar, rest. - JAN ROKUS VAN ROOSENDAEL