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
Divertimento facile : voor orkest, gecomponeerd in het jaar 1957 / door Bertus van Lier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2200 timp perc str
Feestelijke ouverture : opus 74, 1960 / Louis Toebosch
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 4321 timp perc str
Un éphémère espagnol : voor orkest, 1979 / Maarten Bon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
5022 sax-a 0100 11perc pf4h str(8.8.8.8.2.)
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