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
Madness and the moonwoman : for orchestra, 1992 / Vanessa Lann
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2333 4221 perc hp str(14.12.10.8.6.)
Ricercare : orchestra, (1949) / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl fl(pic) 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc hp str
De reuzenalbatros : voor symfonisch ensemble, 2001 / Huub de Vriend
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 1200 timp perc hp 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