related works
Litany of our time : television play / by Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Music theatre
Scoring:
sopr MK3 fl 2perc hp pf cb tape electronics
Trittico : per orchestra da camera, opus 105, 1978 / Lex van Delden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
0200 2000 str
Soundscape and Toccata : for symphony orchestra / Sipke Hoekstra
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b wfg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb timp 3perc hp cel/pf str
Symphonie no. I : (1932) / Guillaume Landré
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp perc str
composition
Alba : concerto da camera for small orchestra, 1982, r[evised] 1986 / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Alba (dawn) is the title of this concerto da camera composed in 1982. The musical notation is often characterised by a treatment of pairing equal instruments (2 horns, 2 violins) or groups of instruments. This leads to the development of a number of so-called gymels (also gimel or gemell), which emerge throughout the work. Some of them occur once; others are repeated with or without variation. The modal structure of the work is, among others, stipulated by two modi related to each other, which - depending on the musical course - is used separately or combined. This musical path becomes controlled by a time structure which can best be compared to Indian classical music, but is an independent element, incorporated into a contemporary language. The first part begins immediately with a group of three succeeding gymels (2 horns - 2 oboes - 2 horns). Thereafter the strings set in, from the lower registers (gymels in 2 double basses and 2 violas); where the gymels gradually ascend
merging into the totality, to then re-emerge at the end. The second part is mainly slow and is characterised by, among other things, the consecutive development of a number of episodes that contrast mutually in movement and character. The last of these episodes connects without interruption to the beginning of the third part. The movement of this last part is quick and continuous. One may think perhaps of a big, ongoing dance in a circle but from which other parts are always revealed. - TON DE LEEUW