related works
Invocations : for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble, 1983 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
sopr-m 3sopr 3alt 3ten 3bas 3cl h trb 2perc pf(el.pf)
Adagietto e Scherzino : voor orkest, opus 12, 1936, (revisie 1952) / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp str
3e suite voor orkest : 1932 / Willem van Otterloo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3143 4331 timp 4perc 2hp str
Musica per orchestra : 1965-'66 / Kees van Baaren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl fl(pic) fl-a 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc vibr mar cel pf hp str
composition
Alba : concerto da camera for small orchestra, 1982, r[evised] 1986 / Ton de Leeuw
Author(s):
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