related works

Zápisník Zmizelého : Tagebuch eines Verschollenen (1917-1919), für Tenor, Alt, drei Frauenstimmen und Ensemble / Leos Janácek; arr. Geert van Keulen,

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal ensemble (2-12) and large ensemble
Scoring: alt ten female voices (2sopr alt) 2fl(pic) ob eh(ob) cl fg cfg 2h 2trp 2trb perc cel(harm) hp 2vl vla vc cb

Demontage : themes and variations, for ensemble, 1994/1996 / Gilius van Bergeijk

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1121 1110 perc cel(pf) 2vl vla vc cb

Hay que echar pa'lante : for flute, bassoon, accordion and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: fl bsn acc str

Boundless (Homage to L.B.) : for string orchestra, harp, keyboards and percussion / Joey Roukens

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: timp 5perc hp synth/cel str

composition

Wals : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1979/80 / Geert van Keulen

Other authors:
Keulen, Geert van (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Wals is not a waltz, but the work is based upon the same rhythmic tension between double and triple time which is characteristic of the Viennese waltz. Although Wals is almost entirely 2/4, the rudiments of a waltz can be perceived here and there and with increasing distinctness towards the end. The culmination of this process is that the last two bars are written in 3/4 after all: "Tempo di Valse". Thus the development is the reverse of that of "La Valse" by Ravel, where the waltz breaks off in the last two bars. The second principal element is a three-part canon with the parts played in hocket style. In overall terms this hocket technique becomes increasingly complex as the work progresses, until shortly before the end total fragmentation is achieved. - GEERT VAN KEULEN