related works

Pictures at an exhibition / Modest Mussorgsky, orchestration for large wind ensemble by Geert van Keulen, orch. 1992

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Wind ensemble (13 or more players)
Scoring: 2fl(pic) fl-a(fl) 2ob eh(ob) heck(ob) 2cl cl(bh) cl-b cl-cb 2fg cfg 4h 3trp trp-b 2trb trb-b tb

Scherzo in F-dur opus 227 : for ensemble, 1995 / Ludwig van Beethoven / Joël Bons

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1110 0000 mar g man hp cemb 2vl vla vc cb

Bruuks : voor klein ensemble, 1985 / Guus Janssen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1020 sax 0110 2perc hp pf vl vc cb

The Seventh Dawn : for chamber orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2fl 2ob 2cl 2bsn sax-a fh tpt trb dr 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