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

Concerto Grosso : for wind quartet and ensemble / Jan-Peter de Graaff

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: sax-s sax-a trb trb-b fl eh/ob cl cl-b sax-bar fg h tpt timp 2perc hp cemb 2vln vla vc db

Muziek voor groot ensemble / Will Hoogakker

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 12fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 3tpt 5vl 3vla 3vc

A Journey of Giraffes : for chamber orchestra / Michael Fine

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2fl 2ob 2cl fg 2h tpt trb timp cym 2vn vla vc db

composition

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

Author(s):
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