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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2fl 3ob 2cl cl-b fg fg(cfg)4h vc cb
De haas en de schildpad : een hoketus voor twee instrumentale groepen, 1983 / Jan Rispens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1111 1000 mar vibr 2pf 2vl vla vc cb
and only the reed glistens in the sun… : for ensemble / Alla Zagaykevych
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl/fl-a ob cl cl-b fg h tpt trb perc pf 2vn vla vc db
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
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