related works

Tracks : for saxophone quartet and orchestra, 1998 / Geert van Keulen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring: 3230 4330 5perc vibr pf g-b str 4sax-solo

Fors geschapen : voor blazers en strijkers, 1986 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 3222 sax-a 2210 2vl vla vc cb

Combinations : for 26 solo instruments / David Porcelijn

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2111 1110 pf str(10.4.2.1.)

Heterophony : for ensemble, 1995 / Jan Rokus van Roosendael

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1110 1110 3perc hp cymb pf vl vla vc

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