related works

Trieste : for soprano and eight instrumentalists, 1984, (revision 1987) / three poems by James Joyce, Geert van Keulen

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl cl vibr man g hp vl cb

Excavation : voor 12 instrumenten, 1992 / Paul Bruinen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1101 sax-a 0220 2vl vla vc

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

The Chromatic City (Rotterdam Concerto IV) : for recorder, pan flute and chamber orchestra / Hans Koolmees

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: rec-solo panfl-solo fl(picc) cl fg 2h perc cimb 2vln 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