related works

Cors et cordes : pour cor de basset et orchestre de chambre, 1978 / Geert van Keulen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Clarinet and large ensemble
Scoring: 0200 2000 cemb 12vl 4vla 4vc 2cb bh-solo

De zaterdageditie : voor krantenjongen, dirigent en ensemble, 1996 / Guus Janssen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players); Music theatre
Scoring: 1011 0100 perc acc pf 2vl vla vc cb actor

Eight metal strings : for mandolin and ensemble / Martijn Padding

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: fl(pic) ob cl(cl-b) fg trp man g pf perc vl vla vc cb

Hylas : suite voor jeugdorkest, 1956/1957 / Rudolf Escher

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 21(1)0 0000 4perc pf4h 6vl 4vc

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