related works

Lieder und Tänze des Todes : = (Pesni i pljaski smerti), für Ensemble und tiefe Stimme, 1874-1877/1994 / [Instrumentation]: Geert van Keulen, Gedichte von A.A. Golenishtchev-Kutusov, Modest Musorgskij

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: low fl(fl-a) ob eh cl cl(cl-b) fg cfg 2h vc cb

Aria / Chorale : for ensemble, 1997 / Ron Ford

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2220 0000 vibr(mar) pf 2vl vla vc 3cb

Crawling up the wall : for instrumental ensemble / Huib Emmer

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: fl ob cl fg h tpt trb tb perc hp pf 2vl vla vc cb

Triangle of Desire : Version for 2 alto recorders, accordion and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2a-rec 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