related works

Neue Niederländische Klaviermusik : = Contemporary Dutch piano music, Heft 1 = Book 1 / mit Werken von = containing works by J. Andriessen, R. du Bois, G. Janssen ... [et al.], herausgegeben von = edited by Ton Hartsuiker

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Serenade Nº 1 in D : for woodwind ensemble, violoncello and contrabass / Johannes Brahms, arr. Leo Samama

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2fl 2ob 2cl 3h 2fg vc db

Muziek voor miljarden : = (Music for the billions), for 14 instrumentalists, 1998 / revision 2000 / Robert Nasveld

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1111 1110 perc pf 2vl vla vc cb

Canto de trabalho : for wind instruments, double bass and piano / Amilcar Vasques Dias

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1000 3sax 1230 pf cb

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