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

RHOmbos : for ensemble, 2001 / Yannis Kyriakides

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1111 1110 perc cymb hp el.g acc pf 2vl 2vla 2vc cb tape

Demontage : themes and variations, for ensemble, 1994/1996 / Gilius van Bergeijk

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1121 1110 perc cel(pf) 2vl vla vc cb

Meditazione II : per 12 strumenti, opus 93, 1994 / Jo van den Booren

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1111 1000 mar(vibr) pf 2vl vla vc 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