related works

Träff : for double wind quintet, double bass clarinet and double bass, 1995 / Geert van Keulen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2232 2000 cb

Hell cantos : for 14 players / Douglas Knehans

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: fl ob cl fg h tpt tbn perc pf 2vn vla vc db

Ex tempore : for ensemble, 2008 / Guus Janssen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
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Järn : 1982, revised version 1987, winds-piano-double bass / Klas Torstensson

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
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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