related works
Tracks : for saxophone quartet and orchestra, 1998 / Geert van Keulen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring:
3230 4330 5perc vibr pf g-b str 4sax-solo
Snarenwerk : for ensemble, 2007 / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
cl cl-b h trp trb mar perc g hp cemb vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
6rec 0000 0000 3cemb org 3vladg
Sketches : for 13 = thirteen instruments, opus 21, oktober 1968 / Willem Frederik Bon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2220 1100 4vc cb / 0020 1100 4vl 2vla 2vc cb
composition
Wals : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1979/80 / Geert van Keulen
Author(s):
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