composer
General: Louis Andriessen was born in Utrecht on June 6, 1939.
Education: After an early training in composition with his father, composer Hendrik Andriessen, he continued his studies with Kees van ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation
Instruments:
variable
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Recorder; Recorder; Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Bamboo Flute; Bamboo Flute; Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
rec-s rec-a rec-t rec-b / recorder-ensemble (xyl ad lib.)
Curven : per accordion solo e quartetto d'archi, (1970) / Nicolaas van Straten
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
2vl vla vc acc-solo
A bird's eye view : for violin and accordion, 1988/1989 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
vl acc
composition
Dubbelspoor : = (Double track), for ensemble and tape, 1986, revision 1994 / Louis Andriessen
Description:
Program note (English): Dubbelspoor was originally written as an hour-long dance piece, choreographed by Beppie Blankert, and involving spoken texts by Samuel Beckett (Texts for Nothing). In the original performance the audience is seated in front of a mirror in which they can see the reflection of a dancer. This dancer performs on a stage behind the audience and is soon joined by a second dancer, also visible in the mirror but not on the same platform. Gradually the perception of the space alters as the audience realises that this second dancer is performing on the other side of the mirror, which is also functioning as a window: "the music is about mirroring". A harpsichord solo is presented, doubled (mirrored) and extended by the piano, then again doubled by glockenspiel and celesta. Regular use is made of "shadow melodies", where some notes sound more clearly because a nearby note drops away. Dubbelspoor was revised as a concert piece in 1994. - LOUIS ANDRIESSEN