related works
Three Michelangelo songs : for mezzo-soprano and orchestra / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr-m 2222 2100 2perc hp str(8.6.4.4.2.)
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
0000 4sax 4331 2pf cb
Brandy : for chamber orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2bsn sax-a h tpt trb dr 2vl 2vla 2vc db
Capriccio : for 11 wind instruments, piano & double bass / Ton Lambij
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2030 2220 pf cb
composition
Capriccio : for 12 wind instruments and double-bass, (1978) / Tristan Keuris
Other authors:
Keuris, Tristan
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): At the request of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble the same orchestration was used as in Mozart's Serenade KV 361: 2 oboes, 4 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns and double bass.
It was a rather problematic arrangement for me, in view of the absence of the high winds (flute, piccolo) and the strongly accentuating sound of the sharp brass. In interchanging the oboes with the English horn and by dividing up the clarinets and bass clarinet, the power in the high and low registers of the woodwinds was enlarged. Due to the use of double-stops, harmonic and such, the double bass can no longer be replaced by the double bassoon, as was the case with Mozart. I have attempted in this ten-minute piece to illuminate the ensemble as variedly as possible, taking into consideration the restricted colour. - TRISTAN KEURIS