related works
Play : for clarinet and piano, mei-augustus 1967 / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
cl pf
Hymne to the memory of Darius Milhaud : for ensemble / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl 2sax-a sax-t tpt h 2trb trb-b pf db
Musichetta : per 14 strumenti, 1979 / Jos van Amelsvoort
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2232 4000 cb
Postcard from Europe : for chamber orchestra, 2004 / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl cl sax-s sax-a 2h 2trb tb perc el.g el.g-b pf
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