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.)
Pancabana : for twelve players, (1983/86) / Wim Laman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1111 1000 harm pf 2vl vla vc cb
Perceptions & Games : a chamber symphony / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1(+picc) 1(+corA) 1 (+bcl) 1 / 1110 / perc (1 player) / hp / pf / strings
SpÄra : 1984 / Klas Torstensson
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
0000 sax-a sax-t sax-t(panfl) 0000 4perc(panfl) 2g-b g-b(panfl) 2el.pf electronics
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