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.)
Via via : for ensemble, 1998 / Paul Termos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1000 3sax 1330 pf cb
Above : for ensemble and soundtrack, 1999 / Michel van der Aa
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl ob cl fg trp perc 2vl vla vc cb tape
Tenaga Dalam : for ensemble / Claudia Rumondor
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl ob cl man g hp pf perc vl vla vc cb
composition
Capriccio : for 12 wind instruments and double-bass, (1978) / Tristan Keuris
Author(s):
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