related works
Concertante muziek : voor negen instrumenten, (1972-'73) / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string and keyboard instrument(s)
Scoring:
cl fg h 2vl vla vc cb pf
Tam tam : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1978-'79 / Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2panfl 0000 2sax-a 0000 2perc 2g-b 4pf
Flowers : for chamber orchestra, 1986/87 / Burkhardt Söll
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1121 1111 2perc hp pf 2vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl-solo ob-solo cl-solo flgn 2sax-s 2 sax-a 2sax-t sax-b 3trp 3h 3trb 2tb-t 2tb-b timp perc
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