composer

Loevendie, Theo

Loevendie calls himself a “latecomer as a composer”. Until the 1970s, he was known only as a jazz saxophonist. He gained international fame with his quartet (with Hans Dulfer, Arjen ...

related works

Neue Niederländische Klaviermusik : = Contemporary Dutch piano music, Heft 1 = Book 1 / mit Werken von = containing works by J. Andriessen, R. du Bois, G. Janssen ... [et al.], herausgegeben von = edited by Ton Hartsuiker

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Variations on a theme by Ludwig van Beethoven : for piano, 1991 / Hans Kox

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Arabesques : for piano / Yves Ramette

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Suite : pour piano, 1926 / Leo Smit

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

composition

Walk : for piano, 1985 / Theo Loevendie

Description:
Program note (English): Walk is the continuation of Strides, composed nine years earlier. Even the title is related. In both pieces the composer used elements from jazz music, such as a basso ostinato and the so called walking bass. Although Walk is the lighter one of both compositons. Walk is written in the technique of melodic curves, also in the rhythm and harmony.
The title suggests a lonely walker in nature, but the music evokes a walk in a bustling city, complete with traffic sounds, delay and panic. - THEO LOEVENDIE