composer
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
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Instruments:
sopr/sopr-m pf
3 Sonatines : (No 45, 46, 47), voor piano, opus 962, opus 970, opus 974, 1999 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Sonate : for two pianos / Ton de Leeuw, 1950
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
2pf
Seven pieces for children : for piano solo, 1925 / Karel Mengelberg
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
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