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
Six Turkish folkpoems : for female voice and 7 instruments, (1977) / Theo Loevendie
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
sopr/sopr-m fl(pic) cl perc hp pf vl vc
Sonatine no. 9 : piano, opus 84, 1977 / Léon Orthel
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Praeludium (Fransche ouverture) en fuga no. 2 : (per pianoforte), (1941) / Piet Ketting
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Requiem for a Guinea Pig : for piano / Andreas Kunstein
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