related works
Concerto for violoncello and wind orchestra : 1998 / Bernard van Beurden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Cello and wind band
Scoring:
33.20.3 4sax 4444 4euph timp 5perc cb vc-solo
Overture to Orpheus : for harpsichord, 1982 / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
reflections : for harp and orchestra / Celia Swart
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Harp and orchestra
Scoring:
hp-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl(cl-b) 2fg(cfg) sax-s/sax-t sax-a 2h 2tpt 2trb timp 3 perc hp cel str
Le bel aujourd'hui : for soprano and string quartet / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sop 2vl vla vc
composition
Estampie : for wind orchestra, 1978, revision 1992 / Bernard van Beurden
Author(s):
Beurden, Bernard van
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): (Première: 18-12-1992 - Prinsekerk, Rotterdam - Ensemble of the Rotterdams Conservatorium, Arie van Beek, conducting) - The composition Estampie is based on four dance melodies from the 13th and 14th centuries, the so-called estampies. The structure of these melodies - both instrumentally and vocally - can be characterised by among other things a repetitive principle which results in estampies radiating in a motorised way. This motorising phenomena as well as the enormous vitality of medieval monophony formed the main departure point for joining these four dances. The earlier mentioned reoccurring principles are especially found in the percussion parts and the parts which link the dances with each other. Also because of my usage of polyphony, a certain medieval form of polyphony and the parallel organum, where the melody in equal intervals is followed by one or more voices comes forward. There where polyphony and homophony make their entrance in a 'later period', has to
do with the way in which these estampies are composed and the need to break through the reoccurrences, as stated above, and parallelism. - BERNARD VAN BEURDEN