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
Blessing : Version for soprano and orchestra / Maxim Shalygin, text Isaac Watts
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2tpt 2h 2trb tb str
Fetus' Voyage : for orchestra / Sander Germanus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2sax-a fg fg-c 4h 2trp 2trb perc str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and large ensemble
Scoring:
GK 2ob 2fg 3trp timp 2vn vla bass
composition
Estampie : for wind orchestra, 1978, revision 1992 / Bernard van Beurden
Other authors:
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