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De rat : monodrama voor tenor en kamerensemble, 1988 / libretto: Jean Paul Franssens, Jan Wisse
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Music theatre
Scoring:
ten cl(cl-b) fg perc pf(cel synth) vl tape
Chronologie II : pour orchestre / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2232 3220 timp perc hp pf(cel) str
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh cl-picc 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb 3perc str
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl/fl-a ob/eh 2cl 2gh 2h 3trb pf hp str
composition
Sette aforismi : per orchestra da camera / Jan Wisse
Other authors:
Wisse, Jan
(Composer)
Contains:
Molto adagio
Prestissimo possible
Andante
Allegro
Andantino
Vivace
Largo
Description:
Program note (English): '...those who believe that tones alone express something worthwhile.'
One could call Sette aforismi a material exploration. Departure point was taking an existing twelve-tone range (the range which lies at the basis of Schönbergs Suite op. 25) and further imposing the restriction to a Mozart instrumentation as requested by the commissioners. The intention was to take the different conformations on which the tonal range is based through the changing horizontal and vertical positioning, characterising as concise a form as possible. (Things take place within minutes). Upon realisation the length, strength and color are free, and therefore not used, as in serial music, a priori arranged factors, but exclusively for the closer characterisation and outline of those conformations. Furthermore, the Sette aforismi is not different than any other legitimate work which borrows from the auditive tensions which arise from material structure: nothing different than music. - JAN WISSE