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
Soundscape of my time : for symphony orchestra / Reza Nakisa
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp trb 2timp perc str
Eline ... : notturno per orchestra / Alexander Voormolen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3233 3000 perc cel hp str
Metamorphoses : for orchestra / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
pic 2fl fl-a 3ob eh 4cl cl-b cl-cb 4h 3trp 2trb-t trb-b tb timp 3perc key str
composition
Naima suite : for orchestra, 1986 / Theo Loevendie
Contains:
In prison
Intermezzo
Music for a strange wedding
Description:
Program note (English): In captivity Naima and her fellow prisoners perform a wedding ritual that opens with a majestic overture-rhythm. An elegant minuet begins, but is then repressed by the majestic rhythm from the beginning; obviously the participants cannot agree in spite of the looming threat. Then the saxophone player in the group takes control, but he, too is unable to avert the chaos threatening to arise. Nonetheless the saxophone introduces the waltz rhythm and is thereafter, following some hesitation, adopted in a boisterous fashion by everyone in the final apotheosis. - THEO LOEVENDIE