related works
Naima : (1985), an opera in three acts / libretto: Lodewijk de Boer, by Theo Loevendie
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
soloists GK4 3333 4401 timp 4perc pf(cel) hp str on stage: fl cl-b sax 4trb 2perc
Hymnus : per orchestra / Nico Schuyt
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 2221 timp perc hp str
Symphonietta / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2220 timp perc str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
5555 9641 2timp perc cel 2hp str
composition
Naima suite : for orchestra, 1986 / Theo Loevendie
Other authors:
Loevendie, Theo
(Composer)
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