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
Suite da sonar no. III : (musique pour orchestre), 1958 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2200 timp perc str
Canzoni e rondo : per orchestra, opus 956, 1998 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
1122 2000 str
Symphonic overture : for symphony orchestra, 1997 / Henry Konsten
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3333 4331 timp 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