composer
Simon Burgers werd op 12 maart 1958 te Den Haag geboren.
Opleiding
Hij studeerde piano van 1975 tot 1977 bij Chris Veelo, daarna tot mei 1979 bij Leendert Huges aan het Sweelinck ...
related works
Concert voor altsaxofoon en harmonieorkest : 1986 / Simon Burgers
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and Wind Band
Scoring:
3.2.20.2 3sax 4332 euph timp 4perc sax-a-solo
Mater dolorosa : for saxophone quartet & wind orchestra, 1999 / Henk Alkema
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and Wind Band
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob 13cl cl-b 2fg 4sax 4h 3crt/trp 3trb tenh 3tb timp 3perc 4sax-solo
Concerto NÂș 1 : for alto saxophone and concert band / Rene Ruijters
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and Wind Band
Scoring:
sax-a-solo picc 2fl 2ob eh fg 4cl cl-b sax-a sax-ten sax-bar 4h 3trp 3trb bar tb bass timp perc
Saxofoonconcert : voor harmonie-orkest, 1951 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and Wind Band
Scoring:
3383 4sax 4342 2bug 2crt 4barh timp 2perc sax-a-solo
composition
Concert voor altsaxofoon en harmonieorkest : 1986 / Simon Burgers
Contains:
Allegro
Cadenza (Adagio)
Moderato
Description:
Program note (English): This is my first composition for big band orchestra. In 1987 the reduction for two pianos was premiered at De IJsbreker in Amsterdam. Especially for this piece I invented a new kind of tone scale: the so-called giant-tone-scale. Its range of not one but seven octaves makes this scale unique. A melody cannot be transposed literally, because in the new area also other tones exists. Only literal transpositions over (a manyfold of) seven octaves are possible. This has of course consequences for the forming of melodies but also, for example, for the harmonic idiom of the piece. Thus not all chords can be layered arbitrarily. Also the instrumentation is influenced by the giant-tone-scale: it is not possible to double a flute by a piccolo which plays an octave higher. The notes which are not in the giant-tone-scale are 'forbidden notes'. They don't appear in the piece at all, except for the cadence (the middle part) of the solo saxophone. This cadence only consists of forbidden notes!
- SIMON BURGERS