related works
Fauxbourdon : for ensemble, 1991-1992, revision 1993 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl cl mar man pf(synth) vl vla
Lorna : proloog en 3 balletten, voor 2 piano's, 1948 / Jan Pouwels
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
2pf
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Two for four : for 4 pianists playing 2 pianos, 1979 / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
2pf4h
composition
Les adieux : for piano / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): 'Les Adieux', an extensive one-movement work for piano, was written in 1988 as the result of a commission by the Amsterdam Arts Fund.
It is a sequel to the group of works, written since approx. 1980, in so-called "widened modality".
The work opens with a short, nearly declamatoric introduction, after which the profile of the work's musical universe is outlined. What follows is a broad, tranquilly breathing movement, with a central two-tone motif that - in some form or the other - remains present in the background. The surrounding music is subject to continuous transformations, without ever overstepping its bounds. - TON DE LEEUW