composer

Altena, Maarten

As an improviser, and from 1977 as leader of his own ensembles, Maarten (van Regteren) Altena (Amsterdam, 22 January 1943) has built an international reputation. He is pioneering a music ...

related works

Kindertotenlieder : for voice and ensemble, 2003 / poems by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866), arr.: Maarten Altena, Gustav Mahler

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and large ensemble
Instruments: voice 1121 sax-t 1110 perc hp g vl cb

Mere Air : for two sopranos and ensemble / Hana Ajiashvili; text by Sappho's poetry

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments: 2sopr rec gtr vla vla-gamba cemb

Poème discontinu : deux chants sur des textes tirés du recueil "Poème discontinu" de Pierre Borgue, pour soprano, flûte, violon, violoncelle et piano, (1971-'72) / Lucas van Regteren Altena

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments: sopr fl pf vl vc

Le lis des vallées : for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello / Mathieu Daniël Polak, 2011

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments: sopr-m fl cl vl vla vc

composition

Three songs : on poems by Sylvia Plath, for high voice and seven instruments, 1986 / Maarten Altena

Other authors:
Plath, Sylvia (librettist)
Contains:
Crossing the water
The night dances
Sheep in fog