related works

Comes : A challenge to improvise for an organist / Roderik de Man

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Organ with multimedia
Scoring: org tape

Sinequan : for violoncello (amplified and delay), 1993 / Hanna Kulenty

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello; Electronics with different instruments; Cello with multimedia
Scoring: vc (ampl.)

Pavane e passamezzo : per clavicembalo, o clavicordio, o pianoforte, 1962 / Jurriaan Andriessen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord; Harpsichord; Piano
Scoring: cemb/clav/pf

Murder in the dark : five quarter-tone pieces for harpsichord, 1985 / Klaas de Vries

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord
Scoring: cemb

composition

Chordis canam : for harpsichord and soundtracks, 1989 / Roderik de Man

Other authors:
Man, Roderik de (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): The title of this composition is taken from a text (Chordis Canam: by chords I shall sing), which originally embellished Annelie de Man's harpsichord. Since she exclusively performs contemporary music, she decided to ask the Frisian painter Sies Bleeker to give the instrument a more appropriate appearance. The result struck me in such a manner, that I decided to write a composition based on this transformation. All sounds, except one, originate from the harpsichord. The intention is that the living harpsichord sound mingles with the one of the tape, in such a way that it is not always clear which of the two plays the leading part in this interaction. Chordis Canam was selected for the ISCM World Music Days in Oslo, 1990. - RODERIK DE MAN