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Les extrêmes se touchent : for pan flute, guitar and electronics / Roderik de Man

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring: panflute gtr tape

Pastiche : for bass clarinet solo and tape, 1994 / Simon Burgers

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet; Electronics with different instruments; Clarinet with multimedia
Scoring: cl-b tape

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

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord
Scoring: cemb

Toccare : for soundtracks and piano / visualized by Paul van Reeuwijk, by Ton Bruynèl

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano; Electronics with different instruments; Piano with multimedia
Scoring: pf tape

composition

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

Author(s):
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