related works
Winter cruise : opera in three acts / Hans Henkemans
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
7soloists 3343 4431 timp 3perc cel man 2hp pf str actors
Chamber Concerto Nº 3 : for flute solo and chamber orchestra, / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Flute and orchestra
Scoring:
0111 1100 perc str(8.6.5.4.2.) fl-solo
Suite per flaute solo : e per orchestra di camera / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Flute and orchestra
Scoring:
fl-solo ob cl fg h str
Danses : voor fluit en orkest / Robert de Roos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Flute and orchestra
Scoring:
1130 2100 timp str(8.8.6.6.4.) fl-solo
composition
Élégies : pour quatre flûtes et orchestre, 1967 / Hans Henkemans
Author(s):
Henkemans, Hans
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): (Première: 18-10-1967 - Utrecht - Marius Ruysink, Hans Bolland, Thom Reinders, Charles Havelaar, Utrechts Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hupperts, conducting) - The composition consists of four short movements, which flow continuously forward, while each in their own manner are, as it were, a comment on desolation. The construction of the whole work is very open, although near the end of the last fragment short reminiscences to the beginning appear, resulting in a certain entity. The first of the four elegies consists, by maintaining an atmosphere and tempo, of two parts (the first acting as an introduction to the entire work and is an important part of the usage of thematic material that will be heard); the orchestra has been entrusted to the brass and wind instruments (mainly brass). The following two elegies combine an agitated and slightly imminent string accompaniment with the sometimes plaintive, sometimes hard 'raging' playing of the four flutes. This fragment connects by
means of a general pause to the quiet and dark third movement, of which the accompaniment now rests with the whole (though generally playing in small groups) orchestra. A slightly contemplative fourth movement, in the most extreme of pianissimos, concludes the work.- HANS HENKEMANS