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24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr cl-b vibr(synth) acc
De Zee : voor zang en cello / Klaas Govers; gedichten: H. Marsman, H. de Vries, J. Slauerhoff
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang vc
Ancient Greek songs : for voice, flute, oboe, 'cello and harp / Daniël Ruyneman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
bas-bar fl ob hp vc
composition
Insonnia : for soprano, accordion, bass clarinet and percussion / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Other authors:
Quasimodo, Salvatore
(Text writer/Librettist)
Veldhuis, Jacob ter
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): I wrote Insonnia in December 1986 by request of a new ensemble with the enigmatic name of DC+M2. For this composition my only points of departure were the penetrating words of Salvatore Quasimodo and the bizarre instrumentation of DC+M2: mezzo-soprano, accordion, bass clarinet and percussion (marimba, vibraphone, cymbals, timpani and electronic bass drum). This combination creates an extremely varied sound-color spectrum held together by the accordion part. The music lies at the edge of tonality, and the score closely interprets the poem, which makes Insonnia quite intelligible. It ends with a sudden coda distinguished by its hammering rhythmic pattern, in which short quotations from the poem keep reminding the listener of the song of the eternal night. - JACOB TER VELDHUIS