related works

Aves : symfonie no. 4, voor 3-stemmig gemengd koor en orkest / door Jurriaan Andriessen

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring: GK3 3222 4330 timp perc hp str

Opus Musicum - Vol. II : for 4-6, 8, 12 & 24 voices / Jacob Handl; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: choir

Ruimtezang : opus 19, voor 7-stemmig gemengd koor a cappella, 1990 / Marc van Delft

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK7

Ljubljana Twin Hren Choirbooks - The Cortellini Psalter : for 2 choirs / Camillo Cortellini; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: 2GK

composition

Madrigal concerto : for mixed choir, 1984 / Jurriaan Andriessen

Other authors:
Andriessen, Jurriaan (Text writer/Librettist)
Andriessen, Jurriaan (Composer)
Contains:
Music
Love (1)
Love (2)
Death
Description:
Program note (English): The Madrigal Concerto is grafted onto the graphic image and the tonality of the late-medieval madrigal. The elements melody, harmony and rhythm, however, are applied in a rather unusual way. Moreover we find in this work some special singing techniques: a) the entire concerto should be sung without vibrato, in order to obtain an extremely clear choral tone and b) in the first and the fourth madrigal ('Music' and 'Death') the singers should take breath at different moments, thus creating an uninterrupted flow of music. The texts consist of verse in minimal-style, written by means of a computer. They serve primarily as a source of sound for the music, notwithstanding their verbal meaning which originates from the device that was input to the computer in tone-pieces. The absence of dynamics in the performance is very important, in order to avoid emotional and illustrative effects. The Madrigal Concerto is a search for an absolute music for the human voice. - JURRIAAN ANDRIESSEN