composer
Though Juriaan Andriessen was of the generation of musical innovators such as Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, his main musical influences were pre-war French composers. Andriessen composed an extensive body ...
related works
Concertino : for bassoon & wind ensemble / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Bassoon and large ensemble
Instruments:
fg-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h
Time Bells : for mixed choir / Peter-Jan Wagemans
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
2sopr alt ten bar bas
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
8soloists GK8
Il diluvio : per due cori misti, 1999 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
2GK4
composition
Madrigal concerto : for mixed choir, 1984 / Jurriaan Andriessen
Other authors:
Andriessen, Jurriaan
(librettist)
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