composer

Andriessen, Jurriaan

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

Zeven variaties op het Vlaamse volksliedje Des winters als het regent : voor koor en orkest / dit werk werd in opdracht van de Nederlandse Radio Unie gecomponeerd door: Sem Dresden, introductie en thema; Cor de Groot, 1e variatie; Jurriaan Andriessen, 2e variatie; Herman Strategier, 3e variatie; Marius Flothuis, 4e variatie; Sem Dresden, 5e variatie; Karel Mengelberg, 6e variatie; Anthon van der Horst, 7e variatie

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Orchestra; Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring: 2222 4331 timp perc hp str (GK4 ad lib. in finale)

Flow water! : for choir / Joke Kegel ; [poet unknown], 2005

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK4

Zes Gelderse gedichten : for mixed choir a cappella, 1986 / poems by Ida Gerhardt, Anton van Duinkerken and Gerrit Achterberg, Carlos Micháns

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK4

Magnificat I en II : voor vijfstemmig vocaal ensemble, 1989/1990 / tekst: Kees Waaijman, Hans Kox

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Vocal Ensemble (2-12); Mixed choir
Scoring: sopr alt ten bar bas / GK5

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