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Canzona : for saxophone quartet, 1969 / Robert Heppener
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
4sax
Coplas : (1935), (instrumentatie dec: 1942) / Henk Badings
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
alt 2222 2200 timp perc str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
alt/sopr-m 2122 2000 str
De Fluitspeler : for voice and orchestra / Sem Dresden; words by Jules Schürmann
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
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composition
Cantico delle creature : di S. Francesco d'Assisi, per una voce, arpa e orchestra d'archi / Robert Heppener
Other authors:
Franciscus van Assisi
(Text writer/Librettist)
Heppener, Robert
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): I have tried to find an adequate musical form for this ecstatic joyful anthem by Fransciscus bestowing the greatest expression strength to the singing voice; as a result, it seemed to me best to keep the direct and unaffected tone of the poem. The string orchestra and the harp largely stipulate the harmonic basis. Only in the middle section (Lento) - there where the poem relates on people - is the string orchestra important. The harp part is not obligatory, yet this royal instrument is mainly added for its brilliance to the string orchestra. The Dutch translation of the old-Italian text (beginning 13e centuries) is a clarification of the contents on this work. - ROBERT HEPPENER