related works
Arc III : La Flèche : for string quartet / Daan Manneke
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Phantasy : voor acht blokfluiten of andere instrumenten, op. 37, 1990 / Leo Samama
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation; Saxophone; Clarinet; Other combinations of string instruments; String orchestra; Bamboo flute
Scoring:
8rec / 8sax / 6cl 2cl-b / 8fiddles / 2vl 2vla 2vc 2cb / str
Light breaks where no sun shines (Cantilene) : for twelve strings / André Douw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
7vl 2vla 2vc cb
String-time fantasietta : 13 solo strings, 1978 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
8vl 2vla 2vc cb
composition
Music for strings : (1970) / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): (Premiere: 9-5-1971 - Zagreb - Soloist of Zagreb).The deep silence, which envelops the music from start to finish, is like the tranquillity of some vast surface - deceptive! Beneath the surface a great boiling and bubbling goes on all the time: there are sudden eruptions - large and small - which come and go. The tension, however, never reaches an explosion. The silence is maintained throughout. The music seeks an equilibrium in between the two rival forces.
All this is demanding on the players. The smallest details must be weighed meticulously, with a concentration, intensity and nuancing which one would sooner expect in chamber music. - TON DE LEEUW