composer
Ton de Leeuw was born on November 16, 1926 in Rotterdam. He died on May 31, 1996 in Paris (France).
In 1949, after some years of composition lessons with Henk Badings, ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
String-time fantasietta : 13 solo strings, 1978 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string
Scoring:
8vl 2vla 2vc cb
Duodecimet no. 1 : voor 12 strijkers, 1979 / Hardy Mertens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string; String orchestra
Scoring:
3vl 2vla 2vladg 3vc 2cb
Light breaks where no sun shines : cantilene for strings, 1990, revision 1992 / André Douw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string
Scoring:
7vl 2vla 2vc cb
composition
Music for strings : (1970) / Ton de Leeuw
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