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
Midare : for marimba, (1972) / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Instruments:
mar
Allegro : voor vier strijkkwartetten / uitgegeven en ingeleid door André Rodenhuis, J.B. van Bree
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string; String orchestra
Instruments:
str
Serenade voor strijkers : 1985 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string; String orchestra
Instruments:
3vl vc / 2vl vla vc / str
Sinfonia : voor 13 solo strijkers, 1975 / Daniel Manneke
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string
Instruments:
8vl 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