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Midare : for marimba, (1972) / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
mar
String-time fantasietta : 13 solo strings, 1978 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
8vl 2vla 2vc cb
Preludium - Interludium - Postludium : for 23 solo strings, 1996-2000 / Klaas de Vries
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
10vl 5vla 5vc 3cb
Sea surface full of clouds : for 12 strings, 1978 / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
7vl 2vla 2vc cb
composition
Music for strings : (1970) / Ton de Leeuw
Author(s):
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