related works
Helena is coming later : string quartet, ARP-synthesizer / Will Eisma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello); Electronics with different instruments; String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) with multimedia
Scoring:
2vl vla vc arp-synthesizer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl-solo ob-solo cl-solo 3flgn 2sax-s 2sax-a 2sax-t sax-b 3trp 3h 3trb 2tb-t 2tb-b timp perc
Wals : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1979/80 / Geert van Keulen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2panfl 0000 2sax 0000 2perc 2g-b 2pf 2el.pf
Geometral : three pieces for ensemble / António Pinho Vargas
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2121 sax-a 2120 vibr mar cel pf 2vl vla vc cb
composition
Diaphora : per 15 archi, cembalo, marimbaphone e batteria / Will Eisma
Other authors:
Eisma, Will
(Composer)
Contains:
Spectra I
Canzona
Spectra II
Description:
Program note (English): Diaphora literally means 'distinction with regard to the repetition of the same word with a different meaning'. In this composition, motifs and tone series from an earlier composition were used and placed in a different light. The title, however, also refers to the first and third movements: both are based on the same chord formations and thematic complexes. A characteristic feature throughout the composition is the repeated curbing of a specific motion. For example in the first part: turbulent string figures alternate with sections that seem to stand still in time. In the second movement, a solo violin begins with a theme, followed by a violoncello, a second violin and a viola. After some bars, the motion becomes rigid, with long held chords, only slightly coloured by an accent or a tone shifting. After about twenty bars, the music is set in motion again, and gradually themes start shifting on top of each other. Then again there is a curbing with long-held chords. The third
movement has a slow introduction, consisting of twice a percussion solo followed by 'crescendo' figures in the strings. The fast section that follows is curbed once more, then seems to proceed, undisturbed, towards the end. - WILL EISMA