related works
Ittrospezione III : (concept II) / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
cl sax-t h 3trb vibr(mar) 2pf vla cb
O quam amabilis : for mixed choir, 1939 / Jos van Amelsvoort
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
Triptiek : voor kamerkoor a cappella / muziek van Henri Zagwijn, gedichten van H. Marsman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK6
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
composition
Flora Tristan : for mixed choir a cappella, 1990 / text by Fleur Bourgonje, Louis Andriessen
Other authors:
Bourgonje, Fleur
(Text writer/Librettist)
Andriessen, Louis
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): (Premiere: 23-3-1994 - Lincoln Center, New York - New York Virtuoso Singers, cond. Harold Rosenbaum). The multilingual text written by Fleur Bourgonje gave me the idea to write the composition in two different tempi that sound simultaneously: the male voices sing fast the narrative Spanish texts and the female voices always sing slow, like the invocations from Flora Tristan to her daughter. To the end of the piece, after the assault in the text, all the voices come together in the same rhythm. - LOUIS ANDRIESSEN