related works
Concerto grosso : for concertino and string orchestra / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
str
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
pf(recit) 2actors
Fortress Europe : Opera / Calliope Tsoupaki
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
voc ob perc hp vn vla vc db
Oresteia : opera in 3 acts, 1996, Act 1, Agamemnon / libretto after Aeschylos' Oresteia, Wim Laman
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
sopr sopr-m ten bar bas MK4 2333 2sax 4231 4perc pf(synth) str(12.12.8.8.6.) tape
composition
Antigone : muziekdrama, naar een vrije bewerking van Sophocles door de componist / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de
(Text writer/Librettist)
Sophocles
(Text writer/Librettist)
Leeuw, Ton de
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Rather than an expressionistic approach, there is lucid, reserved intensity, sober vocal line with a nearly liturgical character, and - despite the apparent simplicity - strict modal cyclicity (as has been outlined for example in the doctoral thesis written by Dr R. de Groot: "Compositie en intentie van Ton de Leeuws muziek" [Composition and intention in the music of Ton de Leeuw], University of Amsterdam).
Rather than being set as a confrontation between individuals, three of the four roles are interpreted by choirs. The only soloist is Antigone but neither does her role dominate.
A stylised approach rather than realism. To give an example, in the dialogue between Antigone and Ismene, the characters sing their thoughts simultaneously rather than in alternation with each other. - TON DE LEEUW